We checked in the Hotel (I didn't take any Hotel pics - sorry but it was very very nice) and we jetted off to Windy Hill Orchard where a Fall Festival was in progress. You can read about Windy Hill Orchard in this month's Southern Living Magazine!
I took a close-up so you could see the apples in the trees. They were $6 a peck. Not sure how much for a full bushel.
The orchard was well taken care of and very pretty!
I love the autumn leave arch-way. You might have to click on it to "big" it and see better!
It's a wonder the scarecrow didn't run screaming from me. No make-up, hair scraped back LOL I've got to get my groove back and try to at least fix myself up again. The rotten hot weather is pretty much gone so I have no excuse!
Get your Hayrides and Apple Cider here! We did buy some cider doughnuts, apple cider, apple butter and pumpkin butter.
Sunflowers everywhere! You can click on it and see my "Boo At The Zoo'" t-shirt. I mistakenly bought a childs shirt but thankfully could squ-ee-ze into it! LOL
A close-up of the giant sunflowers. I love them! So cheery and pretty.
This man was a real old-timey blacksmith. His stuff wasn't for sale or I would have loved to have had one of his heart shaped iron hooks. Beautiful!
Another shot of the blacksmith, look how the iron is glowing red hot!
We didn't end up going anywhere fancy for dinner (every place had a long wait) so we found a local hole-in-the-wall called The Graduate which was a bar/grill type place. The food was awesome. I had a buffalo chicken wrap with pasta salad and Stacy had wings and they did not disappoint. As I said we went to the Flea Market on Sunday and had a good time. Bought a few more things for Madison to open on her birhtday Friday at her Grandma's. Her big present is a new swingset/activity center but she needs some packages to open on the big day as well. We are having her party at Chuck E Cheese Thursday night. Can't wait! Okay in closing we ate at Hooters in Rock Hill on the way home Sunday. I meant to take a picture of Stacy with the Hooters girls but I forgot and he did too. Not being mean but i've been to plenty of Hooters and these were the homeliest Hooter girls i've ever seen! They were nice and did a fair job though LOL I love the crablegs and buffalo shrimp. Yum. I enjoyed being at Winthrop also. I showed Stacy my off-campus apartment and where I stayed in the all-girls dorm on campus. Got some things at the Bookstore. It was a trip well-spent.
LOVED the pictures! Looks like you were having a good time! :)
I love weekends like that - so much fun.
That place looks so nice and relaxing. Glad you had a good time.
Your trip to the orchard looks like it was much more fun than mine was.
Stacy PQ- thank you - we were!
Cheeky- they are, I had them more this year than I ever have. I have vowed to get out more and do more.
Shell - thanks we did!
Katie- Um, yeah much better than yours. No rain and it was'nt cold!
That sounds like such a great trip, Patti ! Thank you for the pictures to go with it ! Your smile is so happy - it is good to see you enjoying yourself like that !
I love weekends like that....I am still laughing at the homely Hooters girls.
Sounds like a fun, fun weekend!!! I loved the pictures. I especially liked the sunflowers one.
loving annie- thanks I did have a good time
tommiea- they were!
daisy- thanks me too!
That sounds like a good weekend, just enough things-to-do without overdoing it, and just enough laid-back time to make it a relaxing vacation. Ahhhhhh.
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hey patti, the pics look great. when my oldest, twinkle, was small i used to take her apple picking. what fun for a toddler!
what a great buy on the loafers. you should have posted a pic of them. i love finding hole in the wall spots with great food and drinks. they're the best!
How sad that your Hooters girls were ugly. That's no good. The hubs got so jipped on that one.
Your trip looks so fun. Right up my alley, relaxing and shopping and peace and quiet.
Girl, my groove is on vacation too. It's just soooo much easier to wear a broke ponytail every day!
Patti:..."Not meaning to be mean...these were the homeliest Hooter girls I've seen"! Oh God, that was funny! So Maddie's BD is this Friday! She has those cool Goldie Hawn sunglasses! What a sense of humor. Have Fun!!!!
Lynilu- Yep for once I did not need a vacation from my vacation
BEM- Okay i'll get on it this week!
ICSCN- I love off the beaten track places too. I'll try to remember to post a pic of the loafers. I heart them. Oh boy.
SFG- Stacy didn't care about the homely hooter girls LOL
chickie- another slacker LOL I don't feel so bad then!
Michael- Yep she'll be THREE!
Our town had it's fall festival a couple weeks ago. Last weekend the NY State BBQ Championship was held in the park in town. I was amazed at the equipment the competitors had.
that looks like fun!
I just absolutely LOVE the fall colors, and all the smells associated with it. Apples, baked goods, festival fare...
We watched a program recently on DIY with a woman who gives blacksmiting lessons -- it's a very physically demanding hobby, as well as expensive, but the things her students made were fabulous!
Uh...Patti-Cake? When we go into Hooters, we ain't lookin' at faces, hun.
:-)
I love your pics! Where is this in the NC? It is so pretty! It looks like you had a good Anniversary weekend.
BTE-Mmmm you said bbq! They did a pig at my surprise party,those cookers are awesome (and pricey)
Pack of 2- It was!
Pat- Well they weren't very, um, well endowed either. Not that I was looking *smirk*
Sheila- The Orchard is actually in York,SC about 18 miles from Charlotte past Rock Hill.
I just love flea markets....love all the pics...
FFM- Me too, thanks honey. Hope all is well with you and yours!
Looks like you had a great time. Love the pictures!!!!
caroline- Yes we did! Thanks
Ooh sunflowers! They are the happiest flowers, aren't they! That's a great shot with the sun coming through them too.
I don't know, I think that scarecrow was edging closer to you.
Great pictures and sounded like a fun time shopping and enjoying each others company
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