Apple Harvest Day is an annual event in my hometown of Dover, NH. Downtown streets fill with craft vendors, live music, and activities to celebrate the start of fall. I grew up going to the festival every year, and it’s grown in size significantly since I was a kid. This year, my sister is the President of Dover’s Chamber of Commerce, the organization that puts on the event.

Highlights:

• Meeting my friends’ 3-month-old baby, Fiona!

• Watching a huge tortoise roam around Henry Law Park

• Apple Baklava from the Gyro Spot. Oh my gawd so good.

• New candy and ice cream shop, Lickee’s and Chewy’s, was crazy busy!

• So. Many. Dogs. Where did all these dogs come from?

• Someone in a Woodman Museum polar bear suit

Fun fact: Apple Harvest Day used to include a duck race, which involved dumping a truckload of rubber ducks into the Cocheco River. When I was four-years-old, my family won a trip to Disney World when our rubber duck came in second place.