Apple Picking

Today we went apple picking at Kuiper's Family Farm in Maple Grove, IL.
We had a fun time, except I think I'm biased. It wasn't like apple picking in Michigan. It had a very commercialized feel to the farm. They kind of shuffled you through the orchard like cattle. Plus the apple trees were tiny so there weren't a ton of apples. Most of the Jonathan's were all gone in the trees and the honey crisp apples also gone. There was only a few honey crisp apples in a box leftover. But there were a lot of Mcintosh apples available. So, we grabbed some of the Jonathan's and Mcintosh. Some for eating and some for baking.

We matched :)

Hayride wasn't that great. The apple trees were so small and the distance to the trees we could pick was short. We could have easily walked out but they didn't allow it. You had to do the hayride for the "experience."

Hooray! Wayne's first time apple picking!

 After grabbing some donuts (also not as good as Michigan ones in my opinion) we went over to Tom and Eddie's for lunch. Oh man, those were awesome burgers! We got the Ampersand and the Blue Chip with milkshakes. The Amersand had Applewood smoke bacon, smoked Gouda cheese, BBQ sauce, onions and a sunny-side up egg. While the Blue Chip had an avocado, garlic aioli, tomato, potato chips and blue cheese. I don't know how many calories we ate but man was it worth it.

Emma