Palomar Mountain News

After several days glued to my desk, the Cowboy casually suggested a drive down East Grade to “see the spring”. That sounded wonderful, I clicked ‘save’, grabbed my coat and ran out the door. Such a beautiful evening. As the road became East Grade, I remembered seeing it on old maps as ‘Rainbow Crest’. (Decades ago, someone had a reason for naming this beautiful drive ‘Rainbow Crest’ … Maybe we should bring it back?) Driving along, I asked where the spring was. He explained the flowers had started blossoming and he thought I’d like to see them. Oh my, just what I needed!

Spring has just started on this beautiful mountain so we made a few stops for me to be able to share a bit of the beauty with you.

Every year so many folks come up for ‘The Spring’ on Palomar. Hope you can experience it, too. The Black Oaks have leafed out already at lower elevations and are almost ready to show their burst of bright green color at the top. Pack a picnic lunch, grab the kids and invite your neighbors to join you.

There are two lookouts that draw you in along East Grade. Then, you must come and State Park Road and down through the State Park as the dogwoods are in bloom. So much to discover on Palomar Mountain and a very Happy Spring to you!

What do YOU love about Palomar Mountain? These views wouldn’t be the same with 13 story tall, 500,000 volt transmission lines cutting through. We need to hear from all of you to help in keeping those huge transmission towers OFF this beautiful mountain. Please take a minute and leave your comments at Save Palomar Mountain. Thank you!

Bonnie Phelps, Re-charged Realtor after our Spring Tour

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