Fall Fun

Kenya is a beautiful country with many natural wonders and wildlife. The only downside to God's creation in Kenya is not having an autumn season. Fall is my favorite season. Leaves are changing from green to brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows. A favorite family fall (how's that for alliteration!) activity is apple picking; so on my last Saturday in the US we trekked out to an apple farm to pick our own apples.  (Caption Contest on final photo.)

Fall Foliage

To save fuel, we all shoved into one car!  

At this apple farm there was a lot of stuff to choose from:

Pumpkins 

Indian Corn and Decorative Gourds

Apple Cider

We got two baskets and headed up to the orchard to pick our own apples.  My favorite type is Winesap, but that was not ready yet, so we went for Cortland Apples.  Before we started out, we took note of this sign:

I like to consider this a guideline, not a hard and fast rule.  As you will later observe!

As we entered the apple orchards, there was row upon row of juicy apples.

Some of the varieties included Rome, Cortland, Jonagold, and Red Delicious.

We all jumped in with full force to get the best apples in the orchard.  We chose Cortland's because they tasted really good!

Dad tasted more than he picked for the buckets, I think!

Here Glory is pointing out the features of the apple she just selected.

Mom and Annette work as a team.

As you can see, the best apples were at the tops of the trees, completely out of reach.  

Red, crisp, and just waiting to be picked.

What to do?  We came up with several of solutions:

Mike shows off his husbandly skills.

Annette and Glory demonstrate the Shabouk Girls tenacity.

What is this person doing CLIMBING THE TREE??

At the end of it all, we had a fun time together.

Thanks Dad & Mom.

CONTEST - CAPTION THIS PHOTO:

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In the comments below, please caption this photo.  I just don't know what to say!