As the apple season draws to a close with the holidays, and I contemplate how far I will have to drive to get one more delicious apple pie and box of apples, I am reminded of the side trip we took as we left Colorado this summer.… all for a couple boxes of freshly harvested, organic peaches from Morton’s Orchards (#MortonsOrchards).

Palisade, Colorado boasts, for good reason, of their peach harvest each July and August. My family and I make nearly annual road trips to Colorado to visit family each summer, so as we journey home along I-70 we drive right through Palisade. A couple summers ago as our trip drew to a close, I started looking in Boulder, my hometown, for some Colorado peaches to take home with me. Unfortunately, it seemed I had waited too long to buy them. Several of the local grocers didn’t have anymore, and weren’t expecting more for a few days. This missed opportunity resulted in our first stop in Palisade for peaches. So began our nearly annual stops in Palisade for peaches. (Include photo from first buy)

This past summer, I again first looked in Boulder for organic Palisade peaches. I saw them one day at Lucky’s(small local grocer), but then the day I went to buy them they were sold out… again. This stop in Palisade had to be at an organic farm stand. It turns out there aren’t that many in the area. Morton’s Orchards won our business that day after some concerted effort on our part.

First of all, to our knowledge they did not have a farm stand just off the highway – like our first trip. So we journeyed the miles to their farm.