We went for a little tour with Justin, Lindsey, and Cameron. They have a Harvest Festival in this area and one of the things they do is the Pumpkin People...
Entering the town of Kentville.
The pumpkin people are all over town!
Justin, Lindsey, and Cameron.
Riding on a pony!
Invasion of the pumpkin head people!
There is a new theme each year, and this year it's Pixar.
Then we went and picked up some fruits and veggies. We find it very odd that if you go to the big Atlantic Superstore that apples of all varieties cost between $1.49 and $1.99 per pound. This is ridiculously expensive for apples! Especially considering that most of them are grown right here in the Annapolis Valley. Some however are imported from other countries such as Chile. It doesn't make any sense to me. However, Lindsey knows of a place where you can buy delicious locally grown apples for only $0.88 a pound. Why would anybody pay $1.49 when they can pay $0.88?
Lindsey, buying some delicious Cortland apples for $0.88 a pound.
Still lots of fall colors in the trees here.
So today, we're heading for Ottawa. Not sure when you'll hear from us again, although we'll try and update our facebook fans whenever we have internet along the way. We're taking the VIA Rail train from Halifax to Ottawa and it leaves at noon today. Doesn't arrive in Ottawa until tomorrow at 6:00pm, and we'll be spending a few hours in downtown Montreal along the way.
We love travel days, so stay tuned!
The apple thing reminds of the price of produce when we lived in Puerto Rico. I suppose it came in by ship, since it was sad looking and overpriced. Bananas were something like $.99 a pound, (and were from somewhere in South America, I don't remember) but out on the street corner, you could buy more bananas than you could eat (like a mit full of a dozen or so) for a BUCK!
ReplyDeleteToo bad I wasn't making banana bread back then...
Cute family photos - looks like Cameron was enjoying riding horseback! The pumpkin head people is a cute idea - our local high school did that this year, too. Well, here we go again - back on the road - our should I say rails. Enjoy!!!
ReplyDeleteWe think it is a great idea for attracting tourists in the fall. They are fun to look at.
DeleteThey have wifi on Via!
ReplyDeleteOnly on the Quebec City to Windsor corridor has WiFi on the trains, so our Halifax to Montreal train didn't have it but our Montreal to Ottawa will.
DeletePumpkin people coming over the rise reminds me of the Walking Dead...very scary
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ReplyDeleteLove the pumpkin people. Cute idea.
ReplyDeleteLove the pumpkin people, sounds odd hearing you talk about buying apples by the pound not kilo, thought at first they were cheap !
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly enough, prices here are in Kilo's and pounds because there are still too many of us that remember prices in pounds.
DeleteThe pumpkin people really set the atmosphere for this time of year.
ReplyDeleteCome stay here in the mountains near our house, apples are free.
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