How dishonest are people?

Mr. Doodlebug and I brought baby Doodle apple picking this morning/afternoon at Linvilla Orchard in Media, PA. The orchard was great. We picked six different varieties of apples (Jonamac, Gala, Stayman, Summer Rambo (yes, that's the name of it), Golden Crisp, and Macintosh) and filled a half bushel container. You could also pick peaches, grapes, raspberries, eggplants and peppers.

Baby Doodle sat in his stroller enjoying the outdoors, which he loves. We can always count on bringing BD outside to calm him down. We browsed the country store which is filled with Linvilla-made jams, preserves, pancake mixes, pies, desserts, candy, etc. . . Mr. D and I split a spinach and cheese stuffed bread at a picnic table near "Playland" -- a big playground with all sorts of fun and unique apparatus to play and climb on. Playland costs $1 to enter for children, adults are free. There is a sign at the entrance that says that 100% of the proceeds go to keeping the playground clean and buying new and safe equipment. There is another sign above a locked container that says the cost and that it is run on the honor system. Pay $1 for each child, we trust you to actually put the money in the container, or at least some change if that's all you've got. I witnessed thirteen families go into Playland and only three put anything in the container. What a disappointment. Here we are at this great family-friendly place with a pumpkin patch, hay rides, birthday party space, picnic tables, and an awesome playground and people can't even dig into their pockets for a measly dollar! We didn't go into Playland as BD is still too small (there weren't any of those swings for babies -- see picture below), but we did put his cute little face through the holes of a duck, pig, sheep and cow.

































On the swing in Spring Lake, NJ, where BD's paternal grandparents live.