One of my favorite Fall adventures is apple picking. A time for the family to get together, hop on a hayride & fill up baskets with far more apples than we could ever eat before they spoil.

As a kid, I remember the fun of using (sometimes successfully) those long handle contraptions to pluck ripened apples from the top of the tree that would have otherwise been out of reach. And I remember quickly discovering which varieties were baking apples after spitting out their sour fruit and which were the kind you could enjoy right off the tree.

This scent captures the unmistakable & delicious smell of freshly picked apples that fills the car on the ride back home.