Apple Picking Take 1

Our first attempt at apple picking was, shall we say, fruitless.  We went to a farm in Morristown, NJ that had hayrides and mazes and apple picking and lots of seemingly wonderful activities.  It was so commercialized, however, that just to get into the orchard to pick apples you had to pay $11 per group of 5 people.  And since we had 6 people we had to either pay $22 or sit one out.  So Grandma took one for the team and sat out while we went in and picked some fruit just to have to pay for that per pound as well (which we actually expected to do).  The hayride was $7 per person and the mazes were $8 per person, so we ended up skipping all of that since we didn't plan on blowing $100 on what is supposed to be a quintessential New England fall activity.  We were totally disappointed.  We did get some good photos, though. We took a drive through downtown Morristown which was really quite lovely, and then found a playground for the girls to play.  The weather was beautiful, and it was nice to be with Allie & Grandma.