la la la la.... the hills are alive with the sight of color....ah ah ah ah 

Welcome to our trip to apple goodness and pumpkin fun. We drove to Winchester and Shenandoah to see the leaves. Fun times followed :O) 

Jumping.. umm... for joy at the sight of apples? 

Kurtis at the first apple orchard we went to... yes, we went to two. 

on the drive up 

This is Katie. Katie is my friend :O). Kate likes apples too.  

:O) 

I don't know why I'm so drawn to these orchards! Apples are the best! 

:O) 

mmmmm... maybe I could live in VA 

pretty shot 

Goofy face number 1! 

Goofy face 2 in car 

Goofy face 3 in car 

So, as interns we rarely see the sun because we're inside all day. On Saturdays we can do whatever we dang well please... well Hannah decided that, since we're usually denied the afore mentioned privileges, that she wasn't going to get back in the car! "You can't make me! I'm going to get all the sun I can hold!

Chris and I braved the D.C. drivers and VA road signs to find ourselves here... in Syria, VA for a day of fun at an apple festival :O) 

We listened to Christmas music and Phantom of the Opera all the way (well, most of the way) there. It was a beautiful drive outside of D.C. 

Aaaah, not bad. Nope, not bad one little bit :O) 

The Blue Mountains!  

Welcome to Graves Mountain Apple Harvest Festival in Syria, VA. Many people drove to enjoy the day; there was a line back to Texas to get in! 

They had hay bales set up for the little ones to play on. I wondered if there was an age limit, but thought it best not to ask. 

They had really good food too. Apple butter worth giving up your right toe, apple sauce, iced apple cider and stew. Oh, and I can't forget the cloggers :O) 

Wish you were here... heck, I wish I was there! 

aahhh apple farm living... easy as, errr, ummm, apple pie?  

Chris came up to see me for the weekend. Don't these apples look like red potatoes? They were really really really good. Absolutely the best apples I have ever tasted!