Before I divorced, I used to take the kids to Carter Mountain Orchard once a year to pick apples and get apple cider donuts (I was skeptical at first, boy was I wrong to be skeptical – they are so good, especially when they are hot and fresh). Blake has never been to Carter Mountain and agreed to go.
We got to the orchard pretty early as it is only about 1.5 hours from our house. We took the kids up the overlook tower before getting our bags to pick apples.
The orchard has plenty of apples in bins that have already been picked but there is something about picking your own apples that is appealing. I purchased tickets for the hay ride which goes all through the orchard and while I was in line Blake went to the Prince Michel Wine Tasting Room. He purchased a bottle that we could enjoy after the baby is born.
The kids really enjoyed the hayride and this also helped us decide the area to go to pick our apples. Beautiful views could also be seen from the hayride.
Once we were done with the hayride we head into the orchard to pick our apples. We decided to go with Fuji Apples. When we arrived to the rows of trees, most of the apples have been picked over. Not many apples were still on the lower part of the trees. We did manage to fill 2 bags of apples.
We paid for the apples and purchased apple cider donuts. Before leaving we took a couple more pictures. I am glad we got to the orchard when we did because as we were leaving the parking lot was filling up quickly and the orchard was crowded.
After leaving the orchard we head to Blue Mountain Brewery. This is ours and the kids favorite restaurant to stop at when we are in the mountains. The kids love that they are able to run around when we sit outside.
After we leave the brewery, we stop at an overlook to enjoy our donuts and take in the views.
We had a great quick and spontaneous day trip to the mountains.
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