October 27, 2023

Day 2, Part 2 - Vermont Vacation - Apple Picking (Fall 2023)

We aren't sure what next year will bring when it comes to Briana going to college - which includes whether or not we pick apples with her again. If this is indeed the end of the road for our apple picking adventures, what a way to finish things! Year 12! Apple picking in Vermont!
 
Before I start with our apple picking experience, I forgot to post this cute picture of Doug and Bri having breakfast together on my last post (it is on that post now)...
 
There has been a lot of rain up in the northeast the last few months, and because of that, several apple orchards were not able to open for the season. Luckily, Whitman Brook Orchard in Quechee, VT was not one of them.

We didn't know what to expect as we drove to the orchard...

We started seeing some signs that eventually led us to where we needed to go...

There were no general stores or anything attached to this particular orchard. No bells and whistles - just lots of hills and trees. We pulled into small grassy parking lot and there was a man standing next to a truck taking money for picking...


The orchard itself was very large and there were different kinds of apple trees intertwined everywhere. We were given a map and there were colored flags on the trees letting us know what apples were ripe for picking and which ones weren't.

The orchard was beautiful...





  The orchard... 




 
Picking apples...
 



Of course, we needed our traditional Briana sitting on Doug's shoulders picture...


Each year gets more difficult - LOL! I'm thinking this was probably the last year for shoulder sitting!

Lovely distance shot...

Full disclosure, there were so many gnats flying around orchard. SO MANY GNATS! LOL! They were everywhere. I figured that was more of a southern thing, but nope. Vermont gets the bugs too!

We got a lot of pretty apples though...

And we managed to get most of them back to Georgia!

The orchard was located right next to a beautiful golf course...

And I managed to walk around that orchard despite having a sore heel! Yay me!

To see all our previous years of apple picking adventures, here is the list...

They were absolutely delicious!

We were then off to our next stop...a maple syrup and cheese farm!

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