PUTTING UP PHOTOS FROM OAK GLEN

 Made a trip to Oak Glen awhile back  - another mountain area but about an hour away from us.   I've been meaning to post these so I have them on my blog as a memory.  

We will make another trip in fall to enjoy the fall colors.  This area gets a lot of tourists so its' best to go during the week especially during apple season.  

Things are going well here - lots of time spent with our new granddaughter, now 8 months old.  Our July was a beautiful month weather wise and we had lots of yard work to get done which we still will be working in some areas.

I really don't have much to write about....I guess that's why I don't blog much anymore.  

Hard to believe that we are halfway to September already.  

So that's all I have to talk about.  

I'VE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT GETTING LOTS OF PHOTOS

But today, I want to put up some photos from Oak Glen, Ca in the spring.

This area is at about 4800 feet - pretty much the very same altitude as we are and in the same mountain ranges but to get to it we have to go down to the freeway and travel east for about 10 miles or so and then back up north to Oak Glen...about an hour drive from here.   I love going there but with the gas so high in California we won't be going there much at all.  There's not a lot to do other than enjoy nature and eat at one of the few restaurants in the area.  The tourists on the weekends are crazy so we usually go on a Monday but then all the stores and restaurants are closed which is fine actually.

Here are some of my favorite photos.

I was amazed that Van Gogh himself didn't appear in these photos waving to these people to get out of his wildflower fields.  I know I wanted to.  There is a nice trail when you first get to this area where you can walk but it isn't through this area.  You can walk around it but shouldn't walk through it.

I won't inundate this page with the hundreds of photos I took.  It was so beautiful to see.

LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF SPRING

 Where I live in the mountains I see no signs that spring is coming - we are even expecting a light dusting of snow which was suppose to start around 11 a.m. but so far nothing.  

The other day we went over to Oak Glen.  This area experienced a big forest fire twice in one month (or two months, not sure)  in two different areas of their mountains.  It's still a nice place to visit but in the fall  the area is filled with tourists as the apples will be harvested, which is the main tourist attraction in Oak Glen.   Who doesn't want to stop at Oak Glen for apple pie?  Me.  I would never go there on a weekend in any season up there.   When we visit there it is always during the week.

Nothing much was blooming in the Montane Nature Preserve but it was still a nice day and we enjoyed going there.  

 

YESTERDAY'S DAY TRIP TO OAK GLEN, CA

It was a beautiful day filled with color.  Luckily we went on a Thursday and not Friday or the weekend.  This places attracts thousands of visitors on a single day looking to come up for the fall experience of country mountain fall foliage, pumpkins, apples and down home cooking (baking mostly). 

Thursday was perfect to go - the weather was mild and skies clear.

Most photos I've posted today are mainly of one particular area from several areas we stopped in at.   This is Riley's Farm.  I've posted photos before quite awhile ago but this is in a different season.

MORE OF OAK GLEN

It was enjoyable walking through this area the other day.  The guy with the pony tail in the green shirt is my personal "chef" and I always enjoy his meals.  He's also my husband and once he retired and as his hair was getting longer and longer I finally said "would you put that in a pony tail or just cut it for God sakes, lol" ...So hence, the pony tail.  He kind of fits in up in the mountains.  No urban  or suburban chic for him. 

And the photo below the first one - what do you see in that rock?  I know what I see.

The little camera I have cannot do justice to the flowers and trees.  I left a lot of pics out because they weren't good at all.