Today we took our first trip to a farm. Along with our friends Brock and Erin we took Maddie to Great Country Farms in Bluemont, VA. We had decided last fall after spending a great day with Brock and Erin apple picking that we wanted to go peach picking the next summer. This was the weekend we decided to do it. Great Country farm is a fantastic place for all ages. The weather was perfect being the upper 70s when we got there and probably hitting a high of about 85 for the day. The peaches were just so so (i think we might have been a little late in the season but we got a few good ones) but the blackberries were fantastic as were the cherry tomatoes.
We got there about 12:30 and had a nice picnic lunch near the parking lot before heading up to the main building where you catch the ride to the orchard. We picked our peaches first and then rode to the blackberries. After all our picking we paid for our fruit and brought it back to the car. We then headed to the petting zoo/farm animal part of the farm. While we were in line a woman had handed us some extra food for the farm animals and we took our crushed corn and headed to see what they head.
Maddie was a little hesitant at first but after watching dad feed the animals she was all for it. She had such a great time feeding the miniture horses, goats, and donkeys and kept wanting more. It was such a great experience and probably one of our favorite parts of the day. After feeding the animals we went to the little playground where maddie went down the tractor slide. It was pretty steep and went fast but our little daredevil loved it!
It was a long day and we were at the farm about 4 hours. All in all we had such a great day and I'm sure we will go back again.
Once we get the few pictures we took I'll post them.
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