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| - I love the smell of apples! And since it was a crisp, early Fall day, I thought it was a perfect opportunity to get off the coach. This was great.
When we pulled into the gravel parking lot and saw it filled with minivans and families, I thought there might not be enough adult things to do. But, food is awesome, especially when you get the chance to pick it yourself.
We stopped by the wooden stand in the middle to get a pre-paid bag for apples and pay-after bag for grapes. At first I thought it was a pricey for apples, but then realized I really like the ability to pick apples from trees. Spending an afternoon seeing the difference between apples and apple trees is awesome. Cortland, Jonathan, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, etc. etc. The type of apples varies, so if you're particular, I'd call ahead or even more proactive, get on the mailing list for when certain varieties will be ripe.
The grapes were also awesome too and a pretty good deal. You usually can't get concord grapes in the grocery store since they're skin breaks pretty easy, and the Dane County Farmer's Market sells the grapes for double the price. I think I'm going to make grape picking here a yearly tradition.
They also had raspberries, but this late in the year it was picked over pretty well.
We skipped over the haunted house and the corn maze, though did stop by the food stand for popcorn. They were serving hotdogs and apple sundaes (only, good thing I wasn't hungry). Nothing too special.
Overall - the nice selection of apples, grapes, raspberries to pick make it a fun afternoon.
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