Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Traverse City - The Apples

After the wedding last weekend, Chris, our friend AJ, and I drove up the Old Mission Peninsula in search of an apple orchard. It was a gorgeous day, and we found apples...

orchard in the front yard

in a front yard! It was pretty adorable - they had a tube for money and bags, but no one was out there. So we left our money and picked some apples. 

ahhhh!

A brief struggle over the apples between Chris & AJ

apple?

After the apple picking, we drove back down the peninsula and stopped at a winery. A lot of grapes in Northern Michigan! The views were absolutely beautiful - at one point you can see Lake Michigan on both sides. How long til retirement - 2 years? 3 years?

3 comments :

  1. I grew up outside of Grand Rapids so my family drove up to the Traverse City area every summer to camp. I LOVE it up there and will for sure be joining you upon retirement :)

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  2. Hi, Katie! I'm Kate...I'm in your mom's watercolor class at Eastern. We were looking at your blog today (and your Etsy site...your stuff is adorable!)

    I saw your comment about retiring in TC.

    I'm a native Traverse-Citian...the winters suck. That's all I have to say. Unbelievably miserable. Just something to consider.

    Fun reading your blog! :)

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  3. Hi Kate! Thank you for all the sweet compliments!

    And, yes, I can totally imagine that the winters are terrible. If winters are this bad in Chicago (being on Lake Michigan), I can only imagine they'd be worse in Traverse City, being so far north!

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