Apples & Wine

Last weekend, Grandpa King and Kathy visited and took possession of Justin's car that he left with us when he moved to Hong Kong.  They had enough time to be one of the first people in the newly-reopened White House Visitor Center on Saturday, then came with us to the mountains on Sunday for a fabulous day of apple-picking and wine-tasting.

This photo appeared on the WTOP website as Nathan, Allan, and Kathy were the second group of visitors to the new visitor center.

On Sunday, we went to Stribling Orchard, which it turns out Alison and I had visited two years ago.  The setting in the mountains is beautiful and they let you use large, pointy tools.

9-14-14 - Alison & Dad

I gave Maddie an apple to preempt her finding one herself on the ground.

Kathy, Grandpa, & Alison

After apples, we went into Front Royal for lunch at Spelunker's, then picked a nearby winery.  It was Naked Mountain Winery whose slogan is "Drink Naked!".  The drive to get there led us along the cutest mountain road.

This was my first winery visit and we got to taste 10 wines while looking out at the mountains.  Although the wines weren't amazing, I liked the experience.  I liked it so much that I declared that we'll be going to many more wineries from this day forth.

Tasters