The Apple Works

Today I went on a field trip with Talon's class (the middle learning center). We went to a place called, The Apple Works, in Trafalgar, IN. It was a VERY nice place and we all had a great time! Thanks so much to Mrs. Norfleet for arranging this fun field trip, the kids all got along great, no fussin' or fightin'. I took a ton of pictures (85 to be exact), but have only shared a few with you. I know, I always put too many pictures on my blog, but who cares, IT'S MY BLOG : ) What can I say, I'm just a picture takin' freak, lol! If you want to know my opinion on this place, I would DEFINITELY recommend it for your youngun's. Of course some may not enjoy it, but ya have those kind in every group, HA! --I would like to say a BIG thank you to my babysitters, Sara & Tony, for watching my little rug-rat. She had a lot of fun and when she woke up from her nap, she started crying and asking for Sara : (

This was the front of the building, very neat looking.
This was where we learned a lot of interesting stuff about apples, such as: apples have 3 parts (the skin, the flesh and the seed), the skin is the best part for you (it is loaded with vitamins, antioxidants and fiber to name a few), when picking an apple from the tree, you twist it NOT pull it (this will ruin the limb), you need to keep your temp. at almost freezing in order to keep
your apples crisp...

These are the boxes that they store the apples in, in their coolers. They have 65 different apples in their orchard, with over 7000 tress.

This is the kitchen area where they bake all their yummy stuff; pies, cakes, breads, cookies, etc. We all received free samples of their apple bars and cider, YUMMY!!! They go through approximately 30 gallaons of white sugar, 30 gallons of brown sugar and 40 gallons of flour EACH WEEK.

This is the press that squeezes all the juice out of the apples, so they can make cider.

This is the machine that puts it into gallon jugs. A gallon jug is $5.50, but oh sooo worth it :) The machine to its right, is the machine that pasteurizes the cider. It is zapped with a lazor for 15 mins.

Off to pick our free apple!

This was a really cute cut-out that they had for the kids to pose with (l to r: Diamond, Tyler, Lane, Jonathan, Blake, Caleb, David and the driver (of course) TALON

Back Row: Lane & Talon

Front Row: Janae, Britnee & Courtney

Petting zoo they had there

The play area was a HUGE hit, the kids loved sliding on this enormous slide and going through the maze.

The gangs all here!

Talon acting crazy, as usual!

Hitting the trails

Talon and his "friend" JanaeThey had them in all shapes, colors and sizes