Sunday Drive - part 2

I took a few more photos of some of the plants we saw...these were growing on the side of the rock hillside..they had found crevices to root in...
here are some wildflowers that were growing on the side of the road, click on any of the photos for a closer look...

here is how curvy the road was at times..


After we drove across the Ortega highway, we went into Lake Forest which is a lovely green city...here is a pepper tree we saw...the city is covered with many large trees and greenery.
We had lunch...explored the city a little, then drove back home....it was a nice Sunday drive..we haven't done anything like that in some time so it was a real treat.
We probably won't do it again very soon...gas is over $4.00 a gallon now....

On another note, I plan on making more and different journal jars soon....I'm getting low on the ones I have...sold about 10 of them....I will post the new ones later in the week...my first one will be called School Days and have vintage one room schoolhouses, and vintage photos of classes...hope you like it.

Sunday Drive

We took a Sunday drive up the Ortega Highway on the other side of Lake Elsinore...here are some photos I took. The road is very curvy and narrow in spots....with many switchbacks..but fabulous views.


At the top of the mountains, there are places to camp, ride horses, and walk trails...we stopped at the candy store




There was a nice assortment of hard candies and taffy..we spoke with the owner.
I tried to get her in the photos but she was too shy.
she makes fudge, divinity, chocolates,
homemade peanut brittle, and other goodies too...She originally is from Wisconsin and makes much of her own goodies at the store. if you click on the photo, you can see her little country kitchen...


We drove on further and they were working on the road, at one point, it went down to one lane, as they were building a new bridge..there was a motorcycle rally going on and part of the group passed us while we were waiting..

There are many places to camp, rent cabins or park your RV along the highway...plus there are walking trails as its in Cleveland National Forest....
here is just one of the many campgrounds, notice the live oak...these are protected.


we decided we'd call and see how much it would be to rent a cabin for a weekend...would be a nice getaway and not too far from home.