Dragon Fruit Harvest

We were invited to go on a 'Dragon Fruit Harvest' day. It was a special event put on by the county government, who according to our friends, "had some budget money they needed to spend." All we paid was about $4.50 (for insurance!) and we were treated to a full day, 8-4, including a fantastic feast of a buffet lunch.
The flyer said that this was a day to encourage the 'modern father' - dads should take the lead this day and bring the family on an outdoor adventure day.
We drove in a caravan of family cars to a place a half hour away where there is a visiting farm. They had orchards of fruit and fields of flowers. Like Shelburne Farms, they are set up to show visitors how things are grown.
Our first activity was to go see the fruit -- star fruit (oh the smell of freshly fallen star fruit!) and passon fruit (look at McKinley's picture of the blossom.) We saw green oranges too, (ripe when they are green, and so sweet.)
Then we had play time - jumped on the trampoline, climbed a treehouse, and zoomed around in a cart to see peanut harvest and flowers.
After the amazing lunch, we did tie-dye, painted frogs and insects (models of them) and created sculptures from driftwood, seeds and shells.