Yesterday we went to Apple Hill with Grandma and Pete & Mel. Apple Hill is an area just east of Placerville up Hwy. 50. There are lots of apple farms, flower farms, tree farms, pumkin farms, etc. Some of the older ones may recall having gone there once long ago. The various farms are very different in their approach to wooing the consuming public, so one needs to be discriminating, but overall this is a really nice place to visit. Uncle Peter & I decided to return one day and just go from place to place eating. They have bbq, tri tip sandwiches, German food, and of course everything you can imagine doing to an apple or pumpkin to make it edible. By the time we got around to the place that boasted 15 different kinds of carmel apples, the cars were lined up for over a mile just to turn onto the side road the farm was on. We turned tail & went the other way. So we didn't eat much yesterday, but saw a lot. Here's a sampling:
A shot of a beautiful japanese maple lit by the sun, just right through the trees.
Georgeous mums, hundreds of them, made this place beautiful.
This little guy was "outstanding in his field" watering the lawn, and doing a great job of it.
They had copies for sale, but we couldn't find out how much.
Uncle Peter says he can make one easily enough.
And here is the little guy in action - kinda reminds you of someone, doesn't it?
This was just one of the kind of neat places they have stuff to eat.
Uncle Peter was impressed that they had German potato salad & lots of sausages.
And finally, here's the lovely couple mugging it for the camera. By the way, that is ROOT beer in the steins :)
