Our Fall Road Trip 2020

Even though 2020 may have slowed us down on traveling, I knew I was not going to give up our Fall traditions.  I wanted to see some Fall colors and visit a farm to pick pumpkins or apples and let the kids have some fun.  With Evan's busy sports schedule, our weekends have been pretty jam packed until last weekend.  After watching the weather, we had planned to head towards the mountains on Sunday, but Saturday morning, Eddie checked the weather again, and it looked like the rain that was suppose to show up on Saturday wasn't going to hit until late Saturday night and Sunday.  We quickly changed our plans and jumped in the car for the drive after a quick stop by Chick-fil-a to get our lunch through the drive thru.  We live right beside the interstate that would take us all the way to the best spots for apple and pumpkin farms in North Carolina.  We last visited the area of Hendersonville, NC in 2013 so I was interested to see how much had changed.  We visited the same apple orchards that we last visited.  The area did have some new developments, but the farms were pretty similar.  The pumpkins were pretty picked over and slim, but we did manage to get a bag full of apples and had some good fun too.  We made it through the amazing Chick-fil-a themed corn maze just before the storm arrived, and we headed home in the opposite direction of the storm.  We were very thankful for this wonderful day of memories made.  

The drive isn't too steep as Hendersonville lies just on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  My ears only popped once on the drive coming back down.  

You know you have entered the mountains when you see the exposed granite along the roadside where the mountain was blasted away to make the road.  The road through Hendersonville is lined with farms selling pumpkins and apples and lots of yummy homemade treats. 

The first thing the kids wanted to do upon exiting the car was to get some energy out on this playground.  Grayson wasn't too sure about the horse swing.  The bike merry-go-round was pretty neat although the boys couldn't get it to move.  I tried pushing it, and it was very difficult.  

On the way to pick some yummy apples.  The granny smith trees were the last ones to be picked, but the kids really love those the best.  

Miss Maggie got to ride in the wagon.  

I tried to get Maggie to hold an apple, but she just kept letting it fall to the ground like "I don't want that."  Mattox demonstrated for her. 

Oh my sweet Grayson.  He really steals my heart! 

I can't believe how big my oldest baby is now.  He is way taller than me and just so handsome and grown up.  He really loves his little brothers. 

Just pictures of the old couple. 

Teaching Grayson and Maggie how to pick the best apples off the tree. 

Evan doing his baby Simba pose with Maggie.  Maggie is definitely his favorite now as she looks so much like him. 

Daddy had the brilliant idea to make an apple pyramid for the boys, but the execution of the plan wasn't so easy.  The apples kept rolling away.  Haha!  Brody practiced his "make an apple float" trick.  

Grayson wanted to try to pull everyone.  He's our little Hulk baby.  

Me and my babies

Seeing her walking through the orchard was a dream come true. The last time we were here, we were still in the early stages of grieving her sister. 

My two biggest babies are definitely growing up.  Evan is about 5 1/2 feet tall, and Brody is over 4 feet tall.  

Mattox was about 3 1/2 feet tall, and Maggie was almost 2 1/2 feet.  

I think my Gerber baby is just the cutest.  She could definitely sell some baby food even though her baby food is homemade. 

My little pumpkin heads.  I told them to do a silly picture for the second one, and the silliest thing Mattox could think of was to show his ear.  Haha! 

Maggie and the Great Pumpkin

The cutest pumpkin in the patch

All of my little pumpkins. 

Brody is reading the story of Ivan the gorilla with his class so he had to get a picture with the big gorilla statue.  

And the babies wanted to ride in the wagon.  

We braved the corn maze. 

And the kids lead the way.  

Which way?  

Evan had a lot of fun in the maze.  He wanted to go the long way through it. 

Mommy and Daddy have to take selfies to get a picture together. 

Grayson hiding in the corn.  

I took a photo of the maze map to help us stay on the outer edge of the maze.  If we had gotten into those letters and words, we would never have gotten out.  Haha!  The storm hit right when we finished.  We ran to the car.