Fall has always been a season full of traditions for my family. These traditions included the North Georgia State Fair, trips up to the North Georgia mountains and to our cabin in North Carolina, apples, pumpkins, and Trick-or-Treating. For several years, we enjoyed the tradition of going to the Ellijay Apple Festival to enjoy homemade root beer, apple dumplins, kettle corn and fudge. However, as the Apple Festival grew more and more crowded with each passing year, we realized that the word about this small town festival was getting out! We no longer enjoyed it the way we had in past years, so we decided to alter our tradition and spend more time at other stops, such as Bert's Pumpkin Patch and Hillcrest Orchards. (Although, I am discovering that the secrets to these places have spread like wildfire too!) Despite the growing crowds, these still continue to be our two favorite places to visit in the fall!
Hillcrest Orchards is our most favorite of the many apple houses (as we like to call them). They have the MOST amazing fresh apple fritters, apple cider and apple cider doughnuts! I haven't tried the pumpkin pie there yet, but Vanessa says they are also out of this world. I'm getting hungry just thinking about all these delicious treats! At Bert's, you can find just about any size or variety of pumpkin that you want - including green ones for Tyler! Here are pictures from last weekend's trip. And since everyone always adds a disclaimer, here's mine: MANY pictures to follow! :)
Pumpkin Discovery
"Is this thing for real?!"
"I just love big pumpkins!"
Having so much fun!
Tyler loved leaning over on the HUGE pumpkins!
Taking a ride in the wheel barrow!
I honestly didn't know green pumpkins existed! Everytime Tyler wants to color a pumpkin green, I say "I really don't think pumpkins are green Tylerman." Guess I was wrong!
Loaded up and ready to go!
And finally, our pumpkins on display!
5 comments:
Way too cute!! Love the pictures!!! So candid and I love their expressions.
I'm so jealous, we've been going to Hillcrest and Burt's since before Caralie was born. We always take a photo with the hay bale turkey and with the pumpkins. I LOVE the dried apples at Hillcrest. I'm so sad I'm missing out. Thanks for posting the pictures so I could live vicariously through you!
Okay, so I'm going to pinch Alli next time I get a hold of her. Those pictures of her are SO cute. I'm so happy for Tyler that he found a GREEN pumpkin, I must have missed those. Wish we could have gone together, the kids would have had a lot of fun together...are y'all gonna go back? I hope we get another chance.
Burt's and Hillcrest are our traditions too! Great minds think alike! Man, it's just not Fall until we have a Burt's pumpkin and are sipping Hillcrest cider!
your kids are adorable! those pumpins are crazy huge.
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