Peach picking & beer gardens

Labor Day: the last hooray of summer. I made the arduous journey up north via a 5 hour bus ride. Saturday’s forecast almost scared us off from going fruit picking, but thankfully we forged ahead! What started off as an overcast weekend turned into a day with pockets of sunshine.

Collect the emojis!

The peaches were not all ripe in New York state, but there were some winners that we ate right on the spot. Friends also grabbed some blackberries and green peppers. Ochs Farm is a favorite of mine (& upcoming: it’s the best for apple picking!).

My pickins

Pay up!

Now that we picked all the fruit we could, we went down the road to Pennings Orchard for some food and beer. After snagging a table under an umbrella, we shared some fries and onion rings, washed down with a variety of beers.

We spent a few hours enjoying the outdoors, took the occasional Polaroid picture, then dashed off to our last destination. Ice cream at the famous Bellvale Creamery . Didn’t snap a photo, though, so you’ll just have to use your imagination…

Grateful for the sunshine and laughs 🙂

xx