Tour at Apple Hill

Apple Hill compose of a handful of fruit ranchers in El Dorado County.

It's a must-see destination for every NorCal foodie according to Mercury News.

We took advantage of the free Apple Hill shuttle on the weekends of October this year to explore Apple Hill.  Lots of people come here every year as their family tradition to enjoy arts/crafts, eat apple donuts,apple cider, apple pie, tri-tip sandwich, and apple everything..  Below is some of the stuff we experienced. ..

Napa biking

I've always wanted to take the kids to bike at Napa since I went to Sonoma Mission Inn and bike with a friend many many years ago.  Biking through the vinyard is so peaceful, you see cows, horses, and rows and rows of vinyards along the way.  We really enjoyed our biking trip at Napa.

Rum Cake

Whenever Safeway has a sale on cake mix, I crave for this cake.  Monica and I made it over the weekend... Yum

Rum cake

1) Duncan cake mix- butter receipe yellow (1 box)

2) Vanilla Pudding Powder 3.5 oz

3) 4 eggs

4) 1/2 cup of milk

5) 1/2 cup of rum

6) 1/2 cup of olive oil

Mix all the ingredients well in a large mixing bowl. Pour batter into greased bundt pan. Bake in preheated 325 oven for about 45 minutes.  Let cake cool, then invert to plate.. Sprinkle with powder suger if you wish.

Orienteering at Briones Regional Park

Orienteering is an event that you run in the woods with a map and compass to locate series of points on the map.  You have a e-stick that they give you, then you find the controls and put the stick in it indicating you visited the location.  At the end of competition, whoever gets the most of the controls with the least of time wins!  We went to this event last Sunday at Briones Park.  It was tiring and lots of fun! Here are some pictures!

Shabuway

Every Friday night, Paul and I decided to have our date night while kids are in youth fellowship.

On this Friday, we went to Shabuway in Mountain view.  It's a japanese hot pot, you cook your own food. It is a very healthy meal, you have a choice of meat and veggies, then the sauce, yummy... sauce is the best part. Hope you go sometime!

http://www.yelp.com/biz/shabuway-mountain-view

Farmer's market in Los Altos

Los Altos have their farmer's market every Thursday until the end of September.  Here are some of the scenes taken by Monica for her digital photography class. :)