Julian was a bit of a bust. By the time went, the vast majority of the orchards were closed for the season. The Main Street was small, and we had already had our apple pie in San Ysabel. (If we ever go again, I would like to try the apple pie at Mom’s, just for comparison’s sake). There were a handful of shops selling random knick knacks, including a store called Nick’s Knacks-haha.
The kids kept saying they wanted to get to the camping portion of our trip, so after walking up and down Main Street, we got back in the car.
Not too long thereafter, the traffic was stopped:
There was road work going on, and they were only letting traffic through one way at a time. The kids were becoming increasingly antsy during our 20 minute wait.
Finally, we made it. We used the seemingly new and very clean restroom facilities at the parking lot of the Visitor’s Center. What struck me about the park was the quietness.
We had watched a Huell Howser show on the Visitor’s Center, so D was doing his best Huell impression. It is neat how the building blends into the landscape.
Even though Anza Borrego is the largest state park in California, neither D or I had heard of it before going on Soarin’ Over California at Disney California Adventure.
Inside there were some displays and a movie that plays at irregular intervals (basically, they start it up when there’s people who are interested). The movie went through the seasons and mentioned that fall is the season of the tarantula. That made me somewhat uneasy, but luckily we did not meet any during our stay.
I did want to see a big horned sheep, but none of those were to be found, either.
