Last night we had a spur of the moment bonfire out back, with pizza to break the fast (the kids actually outlasted me!–I was very proud). Marshmallows got roasted and turned into s’mores. We all hung out, and Avdi and K discussed tech nerd stuff. Eventually I spent the night.
Today we all drove to Eckert’s Farm across the Mississippi into Illinois. It turned out to be Eckert’s Disneyworld! There was a vast parking lot, with tags from all over the country. There were long lines for everything. We took a tractor wagon ride out to the acres of apple trees and picked many varieties among the rows (and had fun playing apple ball and other apple pastimes). We skipped the huge fields of pumpkins, and rode back and waited on another long line to check out. There was a garden center, a large souvenir area like Cracker Barrel, a large grocery/produce store indoors and out, and other kid attractions. We made a beeline through all the distractions to the parking lot, and drove back with our haul.
At home at my apartment, I gobbled down apples–they were amazingly appley! These particular ones in my bag are Fuji, but they taste so much better than the store ones.