Fall Fun... Asheville style

I have always wanted to go apple picking in the mountains in the fall.  Lucky for me my sister and her family live in the mountains!! So months ago we planned for us to come up during the girls' fall break and do some fun fall things.  We had a blast! We got to do lots of fun fall activities.  LOTS of things that we couldn't do at the beach.  It was a great trip full of lots of new experiences :)

Driving into the mountains.  Most of my children had never seen the mountains! They were amazed!

 Apple picking the first day.  It was quite a hike to the apples.  But well worth it!

 Brooke with a nice red apple!

 posing for a family pic in an unused trailer

 The leaves :) We don't have colorful leaves at the beach!

 Madeline (kind of) climbing an apple tree

 Getting some "pink ladies"!

 We thought this sign was silly!! 

We didn't abuse the privilege, but part of the fun is trying new kinds of apples!!

 The next day, we took a hike... aww the lovely trees!

 We hiked about half a mile and stopped next to a river.  

We (and by "we" I mean, the boys) built a fire.  We cooked hotdogs and ate lunch :)

 The river was just beautiful! (And so is Hana!)

 The kids had fun throwing rocks into the water

 And pretending to fish

 My little hiker! 

 After we got back home, the kids rested.  My sister "tricked" me into hiking 3 1/2 miles and 1,000 feet up a mountain in her neighborhood... this is the view from the top.

 See how high it was! No small walk!

It was such a wonderful trip!! Thanks Steven and Courtney for having us!! It was a great experience that my kids will never forget!!