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FALL INTO FALL Get out and jump in the leaves
enjoy the season. With options from sampling Oktoberfest brews to carving pumpkins, don't let fall fun pass you by. Before winter makes your you-know-whats hard enough to cut glass, pick an apple, carve a pumpkin, drink a beer and enjoy the season. And don't forget to jump in the leaves.
by Erika Bentson
The trail of sweat that crept down your back all summer is finally dry. Now, instead of a sticky and stinky walk up the hill, enjoy the smell of furnaces kicking on and the sound of red and golden leaves crunch and crinkling beneath your feet. Fall is finally here, and the Lawrence area is packed with possibilities to
Apples are a delicious seasonal fruit and orchards near Lawrence grow a variety. Vertacnik's Orchard and Gardens, located east of town at 1403 E. 1850 Road, sells gala, golden delicious, granny smith, Jonagold, Jonathan and red delicious apples. David Vertacnik owner, says he will sell apples until they're gone and hopes to be done by the end of October.The orchard is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday through Sunday. To get to the orchard, take K-10 east and turn left on E. 1750 Road, then turn right on N. 1400 Road. And don't forget about cider. You can make your own by heating up apple juice and adding a little cinnamon and caramel sauce, says Madeline Shike, Fort Wayne, Ind, sophomore, who brews her own at home.Warm it up in the microwave or on the stove for a hot treat.
You can make apple and pumpkin picking more interesting by slurping up local Oktoberfest lagers. Area breweries like Freestate Brewing Company, 636 Massachusetts St., and 75th Street Brewery, 3512 Clinton Parkway, sell these traditional German festival lagers, which are slightly darker and thicker than regular ales or lagers. Area liquor stores stock these brews and pumpkin-flavored ales during fall. It's a thicker, spicier, richer beer with a full taste, Brendan Dowdle, Tonganoxie sophomore, says.
Fall isn't complete without an old sunken-in pumpkin sitting on your porch rotting through November. Adam Lott, Garden City senior, is looking forward to his B.Y.O.P. pumpkin carving and housewarming party, where there will also be a candy corn-eating contest.
Schaake, owner. The patch also offers hayrides that take guests around the patch and is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day until Halloween. Take 23rd Street east to E.1750 Road and turn right on 1500 Road to pick up a few pumpkins.
Schaake's Pumpkin Patch, 1791 N. 1500 Road, has been supplying Lawrence with pumpkins for 31 years. There is no fee to enter, and you can pick your own pumpkin for 30 cents a pound, says Janet
pumpkin
If you like to cook, Mary Moser,
22-year-old Lawrence resident,
suggests baking a pumpkin pie.
Moser recently baked a pumpkin
pie from scratch using a pumpkin
she picked herself.
Pumpkin and Apple Pickin'
Lawrence Orchards Garrett Farms 1563 East Highway 40 (785)841-4085
Vertacnik's Orchard and Gardens
1403 E.1850 Road
(785) 842-4428
Schaea's Pumpkin Patch
1791 N. 1500 Road
(785) 843-2459
Lawrence Pumpkin Patches
Freestate Farm
1431 N 1900 Road
(785) 841-1265
FARM BOYS AND GIRL
Forget about puking from bacteria-ridden produce from the west coast and support local farmers. Sample fresh vegetables, fruits, baked goods, herbs, flowers, jellies, honey, salsas and other products at the Lawrence Farmers Marke You can buy safe, local bacteria-free product Arugula, lettuce and spinach are good picks fall because they grow better in colder weather says Mary Jo Menslie of Tree Corners four miles northeast of Lawrence. The m is open until Nov. 11 and runs from 4 p.m. p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in the parking 10th and Vermont streets and from 7 to 1 Saturdays at 824 New Hampshire St.
Play disc golf. Drew Huskey, Lincoln senior likes playing the holes at Centennial Park Disc Golf Course at Sixth Street and Rockledge Road. The course offers 18 holes for your disking pleasure. Riverfront Park, just northwest of the river, also has an 18-hole disc golf course. If you're not the disking type, the park also has eight miles of bike trails that you can access off of Sixth Street, just across the river. Or you can romp in the leaves while your friends play disc golf.
"It gives me an excuse to stay inside, sit around and be lazy, and my wardrobe is fall-oriented."
— Tristan Conway, Olathe Junior
"Football season and tailgating." — Mallory Loudenback, Hutchinson Junior
"The weather." Dennis Lu, Leavenworth Junior
"The smell."
— Kristen Dayton,
Olathe freshman
- Make caramel apples or caramel yourself with your special someone.
- Put your old pumpkin on your head and scare your neighbors, friends or children.
*Buy enough Oktoberfest beer to last through December.
*Bring spiked cider to tailgate — whiskey is the best.
*Try to scare the people who work at haunted houses.
+Play disk golf with as few clothes as possible.
- Carve an X-rated pumpkin.
- Bury yourself in leaves.
*Stock up on cheap candy after Halloween.
Bob for apples in beer.
10. 26.2006 JAYPLAY
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