It's perfect for small children since there are no strong waves to knock them down and we could relax without worrying about undertows or big waves. The entrance fee is small, only cost us $12 for all 6 of us and we are definitely going back. We'll go for a whole day next time-- the Husband had to work that evening, so we were only there for a few hours, much to the children's disappointment.
Baby had fun, too!
Just look at that smile!
Loving every minute of it!
Just look at that smile!
Loving every minute of it!
*****
Friday, we went cherry picking again. I used up all the cherries from the last time we were there and I wanted to get more before they were gone. Cherries are only in season for about 2-3 weeks and when we were there, the orchard only had 2 trees left with sweet cherries. They still had plenty of sour cherries, so we got 3 buckets of sours and 2 buckets of sweets.
I canned 6 pints of maraschino cherries last night for a total of 9 pints so far. The juice for the maraschinos is so good, that I've been using it in the lemonade for a cherry-lemonade drink. Yum! I bet if I added a bit of rum to it for a grown-up drink, it would taste great on a hot day! I canned 3 pints of leftover maraschino juice for future drink mix-ins.
While at the cherry orchard, Middle found a 4-leaf clover! Lucky girl!
The girls also used their very first genuine outhouse at the orchard! It was tucked in between these huge lilac bushes and when I saw it, my first thought was natural air freshener in the Spring! :o)
1 comment:
That's a great day - and two four-leaf cloves in two days for your girls; that's some luck. Very envious about the cherries, we have a sour tree but it's tiny and the birds have eaten all but a dozen cherries. Home-made marachinos... that sounds amazing. You should do a book of all your preserves.
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