Christmas Tree Farm

Today we headed over to the Hancock Christmas Tree Farm to pick up our Christmas tree. It was very exciting for two Floridians used to picking up their tree at the local Lowe's or roadside stand. Who knew that trees actually grew out of the ground or that you could cut down your own? What a country!

We put Morgan in the car and headed over to hunt for our tree. The pics below detail our journey:

Here is Morgan in the back of the Forrester. As you can tell by the shot, she thought we abandoned her. One of the wonderful things about New England is that you can leave your pup in the car and not worry about the heat.

Morgan started us off by hunting around the Charlie Brown-sized trees and all appeared lost until we discovered much taller specimens in the back. It's a lot of fun to hunt for your own tree in what is basically a miniature forest.
We picked this tree after looking at 4 others. It's really funny to discuss what the "front" of the tree will be without being able to spin it around. Also, since the tree was on a slope, we had to do some creative measuring.

This is a great shot of the tree actually falling over after I cut it down with a hacksaw. It was pretty easy to do, but you still have to carry it back to the measuring station a couple hundred yards away.

The attendant measures your tree with a height chart similar to the ones kids use when getting on roller coasters. Ours was a 7-footer and we paid $35.

Brian cleaning up the base so it will fit in the stand.

Here we are taking our wonderful Christmas tree home!

Cutting our own tree down was a wonderful experience, and we hope to do it every year. We also had a classic New England drive home with Christmas music on the radio. Perfect.