Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Autumn in Grape Country



This past weekend we headed to North East, PA to visit Steve's mom. While we were there, we got to see a grape picker in action. Of course this was commonplace for Steve and his mom but Stevie, Abby and I enjoyed seeing it. It was funny how the leaves of the grapevines were yellowed and shriveled but there were still beautiful clusters of grapes hanging on the vines. In fact, some places there were no leaves at all and yet there were large clusters hanging from the bare vines. The smell in the air was wonderful. I think it was primarily the grapes we were smelling but there were loaded apple orchards too. It was a beautiful fall day and we had a nice, relaxing visit with Steve's mom. Aunt Gladys came over too and of course we had to play some games. Unfortunately, I had a headache and missed out on some of them.





Here are a couple more pictures. One is the grape picker and the other is just some of the beautiful countryside.

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