Apples Galore

This was the time we got lost in a corn maze. Ok, we didn't really get lost, but I did panic for a second and got slightly claustrophobic among the endless corn shoots. I think at some point we gave up and simply tunneled our way out, essentially creating a new exit. 

This was at Wallingford's Fruit House up in Auburn, we'd gone apple picking the previous year but it was a very brief experience and right down the road from the squeeze's home. I wanted to make a day trip out of the next apple picking season so I searched long and hard for a new spot. This place got happy reviews for its extras and food goodies. There were goats you could pet (one managed to get loose and just wandered around unnoticed) and feed, did you know goats love squash?? Because I sure didn't. Some of the staff would throw whole gourds and squash into their fenced in areas and they would just annihilate them.

The main building was like a mini convenience store, you could buy anything from local ciders to apple mango salsa to caramel apples. They had a bakery out back where they pumped out fresh hot apple cider donuts, so good! They had some Halloween related activities for kids, regardless of age bias the squeeze and I took an epic tractor ride to the orchards.

The day was a success. We left with a bag of apples each, a six-pack of local hard cider, and bellies full of donuts and other pastries. I tried to search for apple picking in Austin, not too many options. Maybe we'll reserve that for visits to New England.