Apple Pressing at the Jones House

Yesterday was the annual Jones Apple Pressing Day. This was my first one, as every other year it seems like I had something else going on that day. It was impressive, there were a lot of people there (too many as it turned out), we had 3 presses going, and a whole system working to make the cider. Here are just some of the jugs lined up to be filled.




The trailer full of apples


There were lots of little hands helping.


The filled jugs ready to go home


The overview:


We actually ran out of cider...and had to run to neighbor's property to pick some more. We picked every last apple, and there still wasn't enough to go around.


One woman ran home to get two of these baskets full of apples to help the shortage.


Dirty press


I felt really bad that the Joneses didn't get any cider out of the deal, not even a gallon. In past years they had a ton of excess, so they invited more people this year. Many people showed up with 10 or so jugs, and those that left early made out before we knew we were going to come up short. It was still a great day, and I think everyone had a good time.
I really should have taken a picture of all the cookies, cakes, chips, and soup that were in the garage. It was quite a spread.
After apple pressing, I took Ashlee to one of my favorite hiking spots. It was nice to exercise a bit after eating all that sugar. We stopped by Juanita's for a bit, talked with her and then went to American Dream to split a piece of pizza. It was Ashlee's first time and she loved it.
We drove back to Eugene and stopped at the grocery store to pick up some things for more pizza at Jesse and Lauren's when Ashlee realized she had left her wallet in the bathroom at American Dream. I called while she kept looking in the car. The guy at AD was surprisingly rude about the whole thing, to his credit it was a game day, so it was crazy there, but still. Luckily Ashlee had merely stashed her wallet in my purse for some reason, and everything turned out ok.
Then we headed to J/L's to make brick oven pizzas. They had a few people over, and it was a lot of fun talking with everyone and eating way too much. I didn't get a picture, but they also made apple crisps in the brick oven, which we had with ice cream.


Definitely the most fun I've had since I started school. I'm glad Ashlee came with me, we had a great time.