How 'bout them apples?

I haven't been apple picking since I was in kindergarden and I was itching to go. Well, I've been itching to go for years, but have never been able to (I tried one year, but the apple season was over). 

So, on Sunday, Emily, Ben, and I seized the gorgeous fall morning, and headed out to Stow, for some apple picking!

 My main intensions were to (a) have fun and (b) get apples to make apple sauce.

It was super fun to pick the apples from the tree! I really had no memories of actually picking apples in kindergarden, but I do remember sitting on the bus with my bag of them. So of course, I jumped at the chance to climb the first ladder I saw and pick some apples!

We mainly picked macintosh and red delicious. The macs were amazing, not grainy and soft like from the market!  We also hit up the golden trees, and some cortlands. 

We were being goofy throwing apples down at each other, let's say that some of us are better catchers than others...

Seriously, though, perfect crisp fall weather, partly cloudy, amazing colors on the trees and in the fields, not too busy, couldn't have asked for better scenarios!

We just kept picking and picking. We were working on filling a 20lb bag. That is a lot of apples! 

And this is what happens when 3 adults, who are kids at heart, go apple picking...I said, "hey, Ben, do you think you can lift me to get those high apples?" - it became this. 

The three apple pickers. After we were all picked out, we hit up the store for cider donuts (for the non-glutards) and apple butter and cider. A perfect fall adventure and I can't believe it's been 19 years since I did this! 

Then I came home and made apple sauce! I'll post my super simple and amazing recipe next week!