Monday, October 19, 2009

Long Grove and Pumpkins

Yesterday turned out to be a beautiful fall day. Perfect for walking around Long Grove and hitting a pumpkin patch in Lincolnshire. As you can see by the pictures. I was a rather sunny day. Almost too bright to not squint while smiling.


Long Grove was a little bit busier than normal due to OktoberFest. We checked it out but did not participate. We just enjoyed lunch at the Village Tavern and checking out a few stores. Even started Christmas shopping. It's never too early to start shopping for presents, especially when you see something and inspiration hits. After enough time walking around Long Grove we piled into the car and headed over to the pumpkin patch.

Man! was it crowed but like i said it was a beautiful day. Ready for a snack we decided first to check out the apple cider donuts. As we got in line the rumor hit us that they were out of donuts but never fear more were being made. About a half hour later we were finally sitting down enjoying hot apple cider and fresh apple cider donuts. yes! they were worth the wait.

Even had a few leftover to take home for dessert and breakfast this morning. Once we were refueled we headed out to check out the new pigs, the corn maze (we didn't do it), the hayrides (didn't do it either), and decided to head to the pumpkins. They were pretty picked through by the time we got there but after careful considerations we found just the right ones for our needs.

All in all a very beautiful fall day to be outside and with good friends.