An Apple A Day . . .
- posted by: Cheryl
- posted in: Uncategorized, My Life
- on: October 16, 2008
Brings lots of health and happiness your way. It’s wonderful when you bite into a crisp, juicy, sweet apple. Or what about warm apple cider or a hot apple dumpling right out of the oven on a brisk cold fall day?
That’s what my family and I experienced this past weekend. You see . . . ever since I was about five years old my mom and dad have been taking annual trips (missing a few years of course) to a wonderful place called Oak Glen. It’s a community of apple orchards and cider presses, gift shops, restaurants and just down home fun. Here is a photo of my sister and I in 1976. Then us in 2006. Now 2008.
Well, we headed there this past weekend and couldn’t have chosen a better weekend. It was sunny but cool and crisp . . . a perfect fall day. It was my husband, my daughter Abigail, a sweet friend of Abby’s and myself. Here were some of the sights we saw.
We enjoyed apple picking, playing bocce ball on the lawn, having a picnic, hiking, sipping hot apple cider, taking a hay ride and partaking in caramel apples and turnovers amongst other things. In the past we have even gone fishing and watched piglet races. Did you know there are over 7,000 varieties of apples in the world and 70 of those varieties in Oak Glen.
So I hope this October you’re enjoying a beautiful fall day with family and loved ones! This is one of my favorite seasons. I encourage you to look around and document this beautiful season with me. Wishing you warm memories! What fall tradition you have?
Laura Casey says:
October 16th, 2008 at 9:39 amMemories like these are what make life so special !! We always took a field trip through school to the pumpkin patch and apple orchard…Indian Ladder Farms…and we still go there..every season !! Thanks for bringing back those memories !! Huggs! (Love your 1976 pics !!)
connie #2909 says:
October 16th, 2008 at 9:43 amThis weekend is going to be a pretty weekend- in the low 70’s- which is “cool” to us in Louisiana-and we are going to BOO at the Zoo and the pumpkin patch.
Pinky #3405 says:
October 16th, 2008 at 10:02 amOh wow that is awesome Cheryl looks like such fun! We hit the Pumpkin farm last weekend and its such a wonderful memory for the whole family! YEA!
Patty 2832 says:
October 16th, 2008 at 10:31 amSuch fun! We do the same thing. Same festival every year and it’s this weekend! We’ll be out of town but will stop (hopefully) on the way back in! Always go to the pumpkin patch too and apple picking.
Good times!
Great photo’s !
Thanks for sharing them with us, love to your gorgeous family!
Vicki Bell #1766 says:
October 16th, 2008 at 11:28 amI can’t say that we have any fall traditions now, but when I was growing up in S.W. Michigan I lived minutes away from apple orchards. In fact that area is home to a LOT of produce with charming produce stands all over.
Every fall we enjoyed fresh apple cider and had access to more apples than we could ever want. I didn’t appreciate it then like I should have. Here in North Texas we don’t exactly have the same kind of access to freshly grown produce and I miss it.
melita says:
October 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pmThis looks like a great place! I will have to tell my brother about it!
Alex S. #3614 says:
October 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pmOH…your pictures make me want to go to an apple orchard. We have one about 1 hour away…I have never gone apple picking before (deprived city girl!) I just might take my daughter this weekend to that apple orchard in WI. You have motivated me!
Cherrie #1790 says:
October 16th, 2008 at 4:26 pmsuch heart warming pictures - I love seeing family traditions like this - so full of love. Blessings of the season to you and yours - sweet Cheryl!!
Tami B. says:
October 16th, 2008 at 4:28 pmWe love going to oak glen. It’s such a wonderful step back in time. Did you go to the place with the apple donuts…yummmy.
VickiF says:
October 16th, 2008 at 4:59 pmLove this time of year.
Michelle 3624 says:
October 16th, 2008 at 6:07 pmI am so looking this up on a map must be close by here some where. I miss the midwest fall fresh apples, apple cider and of course don’t tell anybody but I have to have at least one carmel apple every fall!
Thanks for sharing. . .
