Right before school started we were able to get in a last minute trip to the apple orchard to pick apples. Usually, we end up going with the 8,000 other people that decide "oh, it's a nice fall weekend to go apple picking, let's go!"....but this year, we decided differently. When Beak and Skiff started advertising their apples, we packed up the car and kids, and went picking. What a difference! There were no lines, no huge groups of people needed to be dodged, and an endless amount of apples on the trees. It was fantastic. Not to mention Beak and Skiff had quite the make-over this year. The new facility is absolutely beautiful. It's bright, spacious and organized. It was hard for me to stop taking pictures to actually pick an apple or two....but I managed to help a bit....14lbs of apples later and we were headed home ready to make some pies,...four to be exact...and boy were they delicious.
After a rough morning of picking apples, we took the girls to one of our favorite low-key restaurants,... Boom Boom Mex Mex, a secret little Mexican gem in Syracuse. If you haven't tried it yet, you should...it's good,...especially after a day of picking apples.
