Fall colors and apple orchard

Today, we headed up to the NC mountains to pick some apples and take in a hike.  We went to Chimney Rock, which is where they filmed Last of the Mohicans and it was really beautiful.  I thought we were a little late to see the foliage, but lots of the trees were still green!  Occasionally, we would see a really vibrant orange or red one, but most had not changed yet.  We took Morgan along, and the first part of the hike was all stairs, she got so scared that John had to carry her for part of the way.  The second trail we took was a little flatter so she was much better then.

 Some of the stairs we had to go up..

 Morgan got a little scared...

 We had a gorgous day- it was 77 degrees!

 17 weeks

After a hike, and some BBQ in the cute town of Chimney Rock, we headed to a nearby apple orchard.  There was only 1 variety available for u-pick, but we ended up with a bushel of fuji, granny smith, cameo, and mutsu varieties that were already picked.  Also had to sample the apple cider doughnuts, apple pie, and bought some applewood chips for Thanksgiving turkey smoking! 

We took Morgan through the orchard and thought she might be interested in the apples, as you can see, she was not really interested...

Until John took a bite of the apple (she always wants what we are eating)...

 We have so many apples now that John is taking 3 to work a day!  I think I will stick with 1, I don't need any more digestive issues than I have!