where you can pick apples in early fall and raspberries in late summer and early fall(1 hr. away). Down towards San Diego, off the 5 Freeway there is a place you can pick strawberries (2 hrs. away).

Other than growing it yourself, there is nowhere else around here, close by, to pick-it-yourself.

I still remember years ago, driving through the Okanagan area of British Columbia, wishing I could set up and can a whole sh**load of fruit!! And more recently, driving to outside of Redding, CA and passing through all the fruit growing areas up there. I still kick myself for not bringing back a lug or two of peaches and nectarines. . .