A couple of weekends ago, Steve and I decided to take a Saturday and drive up to Apple Hill. It has been several years since we’ve been up there, and we’d been talking about it for a couple of weeks. One Friday, I was looking at our calendar and realized if we didn’t go the …
A couple of weeks ago, Steve and a took a mini-break in Gold Country. We have a big, much-needed and deserved vacation planned for later this year, but we’re both tired and stressed and thought a quick 3-day weekend would help tide us over until the later trip. Besides, some friends had been recommending the …
Apple Hill and Coloma Early in October, Steve and I made a pilgrimage up to Gold Country and to Apple Hill for fall festivities. We began the weekend by driving through Placerville into Apple Hill. Picture the Napa wine country, but instead of grapes and wineries, you drive from apple orchard to apple orchard eating …
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It’s been a busy summer again this year, re-visiting some of our favorite activities and encountering some new ones. Brian and Meredith’s Wedding June was a very busy month for us, with social events nearly every weekend. One would think that Steve and I aren’t actually the social outcasts we claim we are! Halfway through …
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Last fall, Steve and I took a couple of very fun weekend trips, first to Monterey and then back to Gold Country. Monterey In August, we drove down to Monterey for a three day weekend. Of course, no trip to Monterey is complete without a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It is a really …
Oh my God! Almost an entire year has past with no update to my webpage. I am awash in humiliation. And so much has happened in the last 11 months that I’m afraid this update might go on a bit. I will try to be brief, but we all know how verbose I tend to …
Over the course of the summer, Steve and I twice made the 2 hour drive past Sacramento to the Sierra foothills and Apple Hill. Apple Hill is much like Napa, only instead of wineries, they have apple orchards. The first time we went up there was actually berry picking season at Summerfield Berry Farm. Steve …