It was a clearer day today, sunny clear blue skies greeted us when we got up at about 7.30. After a good breakfast we loaded up the car and set off east towards Corona. We took the freeways there then set the GPS to avoid highways and sat back to enjoy the scenic route to Julian. It was very dry, the on going drought is definitely biting in these hinterland communities. Wildlife spotting of the day, a large flock of Pelicans on the move, some small red woodpeck...

After a peaceful night sleeping through a lot of frogs and insects going off we woke early to a beautiful clear day. We had a lazy morning, breakfast, checking emails etc by the pool before driving the five minutes into Julian to explore a bit. A lot of places were shut, not sure what that's about but we checked out a few places including The Cider Mill and bought some treats there like sugar free frog jam (fig, raspberry orange and ginger) and also some sugar f...