Berry Fun Adventure

This sunny, hot afternoon we ventured to Milburn Orchards  in Maryland with a few friends. We picked blackberries and raspberries, got up close and personal with the barnyard animals, and sampled other fresh fruit and ice cream.  We had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back.  The fall harvest and activities are supposed to be spectacular:

Paul used to pick raspberries with his grandparents

near Grygla, MN when he was a little boy and had

fun passing on his berry-picking expertise to

his daughter.

Ah! What a gem!

Here's another good one!

Haley and Emmeline were berry-pickin' experts in

no time at all.

Though we kept telling Emmeline to wait to eat the berries

until we got them washed, she absolutely could not wait.

This looks good enough to eat!

I had better test one, just to make sure...

Oh, yes!  That's yummy!

Our blackberry haul.

When all the red is gone from the berry, it is perfect

to pick and eat.  The red means it is under-ripe

and will taste bitter.

After picking berries, we introduced ourselves to

some barnyard animals.  Here the girls are discovering

a donkey.

A cute vid proving that Emmeline knows what

a goat says!

The goats hoped we had some food for them.

Sweet little babies.

A couple of turkeys discovering a turkey.

Yum! Nothing better than a fresh peach...

...except for maybe watching a toddler eat one. 

On to the ice cream!

Emmeline was REALLY excited about the ice cream.

"So I says to Mabel, I says..."

There's that look of Paul's again.

The orchard has toddler-sized wooden vehicles scattered

throughout. Here the girls take a ride in a school bus.

"The wheels on the bus go round and round!"

"Don't make me come back there!"

We had a berry wonderful time!