A DAY IN DEWEY

The Friday before school started, I decided to take the kids on one last adventure up north. We ended up at Mortimer Farms in Dewey, AZ, just outside of Prescott Valley. For $6 per person, we were able to play on their various attractions, pet and feed their farm animals, and pick our own fruits (vegetables and flowers were also available). Because it was a bit warmer on the day that we went, we basically had the place to ourselves. The kids were able to swing, climb, slide, play, race, jump, ride, and zip to their hearts' content. The farm had chickens, goats, sheep, and a donkey (plus the kids found about a million tiny toads in the grass throughout the day). We played for hours before taking a break for lunch. After we had finished eating, we filled four containers with strawberries and blackberries fresh from the patch. We may have even sampled some as we picked. Absolutely delicious. Five seconds after I snapped the last shot of the kids with their haul, someone decided to throw up the strawberries and blackberries she had eaten (methinks the heat and hard play had something to do with that). All in all, it was a fun adventure to wrap up our summer.