Butterfield Bed and Breakfast - Apple Sweet Room |
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I just found this place on the
Internet. It was really nice. We were in the Apple Sweet Room - quiet
and peaceful. We had a fireplace but it was much too warm to use it.
After temperatures in the 30's a few weeks ago, we arrived to find 80
degree weather.
We went out to Margarita's, a Mexican restaurant, for dinner.
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| The grounds of the B&B were nice. Sally especially liked these. |
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| The door to our room was at the rear of the building. In this
picture, it's at the bottom left of the building. The stairs lead up
the patio and the entrance to the dining room. |
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| This is Guido, the resident cat. |
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| One of the guests at the B&B
we met was Mark McMahon. Mark does drawings for corporations and for
his own distribution. He was on a trip down the west coast, doing
drawings of baseball parks. On Saturday, he drove to Petco Park. He
showed us his preliminary sketches on Sunday. You can see more of his
work on his web site (click on the drawing) and on corbis.com. |
| Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve |
On Saturday, we hiked in from the
east. We started at the Staging Area on Farmer's Road. We walked from
there to the intersection with the Kanaka Loop and then returned. It
would be an interesting hike to go one way from the east to the west
(which terminates on highway 79 in Santa Ysabel).
Trail Map
It is part of the San Dieguito River Park. |
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On Saturday night, after dinner at the Julian Cafe, we went
to a county western dance at Bailey's BBQ. Sally actually got me on the
dance floor (two-step and jitterbug). Sorry no pictures
(thankfully). The group was the Red Hot Roosters. They were pretty good.
Sally had to find someone who could do the two-step better than me.
Sitting next to us was the father of the band's bass player. He was a
much better dancer than me and Sal had to work to keep up with him.
The owners of the Butterfield B&B, Ed and Dawn, were also in attendence.
The crowd was small, though. Generally there were not many people in Julian over the weekend. I'm not sure why. |
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On Sunday, we hiked to the top of Volcan Mountain.
Its about a 1400 foot elevation gain over 2.5 miles (pretty steep). The
trail is open to the top from April to November from 8AM to Sunset on
weekends only. Otherwise, you can only go about 1.9 miles to a locked
gate.
Docent lead hikes are frequently held, check the web site. |
| On Sunday night, Sally treated me out to an Italian dinner at Romano's. |
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| Monday morning, it was another
great breakfast and we headed out. We stopped in Julian to do a little
shopping. Most stores were open by 11 AM. We drove to William Heise County Park which was hit pretty badly by the 2003 Cedar fire. As we drove through the area, a lot of damage was still visible. |
| We were home by 2PM with a suitcase filled with dirty clothes and lots of great memories. |
