Apple Hill

We just got back from Apple Hill. We had such a wonderful time enjoying Fall up in Northern California. I just realized, on this vacation how lucky I am to live in California. There are so many places that I haven't seen in California and Apple Hill is one of those beautiful places. It is up in the mountains about 45 min. away from Lake Tahoe. We have some friends who have made it a tradition to go up every year. This year they invited us to come with them. It was so nice to breath in the fresh crisp mountain air and to see the leaves change colors. For the first time it felt like Fall. We got up there on Friday night and spent the night in a hotel. Saturday, we went around to all these different farms. The first farm we went to we ate homemade apple doughnuts and hot chocolate(the doughnuts were amazing). Some of the farms had pumpkins growing in the fields, apple orchirds, Train rides, pony and horse rides,got to pick apples and buys things at all the different booths. We had homemade apple cider and apple crisps for desert(very delicious). The boys played very hard and got to eat all the junk food they could stuff into their tummies. They loved picking apples from the trees. The apples taste so much better eating them right off the tree. They got to see how apple juice is made and we got to bring home a bunch of apples. If anyone has any good recipes that include apples I want it. I am going to make homemade applesauce, apple pie, apple crisp ect.... It was a great family vacation!!!