We drove around San Jacinto on a great switchback filled road with wonderful vistas. A National Forest Lake Hemet was quiet and still and surrounded with pine and oak on snow covered ground. This is a place one needs to come back to even though that would involve 50 miles of twisty drive. Then there was Idlywild. All along the streets there are carved bear, big and small. We strolled the shops for a short while (it was cold!) then we stopped into a local bakery/restaurant claiming “old world” and “natural/organic” . Image sauerkraut and potato soup served with cream and herbs. Then fresh strudel: apple and mango-pineapple-cream cheese. We had to try them both. The organic coffee was sooooo smooth. Good time. The views and yummy eats were a great way to close our time in this desert valley.