The Mill Neck Apple Festival

Spoiler alert...there was no saling this weekend. If you came here to see things we found while saling, you will be greatly disappointed. Well, maybe not greatly but you will not see anything we found because, well, we didn't.

The second week in October would have us at the Mill Neck Apple Festival. This annual event first began in 1957 and Monica and her family has attended the event since she was a little girl. Monica's dad no longer goes but her sister and her brother and their families do. Our Saturday began with this annual tradition. 

This was our view as we arrived at the festival. There are some changes made to the festival every year. This year, there were more rides for the kids. 

There were lots of tents. There were lots of fruits, vegetables, flowers, pies and assorted bake goods for sale.

The Pickle People have been coming here for years. We always visit them first. 

Pickles on a stick! 

Pickles on a stick always make us happy...and perhaps a little goofy.

We can see that the bratwurst are being cooked in the distance! 

The cheese shop where lots of different of cheeses are sold. There are also free samples of cider given out here.

Cheese is the only thing that can ever come between us.

We always stop at the picnic tables to eat bratwurst, pretzels, etc...and we always take the annual table picture.

They had goats there this year. These goats actually participate in goat yoga. Yes, goat yoga is a thing. If you haven't heard of it, google it.

Crazy goat faces!

This goat was our friend.

Fancy chickens! 

Bock. Bock. Be-gawkkkk! 

Fancy ducks! 

A very sincere pumpkin patch.

In front of the Mill Neck Manor.

The beautiful view from the steps of the manor (and the relief to know that you have already climbed the hill to get up here and that the way down is much, much easier)!

A family photo, in this spot, is an annual tradition.

We always take a photo together in this spot! 

This Roman statue looks just like us.

Another of our favorite spots for a picture.

The Partridge Family was here! 

The famous rock! Marissa, Richard and Peter posed on top of it.

As always, it was a great day and, as always, we wound up at Monica's sister's house (where Monica's dad met us) to have sandwiches and salads and a mid-afternoon lunch that was big enough to count as dinner, too. That wasn't the end of the day though. We had birthdays to celebrate!

It was Richard's birthday on Saturday and he was a very good sport to wear the tiny birthday tiara that Monica handed him.

It was Lenny's birthday on Sunday so the celebration was for both of them as was the birthday apple pie. 

Sweetie said "Pie? Where?"

Upon fully processing the word "pie", Sweetie got into full party mode very quickly! 

Word that there was apple pie in the house spread through the neighborhood rapidly!

On Sunday, we spent the daytime catching up on the household chores and running the errands that were necessary. That evening, Lenny's real birthday, we went out to the All-You-Can-Eat Chinese buffet which included endless sushi. The restaurant lost. We won. It wasn't even close.

Monday was Columbus Day and a day off for both of us. The weather was windy, rainy and generally miserable. We all took a ride out to Uncle Bobby's to do a few more things in the house and that took up most of the day. It was a no saling weekend but a busy one and a fun one. At the top of the post, we said we didn't find anything this weekend but we actually did find one thing.

This 1960's Flintstones' glass was in a box in the basement of Uncle Bobby's house and it came home with us so those of you who read through this entire post, even though you didn't expect to see any of our finds, have been rewarded for your perseverance. You are welcome! We'll be back with more adventures soon!