Cal Poly & The Apple Farm

After lunch we drove to Cal Poly to check out the campus.  D and I both like to visit college campuses for some reason.  There is just something about being surrounded by academia that appeals to us.  Cal Poly SLO has GPS units you can check out to take a self-guided tour.  When you walk by certain buildings, a semi-informative video message automatically pops up.

Nice rec center.

The kids were excited to check into our hotel.  D booked the Apple Farm through Hotwire.   

The Apple Farm is made up of a group of quaint country style buildings.  I have heard negative things about the motel-style building just off of Hwy 101, but luckily we were in the main building, which felt more like a B&B.

Wow, can we say floral overload??  The room reminded me of one of my favorite Gilmore Girls episodes where Lorelai and Rory are trapped in a B&B because they want to avoid small talk.  It was actually quite spacious, with a sitting area off to the side--the perfect place to enjoy the complimentary chocolate chunk cookies.

 

These were excellent cookies, too.  The chocolate chunks were still melty.  Better than Doubletree, in my opinion.

We appreciated the little “extras”.  D took full advantage of the robe and fireplace--haha.  There was a small basket with two small bottles of sparkling apple cider and Hershey’s kisses.  There were magazines in baskets in the hallway too.  I ended up with a Food + Wine issue circa 1996! 

After resting up for a bit we checked out the grounds.

Then we went to the cheese and wine reception.  There wasn’t really cheese, but they did have cheese/onion scones, apple bread, lemon cake and Chex Mix (homemade).  D had a glass of red wine from Paso Robles while the kids and I had sparkling apple cider.

We were ready for a night out on the town….