Palomar Mountain News

What a perfect day, to take a picture of some of our new neighbors from 2012!  I have a lot of catching up to do for the New Neighbors page (thanks for your patience all you new folks!).  I just thought I would post the latest one here on the Mountain News before the snow melts!  It was really coming down Sunday afternoon when I was invited to pop by “The AK Ranch”, formerly owned by the Girl Scouts:

After looking all over Southern California, Ahmed Al-Khatib (AK),  found his piece of paradise for his wife Mona, their three daughters, a son, and five year old (boy and girl) twins.  Ahmed’s good friend, Lynn introduced him to hunting and campfire cooking. So, AK had to have a ranch!  He’d dreamed of a place for my children, family, and friends to escape the city life, and experience the adventure of the great outdoors.

AK has great plans for a ‘Gentleman’s Ranch’ complete with horses, cattle, goats, chickens, huge garden, oh, and a good supply of sleds, and other fun activities for kids of all ages.  He believes it is even better when shared. Lynn is an amazing chef and the eatin’ is always fine at what was the Girl Scout Camp, now known as the AK Ranch.  We’ve had the pleasure of enjoying several meals with them and the food and the company is something we really look forward to.  Each time we’ve been there we get to meet more of their family and friends that have fallen in love with the Mountain.  This weekend another friend, Hussam, and his family will be back with Russian Dancing for New Years Weekend fun!

So glad to have them all as New Neighbors on Palomar!