FALL IN FRANKLIN LAKES

I wrote this post last fall but never posted it because of technical photo difficulties. So, here you go - even though it is a million blessed degrees outside - an homage to fall!!!!

Fall in the northeast is such a beautiful time of year! And, since we don't know how long we'll be here to enjoy it, we decided to take advantage of a few of the standard fall activities here in Northern New Jersey. The first place we went was to an apple orchard in Newburgh, New York (about an hour from our house). We had never seen an orchard before, and it was amazing!

Anybody want an apple??

Here is Joe, telling the kids something about the apples they are about to pick. Note that he is in shorts and a short sleeved golf shirt, while the rest of the crew is in pants,

long sleeves & jackets!!!

Rows and rows of apple trees. They didn't quite look like the ones we drew in elementary school - kind-of small and scraggly, but it did make the apples easier to pick.

Even Emmy could reach!

And, what do we always do at the end of a successful trip anywhere when mom is around? We pose for a group picture. Smiles all around.