We celebrated Veteran's Day with an adventure to the mountains near Naples. The Oropallo family invited a group of us from school to see what goes into making their delicious olive oil.
Here's Camden hiking up into the olive grove
Beautiful olives ready to harvest
Emma and Kelli used teamwork for the electric machine that knocks the olives out of the tree
The traditional way to harvest
Antonia, Maria (our outstanding hostess), and Kelli
Adorable olive pickers
Camden loved climbing in the trees
Cheesy kids
Next stop: the oil making factory
Here are the olives moving up the conveyor belt before they separate out the leaves and get washed
These huge marble wheels smashed the olives
YUMMY!!!
Kelli, Me, and Mel at the wine tasting portion of the day
Handsome guys
After lunch we visited another Oropallo olive grove and saw this special 300 year old tree.
Emma needed to test out her climbing skills
Family photo time
Goofy guy hanging from the tree
love these ladies!
Wonderful scenery as we headed back home
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