This past weekend Nate, Pumpkin and I all packed into Nate's car and headed upstate for a long-awaited apple-picking trip.
This trip wasn't even possible a few weeks ago because we were car-less but thanks to military school start-up loans Nate is now a proud owner of an Audi A6 Avant.
It looks a little something like this.
Not exactly the car you would expect a 21-year old single man to own.
I ask him everyday why he owns a "family car" because all I see when I look at it is a car packed full of kids and a trunk filled with hockey gear.
Not something I'm interested in for a long time!
So we headed upstate.
It was beautiful, like it is every year. I love New York state.
We went on a little nature walk along the way. Pumpkin was truely in her element. Orange leaves everywhere. It was beautiful.
We went to DuBois Farms about two hours from the city. We ate cheeseburgers and pulled pork sandwiches, had an apple cider donut eating contest (I was shocked and disappointed that Nate didn't win. He eats faster than anyone I've ever met). Then we picked apples. And ate more apple cider donuts. It was lovely.
On our way home we stopped at one of the many wine vineyards nearby. I've never understood how New York wine could ever be good compared to Italy, Napa, France. It just doesn't make sense to me.
The wine was fine. Not Italy, but not bad either.
I'm embarrassed to admit it but I'm sort of becoming a wine snob!
The view from the winery, on the other hand, was breathtaking.
