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Good pies are hard to find! Unless your mom, grandmother or some other random female member of your family bakes one. Obviously not every female that makes a pie bakes a good one a lot of them are mediocre or plain boring like my blog.

I went to Julian, CA this weekend. It's located in the Cuyamaca mountains just an hour east of San Diego. It's an old gold rush town that is known for its apples. There's really not a whole lot to do there except relax, eat pie, look at trees, apple pick & have sex.

Emily and I went to Julian to get away from the fast paced life of San Diego so we could live the small town life for a day. We knew we wanted to do two things: Pick apples and buy apple pie! We only did one of those: Buy Apple Pie!

We walked up and down main street and stopped in all the places that made and sold apple pies.
Two of the shops caught our attention: Julian Pie Company & Mom's Pie House
Julian Pie Company caught our attention because there was a line that began to go out of the door and the smell was divine. When we walked by Mom's Pie House, oh my goodness the smell of fresh apples, sugar & cinnamon took hold of my nose and brought it on a ride around the world of sweetness.

We got a Dutch Apple Crumb Pie from Julian Pie Company and a Boysenberry Apple Crumb Pie from Mom's Pie House. First off let me say I thought the Boysenberry Apple pie from Mom's was a little better than the pie from Julian Pie Company. Emily disagreed with me and found the Dutch Apple pie from Julian Pie Company to taste a little better. Maybe it's because I bought the Boysenberry pie and she bough the Dutch Apple?!?! Either way both pies were very tasty. They are two of the best pies I've ever tasted and I've tasted a lot of pie!!!

Julian is a great getaway from the San Diego city life. The drive up the mountain is beautiful with its burnt to a crisp trees, lakes, alive and well pine trees, wild life & motor homed white trash families watching TV outside on their 20' RCA televisions. It's definitely a place a family or young adults can enjoy themselves and relax for a good time!

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