........he has been working at Buca Di Peppo as a buser to help out a bit while he was waiting for subbing to pick up. Well, subbing has picked up, he is subbing anywhere from 3-5 days a week which is great. So therefore, he has put in his two weeks notice to Bucca and we will finally have our weekends back......
But back to Apple Hill, we were both off on Veteran's Day so we decided to make the 45 minute trip up to Placerville to Apple Hill, this is basically a couple of long country roads with ranches on the side where they set up "attractions" for us city folk. The biggest one is High Hill Ranch, it is filled with great crafts, and apples of course, fudge, apple doughnuts, apple cider, a great pond for the kids to fish at and the splendor of the changing colors and the solace you get from being out of the city. I love it, truly love it.
So, we hung out at High Hill Ranch for a while, walked around the craft booths, bought some apples for both baking and eating, and got some apple butter (how can you go to apple hill and not get apple butter). We just relaxed and enjoyed each other. After High Hill Ranch we drove over to Abel's Acres which was another ranch down the road their line for apple doughnuts was not nearly as long so we bought a couple and walked over to their pond and sat and ate our apple doughnuts and met a lovely lab named Cody...which made us miss our Tucker and Sammie and we promised each other that we would bring them next year. All in all it was a lovely morning at Apple Hill.
After Apple Hill we drove back down into Old Placerville which is one of my favorite towns. We parked at the end of their Main Street and just walked. To my surprise and joy the first shop we came across was a Knit Shop which was exciting for me as I have just started to knit. We went in and I found some great yarn for a new scarf...we then made our way over to Sweetie Pies, for lunch which was a quintessential "mom and pop" restaurant and so lovely. We had lunch and then of course had to get a piece of pie each to go. I got peach and Eric got Olallieberry and Peach. We had never heard of Olallieberry but asked the waitress and she said it was a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry...and yummy!
So, with our full tummy's we walked Old Placerville, stopping in shops that caught our eye and of course stopping in the Thomas Kincaid gallery, which even thought his art is not really my taste you can't help but marvel at his work and how each painting looks like there is a light on behind it. And a personal to me because my Grandma Muterspaugh loved him so every time I see his work it reminds me of her.
On our way back to our car we were passing a coffee shop and Eric stopped in his tracks, now Eric does not drink coffee so I could not figure out why he stopped until I saw it...the case with the Gelato...my husband LOVES gelato..so of course we had to go in and get a scoop, it is hard to find and when we do we always get some no matter how full we are. So we sat for a while in the cozy coffee shop eating our gelato and then decided our day was a perfect one and time to go home to see our pups. I love days like these and also love that we make sure to tell each other how much we enjoy each other’s company......
On our way
Pretty picture by the Christmas trees
Gorgeous Color
The Pond at High Hill Ranch
Eric with our purchases :o)
My attempt at photography
Another attempt
Gelato
End to a perfect day!
