Apple Picking

What better way to ring in the fall then a trip to the apple orchard!?!? None in my opinion :) So yesterday, we headed up to the "Apple Capital of Georgia" for some apple picking and family fun. Last year, we went to the Apple Festival in Ellijay, but had never been to an actual apple orchard before {by the way, I preferred the orchard much better!}

There were several different orchards in town so our first task was figuring out which one to go to ... we decided on B.J. Reece Orchards. It was a good choice!


The orchards were all U-pick meaning we got to go into the orchards and pick our own apples with our very own hands :) We just had to decide what size bag we wanted to take home, pay for it {which is much cheaper than the grocery store}, and start picking. They had a huge selection -- Rome Beauty, Golden Delicious, Braeburn, Red Delicious, Stayman Winesay, Arkansas Black, and others.

Ryan was a great little picker!!

Pull!!

There was also lots of other fun stuff to do at the orchards besides picking apples! We went on a hayride, had some goodies to eat from the bakery -- apple fritters and apple cider {Ryan probably had 4 glasses!}, and visited the petting farm.

Hayride!

Lunch time/Playtime :)

There were 8 week old puppies that R adored!

A calf ... it still drank out of a bottle :)

Just for kicks, I did a quick Google search to see if there are any apple orchards near our soon-to-be new home, and I am happy to report that there are ... one that looks very impressive actually! :) I will be looking forward to checking it out this time next year!