Our Road Trip to Pick Apples

My favorite season is fall. Maybe because I was born in the fall and so were Tom and Adler. Or maybe I just like the cool weather, the fall clothes and the color of the leaves changing on the trees. Regardless of why I love the fall, we make a lot of effort during this season to enjoy the outdoors.

So last weekend, we decided to go apple picking. We made a day trip out of it traveling east into Michigan, visiting our land in South Haven where we hope to someday build a summer home. We let Adler and Austen romp around our land. Austen kept tripping over the thick brush and I kept laughing. I really wish my camera had caught him trying to maneuver around our piece of land as he would fall down repeatedly and look at the mud covering his hands.

As for Adler - our usual great dog decided she wasn't going to listen on this trip. Once she got out of the car, she ran across the street and up to the door of our neighbor's house. We used her recall command to call her back to us but she was being defiant. Just then the neighbors pulled up. Adler started walking back across the lawn, promptly squatted and peed on their lawn. Great timing! Here she is enjoying herself on the land:



After our visit to the land, we ventured on to an apple farm in the area. We thought Austen would love picking the apples off the trees but he was more interested in the wagon that they gave us to put the apples in as we perused the orchards. Here's Austen and his wagon on apple picking day. His apple picking skills leave a lot to be desired!