The Apple Festival

The Apple Festival is an annual event that Hendersonville has been holding since around the end of WW II. It is held on Labor Day weekend every year and it is supposed to be a celebration of what Henderson County is famous for and that is its apples. My girlfriend had never heard of it before a couple of weeks ago when I mentioned it and I invited up here so she could experience some of my local flavor. I have not been to the Apple Festival in probably 15 years and it is definitely not what I remember. Parking was not the nightmare I thought it would be and we made it downtown at about 4:30. The place was packed with people and the vendors were trying to convince everyone that their orchards apples were the best. We mostly walked around and she checked out a few displays that caught her eye and I ran into a few relatives and some old friends of mine. Being a Hendersonville Rock Star is a step above being a Travelers Rest Rock Star. We met up with a few friends of hers at a restaurant on Main Street called the Square Root We tried something called an Apple Slushie (it tasted more like Apple Butter that had been run through a strainer and then some crushed ice was added) before we settled on a more traditional lemonade. We had a good time and i am so glad she wants to step into my world. That is very important to me, more important than I thought it was, and she fits perfectly into my world.