Labor Day Apple Orchard Excursion

Labor Day in our little community has people all over town craning their necks toward the sky, searching for the bright colors of parachutes and noisy airplanes that send sky-divers floating back towards the ground. The best place in town to view this yearly attraction is from the Community Apple Orchard. We discovered this by chance 2 years ago when Garrett's Grandma Jackson and Great-Aunt Ginger were here to visit. Back then, we enjoyed the view as we ate lunch under the trees.
This year Steve & I took Garrett, not only to see the planes and divers, but to also enjoy the fun play area at the Orchard!

Garrett especially liked climbing in and around the wooden "choo choo".
Look at our Big Guy! He looks more grown-up every day!
Daddy & Garrett enjoyed racing around the Apple County Speedway on John Deere tricycles.

Here is a view of one of the planes that buzzed the orchard after dropping off its passengers in the air. (the airport is right next-door). This picture doesn't do any justice to the experience of the airplane zooming directly overhead!
After play time, we took a break to enjoy some dessert. I chose this yummy pecan-caramel apple pie with cinnamon ice cream. SOOO Good!
From our table, we had an excellent view of the sky-divers!
Garrett must have had a great time...it didn't take him long to zonk out on our way home!
Can't wait until our next visit to the Apple Orchard for Fall Fest & pumpkin hunting in October!