Part three…

As we approached the little town of Julian, we spotted this picturesque barn just off the highway:




Julian was originally a mining town but is now mostly a tourist destination and the home of famous apple pies. There are quite a few interesting old buildings here. The "Miner's Diner" was an old-fashioned drug store, complete with soda fountain, until just a few years ago. The pharmacy is gone but the soda fountain and diner are still there:




We had hoped to get pie from the best place in town, Mom's Pies, but unfortunately there were LOTS of people picking up pies for Thanksgiving, with a long line outside the door the entire afternoon. So we just did a little shopping and then had dinner at the Julian Grill, which is a really quaint little restaurant with great food, in a former house:




We had a brief wait for a table, so we enjoyed the foliage outside:










Once inside, we were seated in the front room, with a great view:




Before we left Julian, we stopped in at the historic Julian Hotel, and booked a room for our upcoming anniversary. For years we've talked about staying here someday, but never got around to it until now, so we're really excited about it:






Then we headed home. Here are a few shots I took along the way back on Sunrise Highway:






The setting sun turned this rocky roadside cliff into a blaze of color:






That was our day!