Apple Picking, and Shenandoah Fall Field Trips.

Back in the early parts of October we took the Professors on two Fall field trips, one to the Shenandoah Mountains, the second Apple picking. They were supposed to be a combined trip, but due to weather, and our enrichment class schedules, we had to break it up into two. I'm happy we got to Shenandoah this year, after running out of time last Fall, so I won't complain.

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Shenandoah Mountains

DH and I printed out a few places we wanted to visit on our trip to Shenandoah, which included a few short hikes, one to a waterfall, and one to a meadow, and stops at the overlooks. The weather changed in a hurry shortly after we arrived and not only was it rainy, it was colder than we anticipated, so we did a few short stops at the overlooks, and the older Professors and DH went on a very, very short hike at one of the overlook stops, but we mainly took pictures from the car. There wasn't too much Fall color out yet, but still just as beautiful, Masha' Allah. 

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Apple Picking

The Orchard we chose to pick apples at this year, sits near the foot of  the Shenandoah Mountains, and was the main reason we decided to pick there. It was a bit more rustic than the farm we normally pick produce from, so the Professors, were thrown off. We picked late in the season, and late in the day, so there weren't many apples low in the trees, and we used a picking pole to reach most of our apples, but did find a patch of trees with a good selection, low enough for the older Professors to reach.  Alhumdullilah, it was a great trip, and now we are planning on eating, and making apple sauce, apple puree and possibly applesauce cake with our apples, insha' Allah. 

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