Our homeschool group trip to the mountains

What can I say?! The pictures say it all! We had a wonderful trip to Ellijay and Dahlonega. Our homeschool group organized a trip to this area so that we could see some neat things, get some apples from one of the best places in Georgia, learn some new things, and have fun! We went to Hill Crest Orchards in Ellijay, where we were able to go on a wagon ride, drink some apple cider, went to a petting zoo, saw a pig race, learned about cows, and got some apples! Then we went to Burt's pumpkin patch a short way down the road and got a little pumpkin. I thought the pumpkin patch was great...and so did the kids! We spent the night in a nice family oriented place called Forrest Hills resort and ate dinner on the square in Dahlonega. The next morning we got up and went to the Consolidated Gold Mine in Dahlonega. We took a tour of the mine, which I thought was great, and then we were able to have a large bucket of dirt and gems and the kids were able to pan for gems. My kids were a little young and needed help, but the older kids loved it. After our time at the gold mine, we headed back to Macon. Overall this was an excellent trip! I think fall is finally sinking in! I hope it stays a while!

Here are all of the kids on our trip!