![]() ![]() 383 County Hwy 138, Broadalbin, NY (51, eaglemillsfun.Haunted houses & spooky attractions to visit in West Michigan Apple Orchards & Cider Mills Photo courtesy of Getty images GRAND RAPIDS A $10 wristband buys entrance to the onsite fun park that has bouncy castles, a trike track, pedal go-carts and such hokey fun as a Rubber Ducky Derby and milk can ring toss. Oh, the fine array of apple treats for sale-turnovers, pies, streudels, dumplings and donuts-guarantees a blissful food coma that will have your kids sleeping all the way home. a $7 bag of grit with some gems mixed in. ![]() After walking across the old-timey covered bridge that sits atop pretty Kennyetto Creek, kids can take a ride around the grounds on a little train, or use water from the creek to search for semi-precious stones such as garnet and amethyst by panning through a bag of “mining rough”-a.k.a. Want to see how it's made? Staff demonstrate their cider-making process during Saturday pressing demos (noon). ![]() On Saturdays at noon, a 100-year-old waterwheel powers an antique knuckle-joint press as it squashes up to 50 bushels of juicy apples into sweet, sweet cider. The institute has an immersive children’s discovery room, nature trail and a replica Algonkian Village, complete with wigwams and a farm growing corn, beans and squash-a traditional crop known as The Three Sisters because the plants support one another as they grow. Washington, CT is a doable daytrip, but the nearby Institute for American Indian Studies (38 Curtis Rd, Washington, CT) will make you want to spend the weekend. ![]() Though the pressing room is staff only, kids can feast on apple donuts, wood-fired pizza fresh from the visiting foodtruck, or chomp into the delicious pommes they just picked from the orchard. At the onsite Cidery, baskets of Averill-grown apples are pressed into hard cider for the grownups (and normal hot and cold cider for the little ones, too). Depending on the season you can pick your own apples, flowers, vegetables, berries and even Christmas trees. This postcard-pretty homestead (and former dairy) has been growing crops since 1746. ![]()
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