Dear guests...
If the Grinch stole Christmas, I suppose that it would follow that Covid 19 is the culprit guilty of really messing with New Year's this year.
Everyone is doing well at Orchard Hill, our family, our staff, and in fact, the whole of Julian is ready to explode with pent up energy. It’s Spring…we have work to do!
Hello friends... Be careful what you ask for… Thanks to the recent high winds and SDG&E, the Julian Group of fine citizens seeking Official Dark Night Sky status for our small town should have been in heaven, our skies were dark, naturally so.
Dear friends,
After a concerning call from my younger sister Linda, Darrell suggested that perhaps a “road trip” might be in order.
Linda lives in St. George, Utah. Timing could not have been better at the Inn and we began to discuss places we have been and might like to revisit. I called our pilot friend in Montana (who still flies a P51 out of Ramona) who was on the mend, recovering nicely from cancer treatment....
I don’t think it’s necessarily being boastful to declare that after twenty-five years of Orchard Hill ownership, we do some things just about perfectly. Sure, we may still tweak this or that, but in the main, Thanksgiving and our New Year’s celebrations remain as good as it can get for our particular venue...
Hello friends...
Some things require repeating, other things just sneak up on you. Then, one must leave room for inspiration and last minute drops from the heavens. This hopefully covers all the aforementioned: Happy holidays to everyone, keep healthy, eat and drink moderately, rest, and... hug everyone!
Pat and Darrell
As the above events were unfolding, Lili Dierenfield joined our staff. We LOVE Lili. Lili came to us from Orfila Winery where she had worked for eight years. Lili graduated from the International Wine Institute in Denver, Colorado and is a Certificated Wine Cellar Master...
