Day Tripping – Oak Glen
Woman in the Middle | October 15, 2015Youngest Daughter has been asking for a family trip to Oak Glen and with temperatures back up above 100 last Saturday, we decided seeking a cooler place at a higher elevation would be a good idea. We headed a little under an hour from our home to Oak Glen. Oak Glen is located in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. It sits at a high enough elevation that people have been growing apples there since the late 1800s. Apples are still grown there, as well as other stone fruit and raspberries. There are lots of things to see and do, in a pleasant rustic setting. And, if you like apples, you will be in heaven!
There is lots of beautiful scenery in Oak Glen. This shows a raspberry patch with the mountains in the distance.
On this trip, our first stop was at Mom’s Country Orchard. Their little shop included many home-made jams and jellies and they were happy to give you samples of any you wanted to try. I picked out a couple of jars to give to friends at Christmas and a loaf of Strawberry-Banana bread for us. We also got to try some apple samples.
On we went to out next stop, Snowline Orchard. That was a larger and much busier place. A long line waiting patiently to get inside one door of the shop made us curious. I just had to ask what they were standing in line for. Hot cider donuts I was told. Apparently they have quite the following. We had our heart set on apple pie this trip so we passed on the donuts, but we vowed to get some next time.
The line for apple cider donuts.
Inside we took advantage of the wine and hard cider tasting and picked out a bottle of wine to take home. We also added a loaf of apple cinnamon bread to our purchases. An apple tasting area gave us the chance to taste quite a few different apple types and we picked out a small bag of Jongold apples to take home as well.
Our final stop on this trip was Oak Tree Village. That was a big place with lots of booths selling all kinds of things. There we ate hot dogs for dinner. I bought some cider to go with my dinner and let everyone else have a sip. We also bought an apple pie to bring home for desert.
The final apple tally was: multiple apple samples, cider, hard cider, and samples of apple jams and jellies plus apple favored wine, apple pie and apple bread to bring home. Youngest agreed that our trip to Oak Glen had met all of her expectations and we all agreed that we had an apple-tastic time.
This is the apple pie with crumb topping we bought. The photo doesn’t do justice to how crazy big it was.
It wouldn’t be fall without a trip to Oak Glen. I like the trails at Los Rios Rancho. They have a wonderful Currier & Ives Christmas dinner in Dec.
Ever since I used to live near Oak Glen, I’ve been wanting to pick raspberries there but never got the chance. Is the raspberry season still on? Maybe I can do it this year.
I am not sure. It was snowline orchards that had a big raspberry patch. Maybe you could call them and see.
You made me hungry for apples! Yum!