Unlike last years Apple Picking Sundae drive, this year we were super-blessed with blue skies, sun and temperatures above 70! It was a brilliant day weather-wise and scenery-wise, with Fall foliage near peak; the company of many friendly MINI owners – and Margaret – made the day better still!
Like last year, we all met at PapaRazzi on route 2, an easy-to-find point from which to begin driving great back roads in the area:
On the road, we enjoyed many Fall foliage lined roads – much quieter too once I pulled past Keith’s MINI and followed Sheena 😉
When we arrived at George’s Hill Orchards, we parked all the MINIs and then headed off to various entertainments … Margaret & I headed up to the top of the hill with Jock & Hannah, making a bee-line for lunch. Unfortunately bees (well, wasps actually) headed there too – we had to eat indoors instead of enjoying the weather, but that’s better than sharing with wasps! After lunch though, the view from the top of the hill was worth enjoying:
We then strolled back down through the orchards (with many apples sadly fallen due to recent hail), and visited the “Petting Zoo” – the goats especially were very friendly and keen to be petted, to Margarets great pleasure:
And in the distance, hiding in the trees …
Then it was time to call everyone back, ready for the next destination … but first, more pictures:
And the next destination was Colonial Candies, with DIY ice cream sundaes (at least, you get to apply your own toppings); and after ice cream, loads of sweets available to choose from too 🙂
What a great way to spend a “bonus” October day! Thanks Sheena, Margaret, and everyone, for making today such fun!
M&I / GBMINI 