Choo Choo!

This weekend we headed off on another Autumn themed adventure. We celebrated my Mom's birthday by heading to a local apple orchard. We had never been there before so we weren't sure what to expect.

It was a little weird heading to pick apples and pumpkins in almost 80 degree weather, but we went anyway. I figured that despite the great weather, if we went during the football game, maybe it wouldn't be so busy.

I was wrong.

Our main goal was to go on a hayride, yet we quickly discovered that the line was a 30-40 minutes long. There was no way any of us were going to wait in line in the hot sun for that long. So we looked for plan B. Luckily there was a train that passed through the farm that looked interesting, so we went for it.

The train took us through the some of the country areas that we were nearby and the conductor talked about some of the history of the railroad. He also told some pretty corny jokes, on the way there and back.

Brody didn't take in the train as much as he would/will when he's older, but he seemed to have a good time. Most importantly, he didn't freak out when they blew the whistle right next us. Instead he gave the driver a look like "what the heck is that noise!"

And possibly the best part? The day ended with a decadent carmel apple and an apple pie to bring home to Daddy.