Quite an Afternoon

After naptime was over, Iain and Callie took The Staff out to Evans Orchard for a bit of outdoor fun. Callie rode reverse-pillion on the BOB, as you can see above. Iain was actually more gracious about it than he looks.

They rode happily through the beautiful apple trees, pushed by the chauffeur. As you can see, the trees are full and lush, having just finished their fertility cycle. Pretty soon they'll drop their leaves, but for now the orchard is really perfect.


Iain took a bit of a walk through the paths.


He was interested in the trees, in the apples on the ground, and in Callie's excitement. Boy, was she excited.

They walked hand in hand, inspecting everything and helping The Staff pick apples. Both Callie and Iain picked several apples by themselves. The Goldrush apples, in particular, were low enough on the tree, and plentiful enough, that each kid could have picked a peck of them, no problem.

In this, the first part of the fun, Callie and Iain each came away with about a peck's worth of apples and Korean pears. They loaded the haul into the BOB and commanded "up the hill!" So we went. Next stop: the pumpkin patch. Stay tuned...