Los Rios Ranch

Merrick went on a field trip to Los Rios Ranch in Oak Glen a couple weeks ago. First his group got to tour the apple orchard with "Johnny Appleseed". One kid kept yelling "He's dead". He told them a little about the apple trees, but mostly he talked about the animals in the orchard and how they ate the apples. His favorite thing to do was show the kids bear poop.





Next they got to go see the machine that washed
and sorted the apples. The thing was huge, old, and noisy.











Last they got to make apple cider. Which they
didn't get to drink because the school won't let them since it's not pasturized. I bought some from the store and it was really good. It's sooooo much better than the stuff you buy in the store. Each of the kids got to put in about 3 apples each. They grind up the apples, then use a press to press all the juice out.






The last picture is of Merrick's class. His teacher
is the mom of one of Devon's best friends in school. We met when our girls were in kindergarten. She is a great teacher and I love that Merrick is in her class. It was perfect weather the day we went. It turned out to be a really nice day.