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Dear
Friends & Family,
We've
been working hard the last two weeks, updating our 2002
calendar and putting the finishing touches on our new
tours. It's always exciting to see new
members of our family take an interest in the farm, especially
when they are as accomplished as Jesse and Ryan Cross.
Jesse
is no newcomer to the farm. He's been peeling
apples, playing music, and serving dinner in the packing shed
for the better part of the last six years. Now that
he's getting close to finishing his degree, we're especially
encouraged to know that he wants to make the farm his home and
his career. Jesse will be taking over the
banquet management of the packing shed. He
plans to increase the drama level in that already dramatic
venue, by adding more plays, monologues, and even a little
comedy. He fully intends to keep the music and
dancing you've come to enjoy, produced by Dennis Riley,
and with Jesse's new sidekick, Nicole, coming from a family of
gourmet chefs, we're certain there will plenty of good
eating. Click here to catch up on
the packing shed in 2002.
Ryan
Cross recently graduated from college with a degree in business
communications, and he wil be spearheading our exciting new California
History and Old Joe Homestead
tours. Ryan is an accomplished outdoorsman and
a trophy hunter, so he's at home in the great out of
doors. Both he and Jesse grew up with their
parents in the United States Forrest Service, traversing the
wild lands of Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and
Alaska. We look forward to great things
from these two!
Happy
Trails,
Your Humble Servant,
James Riley
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P.S.
For the sake of those "web portals" constantly browsing the
internet to update their search engines, we include the following
boiler-plate. (Feel free to read this, if you're new to our site.)
Riley's Farm is a working apple orchard and living history farm in the Oak
Glen area of Southern California. In addition to farming, we love
history and we have provided a venue for re-enactment units comprising
many different eras. The farm regularly hosts banquets, birthday
parties, weddings, and office parties. Every year, literally thousands
of students participate in one of our school tours, where they
experience everything from weaving, candle-dipping, and cider pressing
to the drill and muster of a Revolutionary War or Civil War battle. Our
farm has appeared on the History Channel and in the recently released
feature film, Amistad, as well as many other film and television
productions. (We even try to get the producers to include us as on
screen talent, but that's another story.) On selected weekends
throughout the year, we offer "farm-stay" weekends, where
families can experience--clothing, wood stoves, muskets, and all--the
life of an 18th or 19th century American farmer. We grow sweet corn,
apples, raspberries, pears, and sunflowers, just to mention a few of our
crops.
We love America--its traditions, its people, its
history, and its cherished heritage of liberty in Christ. Have we said
enough? Well, one more thing: In the fall, thousands of families make an
annual pilgrimage to the farms of Oak Glen to experience the closest
thing to a New England fall California has to offer. Why don't you stop
by and say hello?
P.S.
Stay
Clear of this "Cider House"
Contacting us via e-mail at: info@rileysfarm.com.
Sign our Guest Book.
Riley's Farm
12261 S. Oak Glen Road
Oak Glen, California 92399
(909) 797-7534
Event Schedules Subject to Change: Please call to confirm!
Riley's Farm, Copyright 1997-2001, All Rights Reserved
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