PEACH PICKING IN CROZET

We are smack in the middle of summer and I don't let a single day go by without me thinking about how much I love this season. I love the heat, how it drives us towards fruit and ice and makes walking around the house in bathing suits perfectly acceptable, I love all the produce that is fresh and ripe during this season, I love the extra sunlight and how energized I feel because of it, I love the outdoor activity and then resting indoors, I love all the weekend getaways. 

We don't have any big trips this summer, but we are filling up our months with weekend trips, like this trip to Crozet, VA that I did with my friend Mignon, our friend's daughter, Evelyn, and Sloane and Logan, to go pick peaches last month. It was my first time to Chiles Peach Orchard and it was our first time peach picking. I love picking fruit and this location in particular was so beautiful and peaceful, I am hoping this is something we get to do every summer. 

The girls were excited as well, and Logan told me she was going to pick a hundred peaches, but I could tell something was off as soon as we got there, because she was lower energy than usual and I could tell she wasn't feeling herself.  It later turned out she had come down with some sort of virus; she had a fever and lost her appetite for several days! which was a shocker.  Luckily, it only lasted a few days, but during this particular day she stayed close by me and still managed to pick plenty of peaches.  This also explains why I came home with tons of photos of Logan, who stayed 3-4 feet within me at all times, while Sloane and Evelyn roamed and romped around the orchard with Mignon.

I love that they had these little red wagons for visitors to use! They came in handy for children wrangling and peach carting.

Aren't those mountains beautiful! 

The place was serene and we could see mountain ranges all around us. 

On the way back, we stopped by an adorable antique store (where the girls made themselves at home) and Greenwood Country store where they have art and small local groceries galore.  A sweet and lovely day.