Monday, October 26, 2009

Riley's Apple Farm Field Trip

In late September, we attended a field trip at Riley's Apple Farm in Yucaipa, CA. We went with a local homeschooling group and had a blast participating in pioneer day life.

When we arrived, we were greeted with music by the Riley family and our children were invited to play along.



We then were divided into groups and began by learning how to start a fire using twine and flint.



While they were busy preparing lunch for all of us pioneers, we were allowed an hour to explore the various stations and participate in pioneer chores. There was apple coring/peeling/slicing/drying...




There was laundering - washing and hanging on the line...and gardening...



There was log sawing...and corn grinding...




There was even log cabin building by stacking pre - cut logs to form the house...while lunch was cooking,



The girls practiced their quill pen and ink writing...& made a corn husk doll...



After a lovely lunch, we headed over to the apple cider press section where the kids lined up in a row, chose apples and dropped them into the press which was hand cranked by a homeschooling pappa...





And VOILA! Our cider! Off to be cooled before tasting...


We rested and headed into the gift shop before heading over for an archery lesson...




We then took a tractor ride around the perimeter of the apple farm...



And then headed back to drink some of our fresh organic apple cider...



Back in the gift shop, we got some bags to pick some apples to take home...





At the end of the day, we left to begin our two hour drive home with lots of apples, corn husk dolls, and lots of fun memories with friends!

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