The Apple Orchard Miracle!

After meeting Allie for lunch in Georgetown, I spent the afternoon studying in Starbucks. I took a study break when Amy came to visit and it was great catching up with her. Then Kim picked me and Allie up and we headed back to their apartment to get ready for Charlottesville! Once Jamie was finished with work we got in the car and started our drive. There was traffic, so we decided to stop and get dinner on our way. Luckily we were close to the Cafe Rio that just opened up in Manassas. A dream come true! We made it to Charlottesville and got to spend time with a lot of our friends that are in law school: Joe, David, and Steve. The next morning we woke up bright and early. We got bagels and headed up Carter Mountain for an Apple Festival. The festival was everything I had dreamed it would be! Apple picking, apple slushies, apple donuts, apple pie, apple cider, etc. It was a beautiful day and a very nice break from the city. Pictures as proof: 

 Jamie

 Jamie, Allie, Kim

The orchard was literally on top of Carter Mountain! Look how pretty it was.

 David, Kim, Allie, Amber, Jamie

 Kim

 The BEST apple slushie ever!!

And now... THE KEYS!

Our morning was going perfectly well, when half way through David realized he had dropped his keys in the orchard! He drove, so that meant Kim, Allie, Jamie, David and I were all stuck on Carter Mountain until further notice. He thought he would be able to easily trace our marks and find them. Wrong. We've decided an apple orchard might be one of the worst places possible to loose keys. Especially during the apple festival when there are hundreds (maybe even thousands) of people and apples dropping everywhere. After we had all been looking for about an hour and a half, Kim left with her cousins Jon and Amy so that worse case scenario, we would all at least have a way to get home. (Kim was going to go down with them and get her car and then come back up and get us.) So Kim left and David, Jamie, Allie, and I continued looking for keys for another hour! Just when we were about to give up- HE FOUND THEM! An apple orchard miracle! We decided the lesson to be learned was: When you're about to give up, keep on going! So, 2 1/2 hours later, we had our keys and were on our way down the mountain to meet Kim. It was a good thing Kim didn't have to come back up and get us- the traffic had gotten terrible. This apple festival was a big deal! It was all worth it for the delicious apples and the amazing apple slushie! 

 The spot where David found his keys!