Next we drove to an apple orchard, just 10 minutes outside of town. Julia was very excited because she had just done a whole unit about apples in Kindergarten. We each picked a small bag of Golden Delicious apples, and they were certainly delicious!
I had read about a little waterfall that was 10 minutes (other direction) outside of town. Ryan really wanted to hike to it. The hike was supposed to only be 10 minutes. At first, only Ryan wanted to go (with Dave) and Julia and Amber wanted to play at the playground and wait. At the last minute, everyone decided they'd try the hike. It was perfect. It was just 10 minutes on a pretty trail to the waterfall. At this time of year, it was only a trickle of water, but it was still pretty. Ryan, Julia and Amber all ended up in the water, splashing around and having a great time. (When we first reached the trailhead, Amber saw the sign warning about mountain lions. That almost did the kids in. But we told them if we stuck together and kept our eyes open, we'd be fine. I did keep a close lookout for any mountain lions, but we didn't see any.
That little frog in the last picture is a frog we saw in the bathrooms after our hike. Amber spotted it on the wall and Dave took a picture of it. As we were driving home, the kids said, "Mom, are you going to do a blog about the frog?"
We had a really fun day!
5 comments:
We remember Solvang 'cause we have been there with you and it definitely IS a fun place. To add the apple orchard, waterfall hike and the frog added up to a total BLAST!! Lucky family!! Thanks for sharing all the pictures. We miss you all a lot! Love Mom/Grandma J
That last comment made me laugh. Anytime something funny or interesting happens now the kids, or even Scott, will ask if I'm going to put it in my blog.
Sounds like the perfect way to spend a day! Those aebelskivers look delicious. I'll have to try those sometime.
What a perfect day. Isn't the drive up to Solvang worth the whole thing. I love passing through orchards, along the coast, and through the beautiful mountains! We will have to try the hike. It sounds great. Maybe you can make some apple filled aebleskivers now!
I haven't been to Solvang in so long. Looks like you guys had a great trip. My kids liked seeing the picture of the frog. (So good thing you put it on the blog.:)
Looks like you guys had a fun trip! We've only been there once, a couple of years ago. We need to go back and see the waterfall and hopefully the frog too--the kids would love that! :)
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