Apple Picking Is Fun For All
...And Riley's Farm Is The place To Go!
Oak Glen Day Trip October 27th, 2008
At dinner last night (at Old Ranch), Vicky mentioned they had been wanting to go to Oak Glen. Sue and Pul were planning to go the next morning... so we all did! We jumped in the Silver Bullet at 10:00am and made it to the farm by 11:20am.
Spring, summer or fall, Oak Glen is one of Southern California's most scenic spots. The cool mile-high climate provides a beautiful change of seasons, unsurpassed in the area. Apple orchards cover the slopes laden with blossoms in the Spring and apples in the Fall. The scenery is more like New England, and only 90 minutes from Los Angeles on the way to Palm Springs.
Oak Glen offers clean family fun in every season. Visit orchards, taste mountain-fresh apples and cider, enjoy hot apple pie at one of the several family restaurants, feed the animals in the animal parks, or browse through some of the many specialty shops in the Glen. During the fall season, at a few ranches you can pick your own apples, make your own cider or maybe enjoy country music and dancing. You can visit the one-room schoolhouse, take a hayride, or a nature walk.
Let's Get To Picking!
81 miles from our door to Riley's farm
We met these old people dressed in period costumes!
Animals Roam Around The Ranch
We are even nice to Democrats
See Sarge and Flower, they are just Donkeys not doggies
Down To Work Out In The Granny Smith Apple Orchard
Maria Ann Sherwood Smith
(1799-1870)
Granny
Smith, or green apple, is a tip-bearing apple cultivar. It originated in
Australia in 1868 from a chance seedling propagated by Maria Ann Smith
(nee Sherwood), where the name "Granny Smith" comes from. They are found
wild in New Zealand; it was originally introduced to the United Kingdom
circa 1935 and the United States in 1972 by Grady Auvil.
To this day, there is an annual Granny Smith Festival in Eastwood, New
South Wales at the end of October. The celebration marks the fact that
beyond the cultivar's local origins, in the late 19th, early 20th
Century, the orchards of Eastwood supplied apples to the Sydney region.
Sydney, with its humid subtropical climate is not ideally suited for
growing apples but Granny Smith did notably well while other cultivars
struggled. With much easier transport, apples are no longer grown
commercially in the Sydney region.
Granny Smith apples are a light speckled green in color. They are crisp,
juicy, tart apples which are excellent for both cooking and eating raw.
They also are favored for salads because the slices do not brown as
quickly as other varieties. It also tends to have a harder texture than
other green apples, posing problems for denture wearers.
This cultivar needs fewer winter chill hours and a longer growing season
to mature the fruit, so it is favored for the milder areas of the apple
growing regions.
She was trying to hind behind the leaf
No, we will not boost you up into the tree!
A farmer's fashion show! Notice his hand with the half-eaten apple in
it!
"It already had a bite out of it when it fell into my hands, really!"
"My bag is almost full!!"
The trees were pretty full of apples!
Del spotted the perfect apple... 40 feet up on the top of the tree. Needless
to say, that apple is still up there awaiting a taller person!
She is still trying to hide!
Up close and personal!
Vicky Finds The Punkin Patch
Oh oh! What is she going to do? This looks dangerous!
A new hat. Blouse matches the hat and a new style has been born.
Looks like he swallowed the pumpkin! Or smuggling them
Not too much left but with Vicky around, we can do something!
She is up to something! The girl is on a mission.
"He you all! Look, it's Dolly Pumpkin!"
"She needs arms"
"Whaddaya think??"
Looks just like Dolly!
Visualize this one!
Green
eyes??
Obama pumpkin??
Guess what this is!
Back To The Packing Shed
Goats all over the place
You need a hair cut!
We did!
Directly from Old Ranch
Colonial Chesterfield
Del and Paul picked some grapes on our way in!
These walls will last forever
What is she up to now???
"You have been a naughty boy"
Neat place to learn about our country of 100+ years ago
"Quit putting your feet into places they do NOT beling"
Pull the shoes off and grab a feather!
The new Riley's Farm eatery
We Continue Our Journey
Del used to deliver the mail in ne of these
"See, my initials!"
The Silver Bullet
Tasting apples is always fun
Arkansas Black Apples
The Arkansas Black apple is one of the crispiest and most dense apples around. It is a late maturing apple that is generally considered best for cooking and desserts rather than eating out of hand.
Dark red and very hard!
Dining At Apple Annie's
Del devoured a barbeque beef sandwich
Vicky tells stories and keeps everyone in stiches!
You can dress her up but can't take her anyplace
The supervisors
Smile, you are on candid camera
The dessert just simply disappeared
Neat little shopping area
Del goes shopping
Look at the woodpeckers on the side of the house
They made a lot of noise
Many places to vosot
Home made pies... The truck was delivering "pie slices form Oregon" and
pre-made "pie crust from another town"
We found the stove Del and Vicky were looking for!
Great places to shop!
Heading
for home