Dinosaurs Ate My Lunch

I sat down on a hike to eat my lunch. It doesn't take long before the dinosaurs take notice. "Sure, okay. You can have a bite of my apple." 

But one dinosaur happily munching away usually attracts more dinosaurs. And it is a fresh Ginger Gold apple from a local orchard, so its pretty tasty and hard for dinosaurs to resist.

And it doesn't take long before they find the rest of my lunch.  I didn't realize the Spinosaurus liked tomatoes... but they are fresh from the farm!

Or that the Saltasaurus liked cabbage leaves! The leaves are fresh, sweet and crispy and picked the day before. Dinosaurs know quality apparently.

Oh dinosaurs! Sigh. 

Dinos on Mt. Monadnock

Sometimes you want to go on a hike up Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire, and you are halfway up the mountain before you realize some dinos stowed away in your backpack. 

Pesky dinos! Very specifically a pesky Saltasaurus, a Spinosaurus, and a "B9-made-in-china-a-saurus" (it's the only one not labeled on the underside). Though a very knowledgeable 10 year old hiked past, saw the dinosaurs, and identified them accurately... I just can't remember what he thought the "B9-made-in-china-a-saurus" was.

If they stowed away, they might as well get a chance to see the view. It was a gorgeous day.

"Wow!"

"Rarrgh!"

The "B9-made-in-china-a-saurus" terrorizing some hikers at the top of the mountain. 

The Red Spot trail going down is a beautiful one. The Saltasaurus really enjoyed it.

"Can we do that again?"

Dinosaurs in the Blueberries

There are some incredible farms and orchards in Massachusetts. One farm that we recently discovered (and love!) is Carver Hill Orchards in Stow, MA. It's quiet, beautiful, has ice cream, and isn't usually too packed with visitors. They have pick your own vegetables, peaches, blueberries, and apples! And if you call ahead you might just be able to participate in pick-your-own cherries. 

We caught the tail end of the blueberry season.

The orchard is so good, a few dinosaurs stowed away in our car. 

What chompy, little monsters!

Pick your own blueberries are so much more fun with dinosaurs. Just don't let them eat all of the berries.