Last year, after traveling home from a friend's wedding, we discovered Mercier Orchards. We literally just past right by it, and decided to stop. It's a huge orchard in Blue Ridge, and they grow different fruits during the seasons and have u-pick, where you can go out in the fields and pick your own fruit. They also have a country store that includes tons of homemade fried pies-my favorite, cakes, bread, fudge, all kinds of jellies, jams, apple cider, and lots of other goodies.
Right now it is apple season, so we decided to go back up this year with Kayden. Last year we didn't have time to pick ourselves and just picked up some apples in their country store.
So it was nice to be able to get the full experience and pick this year and also take Kayden. We rode a tractor out in the fields where it dropped us off, and you were free to pick whatever apples were there. It was nice because they told you to try any apples while you were out in the field, for free. So we were able to try several different kinds we had not heard of, and also see which we liked best, to take home. Hopefully we will go back next year and make this a yearly tradition.
Tractor Ride
Headed to the fields
Mom and Kayden out in the fields
Happy girl
Kayden picking apples and ready to eat one with all of those teeth
Kayden and Daddy picking apples
