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Out into the countryside of San Diego is a small town called Julian, known for their apples. Apple orchards, apple picking, apple pies! Yum! I ventured out there in December, mainly because I had a client photo engagement session arranged there, but my friend Cara actually knows the bride, so she and I decided to make a little outing out of it before the photo session started.
Such a cute and charming used book store!
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As soon as we finished lunch, this Alpaca was just waiting for us right outside the restaurant. Of course, we had to take photos. He was such a cutie, with the raddest set of teeth I ever did see.
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Just a block away, there was a performance piece being done in parking lot. We sat down to watch a group of performers dressed in cowboy-era clothes talk about how the town of Julian was back in the day when it was still a gold-mining town.
It wasn’t until a bee stung me in the calf that Cara and I had to quietly bow out of watching this performance and perform some quick maneuvers into a nearby convenient store for some anti-itch cream. Sigh. First time getting stung by a bee, and I had a photo session to shoot just half an hour later.
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Seriously so old-school, I love it!
We didn’t get to explore as much as we wanted because 1.) I got stung by a bee and my leg was not happy about it, 2.) I ultimately came there for a client photo shoot, so there was little time for other things.
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It seems like a great little getaway town close to San Diego, maybe less than an hour from the main cities. I do want to try to come back when it’s apple season, and there is more activities to do like apple picking.