Camden had her first field trip on Wednesday. Her teacher let them take one of their notebooks and it helped pass the time with the almost 45 minute bus ride to Danville.
There are three classes of first graders, and we attempted to get group pictures. It is quite difficult to get 18 first graders to look at the camera at the same second!
And 60 was impossible!
We stayed in our class groups to take the tour. Our guide was heading toward the barn to show us the process there when she saw that the pickers where down a row very near to us. She said that is a very rare thing and wanted to let us have a look. The group headed down one of the aisles.
There are 4 men who pick all of the apples in this large orchard. They are very quick! He kept working while our guide pointed out the correct picking method.
The men collect the apples in a basket around their shoulders and then dump it into one of these bins when their basket is full.
After watching the men, the kids each got to pick one apple. Camden kept requesting to pick more. Guess another trip is in order to a u-pick place and some apple butter needs made!
Before we left the area, the kids got to feel the inside of the pickers basket and see how the basket is designed to keep the apples from being bruised, but also make it easy for the pickers to release them into the bin.
Our next stop was on a hay wagon for a brief lesson on how each season is important in the growing of apples.
There was also a lesson on the role of bees in growing apples.
Our next stop was through the refrigerator (a large garage building) that keeps the apples through the winter months so they are still good to buy and eat. The place was filled with bins of apples and smelled so heavenly!
Our final tour stop was in the barn where they make their delicious cider and clean and sort the apples for sale.
When then headed out to benches for a sugar cookie snack with some fresh apple cider. There truly is no better fall drink than fresh apple cider from an orchard.
While all the groups finished up we headed to a field for some free play and pictures at a nice fall display.
Three of Camden's friends wanted to have their pictures taken and I happily snapped away. My favorite is the group shot of Macie, Camden, Payton, and Tayton.
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