Free Saturday....

 It was a "funny" week...one where everything that could and would go wrong....really did!!  I won't bore you with all the details, but suffice it to say that it was a rather stressful week. 
    The weather changed too and the wind literally blew Fall in big time!

 The nice thing that happened this week was that my sister, Lynn, passed through for a day on her way to see her daughter who lives in Delaware.  She will come again Monday on her way back home.  Since our parents died, it's wonderful to connect whenever we can even in the simplest of ways. 

Just spending time talking finds a real pleasure for both of us!

As for the "Free Saturday"...we got up today and read the paper.  We knew that babysitting Bryden was part of our day and we saw three Fall festivals happening in our little town.  We had time to go to two.  The temp had really turned cooler and it was very windy so we bundled up and headed out. The first festival was at an orchard where they were giving wagon rides...FREE.

They also had FREE caramel apples, popcorn and hot dogs!! Yum!  The lines weren't too long yet but I felt sorry for the clean-up crew because the wind caused many a paper plate and napkin to go flying!

There were also many FREE photo-op spots and face painting for the kids.

We went on to festival number two which was a farm.  It is known for it's wonderful produce and also for pumpkins this time of year.  There was a FREE horse drawn wagon ride out to the pumpkin patches. 

There were not FREE food stands here, where the wind was taking down some of the decorations. (not sure where it was putting some of the help too...)

There was also a FREE petting zoo, and hay maze for the kids that ended in this slide.  Bryden went down about 25 time and loved every minute.  

It was a fun afternoon that didn't cost much, took us all home tired from the fresh air and badly wanting a nap. zzzzzzZZZZZ!