Apples in October

I rode home from work on Friday on Forest Hill Trail after the inspiration of this video of our local trail. The novelty of riding the trails home will never wear off. It's awesome. We watched Rumble Seat Revival play at Benny's BBQ with a few drinks and had a great time.  

Saturday morning, we drove to Grave's Mtn Orchard to pick some apples. Even though it was Oct. 5th, it was 91 degrees out and felt more like August. Wandering through the apple trees provided a little shade, but carrying 20+ lbs of apples made things hot. We picked LOTS of apples and had a great time. I made apple butter, and apple sauce, and hope to make more of each, in addition to any other apple concoction we can come up with.

Sunday was another full day: Ran 2.3 miles with the dogs, mowed the front and back lawns, made said apple butter/sauce, baked 2 quiches, cooked chile rellenos, made baked apple, washed/groomed dogs, and pulled weeds. It was a good day.

Here's a picture album from Apple Picking.

And here's a few pictures from Sunday.