A day at Evan's Orchard & Cider Mill

On Saturday the 4th Courtlyn, David & I spent the afternoon at Evan's Orchard and Cider Mill in Georgetown (http://www.evansorchard.com/Index.html). If you've never been there we highly recommend it. We had a great time!

It was our first time visiting the orchard and there was so much to do. We picked a perfect day weather wise. It was in the mid-70s and we weren't the only people who decided to head up to Georgetown to check it out. It was a little crowded, but we just got right in there with everyone else and had a great time.

When we first got there we were starving so we decided to try the food. We got a cheeseburger meal & a pork barbecue meal. I got the cheeseburger meal thinking Courtlyn would rather have that than BBQ, but what did she choose to eat.....BBQ. She is always surprising us with her choices in food. :) Oh, then there were the fried apple pies which were to DIE for!!! I wished I had one right now with some vanilla ice cream....YUMMY!!!!

After we ate when went on a tractor ride of the farm which Courtlyn loved! We kept trying to encourage her that the tractor we were on was just like the tractor she had at home, but there was no convincing her of that. She still won't go near it. We think it is the noise the motor makes. Oh well, maybe in time she will take her stuffed cow and pig for a ride in the front yard.

Once the tractor ride was over it parked directly in front of the kids play land so guess where we headed off to next? Yep, you guess right....Kiddie Land! She was in kiddie heaven with all of the swings, slides, mazes, tricycle tractors, hay castles and dirt. When it was time to leave Kiddie Land we had to basically bribe her with a pony ride because she was crying. (Something I said I would never do before I had children...oh, how I am eating those words now!)

Courtlyn & Daddy in the Rope Maze

Courtlyn & Daddy coming down the Apple Cider Slider

Courtlyn & Daddy at the bottom of the Apple Cider Slider

Courtlyn doing her favorite pasttime...swinging.

Courtlyn said she was in her words "flynin".

So off to the pony rides we went. She loved that as well. Oh and the smell was WONDERFUL!!!! The ponies were SO excited to take 2, 3 & 4 year olds for 5 minute rides in continuous circles you could tell.

Once the ride was over we thought the tears from Kiddie Land were bad, but they were nothing compared to the tears when the pony ride was over. So what could we come up with now? Where had we not been that she had been dying to go to? The pumpkin patch!!!!!!!!!! Off we go....

By this time we had been at the Orchard for about 3 hours I guess and it was really starting to get warm and I was totally rethinking the sweatshirt I put on as I was pushing the sleeves up constantly. Courtlyn had not had a nap other than the 45 minute ride in the car to the Orchard. So needless to say patience was wearing a little thin you might say. We make the hike down to the pumpkin patch hoping that some kind soul would be down there to take a family snapshot of us and we could quickly leave. Well, that wasn't the case. As soon as we get down there everyone disappears like the plague. I was like you have to be kidding me! Not 1 single person! So we let Courtlyn attempt to walk in the pumpkin patch as best she could. She tumbled around more than she walked since she was so excited to see all of the pumpkins and would not watch where she was walking. :) Silly girl!

Finally we decided that we had enough and made the hike back up the hill towards the car. We finally spotted a family who we asked if they would take a picture of us and they so kindly obliged. We gathered up everything and loaded up the car and headed home.

We had a great time and made some great memories. I definetly want to make this an annual fall trip because it is such a nice place, and to eat another fried apple pie of course!!! :)