Sara R. says:
October 16th, 2008 at 6:26 pmWonderful photos!
pomaika`i scrapaloha says:
October 16th, 2008 at 7:21 pmWhat wonderful Fall photos!
Julie Overby says:
October 16th, 2008 at 7:38 pmWhat fantastic memories!!!
It is sometimes our ‘Indian Summer’ here on the Oregon Coast in October. So, unless we go into the valley (which we don’t always do in the fall) then it doesn’t feel too much like the season! I love seeing everyone elses photos though! We may just have to take a trip out to a pumpkin patch this year.
Patty Beckle says:
October 16th, 2008 at 8:21 pmI had never been apple picking before this year. We took our three boys and our little girl and everyone of us had a blast. It’s definitely going to be an annual occurrence.
We also go pumpkin picking right before halloween, that’s always fun.
KateB says:
October 16th, 2008 at 11:03 pmwe drss in the same colors and drive out to a pumpkin farm in the western part of the county, buy homemade goodies, pick HUGE pumpkins, take LOADS of photos and then go out to dinner! We’ll carve the pumpkins the week before Halloween and toast the seeds
Debby 2852 says:
October 16th, 2008 at 11:08 pmSince we are in the South the leaves on the tree usually go from green to brown. Seeing the brillence of the change of the season is lost here. But we head to the mountains every year during October to see the beautiful arry of colors across the mountain sides.
Hilary Skelling says:
October 17th, 2008 at 1:23 amWhat a great weekend you and your family were lucky enough to have, I sat in the sun this afternoon - here in Auckland New Zealand - reading my book and eating a yummy crisp apple. Could of done with an apple cider too!
Bronwyn says:
October 17th, 2008 at 7:22 amThis reminds me of my childhood - there use to be an apple orchard not far from me and we would go there are kids my mum would take us there and we would get fresh fruits and go out on the tractor and pick apples….I remember falling over in the shop there and grazing my knee badly…
This also reminds of the days we would go pick strawberries on our way to our Nana’s house
:o)
Sadly the orchard is now all housing, much like the dairy farm that is by my house - as for the strawberry feilds I dont know…
Sarah #3020 says:
October 17th, 2008 at 8:19 amit looks like you had so much fun!!
Lydia says:
October 17th, 2008 at 10:06 amU have wonderful Fall photos to scrap..I was out walking yesterday and I could kick myself for not taking my camera along. We have some awesome fall scenery round our place!!
Kimberley #2626 says:
October 17th, 2008 at 6:04 pmThere’s nothing like a traditional excursion. We go to Pigeon Roost Farm every year with our best friends. We started going back in 1993, I think, and we’ve gone every year. When we started going, we were both almost newlyweds. They now have three kids, so now another generation is enjoying it with us.
http://www.pigeonroostfarm.com/ Every year they add some fun new thing for the kids to play in, around, under and on. 
Patti Smith says:
October 17th, 2008 at 9:15 pmOh what wonderful memories….that’s what it’s all about Cheryl…thanks for sharing…(((hugs my friend!)))
Barbara says:
October 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pmI just love the fall too! I was a girl scout leader for several years when my 2 daughters were younger. Every fall we either went to the apple orchard or the pumpkin farm. After picking apples or pumpkins w brought them back to my house, cleaned them and baked something delicious! I have such found memories of those special days and have really enjoyed preserving those memories in my scrapbooks!
Shannon says:
October 19th, 2008 at 3:19 pmThe pictures are wonderful Cheryl! It makes me want to visit Oak Glen so badly! Actually, I’ve always wanted to go there and I’m trying to convince my husband (now that our son is already 6) to take us before it’s too late this year! I’ll say it again… I love the pictures!
Doreen Nunez says:
October 20th, 2008 at 7:39 pmWhen we first moved out here, in Moreno Valley about 20 years ago, my Daughter’s were girl scouts and we went to Los Rios Rancho on one of there outings, and this is when I first discovered this little place of Fall. . . .I just loved it, my kids are grown and married and I have grandkids now and we make it a tradtion every fall to make it a day out there,I loved that you shared this with us. happy fall Doreen