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October Rocktober

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We had such an awesome October 2020! The tide of the pandemic was looking more positive, which meant that we were able to do more things. This made such a positive difference for us!  Apple Picking We started the month with an apple picking trip to Julian. (We've managed to go apple picking nearly every year since fall 2008). This was our second year at Julian! We explored the town, ate at a fun restaurant and tried to pick apples. The town was packed with people, even more than we remembered from last year, despite this being the end of the season for apples. We came late in the season, so there were not very many apples left (and I guess it wasn't a great year for apples due to a late frost in the spring). Several of the orchards weren't even open because they had no more apples. Luckily, we managed to find an orchard that was letting people explore their property. We found plenty of apples on the "dud" trees in the parking lot by the highway. Then, we had a lot...