If a bit of serenity is what you crave, head out of town and go apple and/or pumpkin at Russell Orchards in Ipswich, Mass. There are few things as American as hayrides and apple-picking. It's been years since I've donned my ripped jeans, old t-shirt and ratty tennis shoes
for a 45-minute drive from Boston to the Ipswich orchards.
Russell Orchards is open May through November. The farm stand features homemade donuts, pesto and fruit wines. A walk through the animal farm lets children pet everything from ponies to pigs, and the friendliest of the lot is always the calm goat herd. The family cat Popcorn rests easily on the haystack outside the farm store.
Hundreds of families had the same idea on this crisp Sunday. No matter... everyone is here for one thing: a little simple pleasure before the complicated Monday inevitably begins.
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