Palomar Mountain News

FROM: Stacy Erickson

April is National Poetry Month! The Palomar Mountain Kids Club is going to celebrate with a Poetry Jam!!

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From: Terri Sproul  Subject: Labor Day Event

What ideas do you have to continue our annual event? Our Labor Day event on Palomar Mountain has been a tradition for approximately 30 years.  The Community Center is looking for members of the community to help keep this tradition alive.  Would you like to help?  What ideas do you have? We welcome your email or phone call with suggestions of what could be wonderful for all.

Everyone is also invited to come to a meeting on April 29th at 10am at the Fire Station Trailers out in back.  Let’s work together toward a fun weekend.

Questions?  Please feel free to contract Terri Sproul at 619-244-2242

Prescribed Burning continues to happen in the vicinity of High Point tower. It’s good to know how many fire trucks we can fit at High Point if needed.

Another fun day is planned tomorrow for Kids Club including moms, dads, grandparents, and those who think our mountain kids are just the best!

9 am, Tuesday morning, with your hiking shoes!

Bring a picnic for your family or to share.

Meet in the parking area, outside the park, in front of the State Park sign, on the right of the road. (If you come to the apple orchard meadow and kiosk at the main entrance, you’ve gone too far.)

Everyone can park (at no charge), one of the cars can take your picnic things and whatever into the park and meet up at Silvercrest picnic area.

The rest of the group will take off on a trail that begins directly across State Park Road on the left side of the road.  It roams along the rim with a fabulous view, ends in the parking area at Silvercrest Picnic Area.  A visit is planned to the State Park kiosk to see some cool things in their little museum.  Those that are more adventurous can hike up to Boucher Lookout, and loop back down the trail.

Lots of great Indian rocks to climb on at Silvercrest – wonder how many grinding holes can be found?

Lunch will be around the tables under those huge trees at Silvercrest. Paper goods will be provided.  You bring the kids and lots of fun or just come join in!

Like a simple, free, fun game for kids on Palomar?  We were invited to a birthday party today – lotsa kids.  They needed four adult volunteers to lead teams for a scavenger hunt.  I got to be one of the volunteers.  So fun.

It was great to observe the kids thrill in finding all the things on their lists.  They were cautioned about poison oak (still look like sticks these days) and told the difference in daffodils and wild flowers – no picking neighbors flowers!  The feather was the hardest for our team to find, but what do you know?  In our hike around Crestline and Birch Hill, we came to the Spotted Owl cabin.  I told the kids that the owners really actually studied birds and named their cabin after the owls they watch for.  We finally found our tiny little feather out by their driveway.

The city kids were interesting as they were really thrilled to learn the difference between a pine tree, fir and cedar and hunt for acorns under the different kinds of oaks.

Pretty special up on this mountain top.

April Fools!

Oh how I wish this wasn’t an April Fools joke!  Lots of SOLD signs recently and just opened escrow for the Pedley Valley property.  So, now we are down to only two cabins and two pieces of land for sale.  I’ve had folks think something is wrong with the MLS!  Only TWO in the entire zip code?  That’s right!  Listings needed!

The cabins and land available now should go quickly: PalomarProperties.com

Buyers are email me asking for cozy cabins, fixers, view properties, buildable land, a place for horses, large home with room for family and friends, ranch property …  do you have something that might fit their wish list?  Glad to get your questions answered.

Bonnie-enjoying-our-beautiful-Spring

Contact Info

Peter has been a wealth of information on the history of Palomar Mountain.  He and his wife Kathy had a cabin up here until a few years ago.  However Peter’s still giving back to our community by collecting historical gems of this mountain.  I saw Peter’s post on Facebook about this archaeological dig at Nate Harrison’s and asked him for info to share.  Thank you Peter!  Here is his latest:

From: Peter Brueggeman

Subject: News item on resumption of Nate Harrison archaeological site work

News item on resumption of Nate Harrison archaeological site work:

Dr. Seth Mallios of the San Diego State University Anthropology Department, has resumed archaeological excavations at the Nate Harrison cabin site, located at Harrison Serenity Ranch on Nate Harrison Grade. With the permission of owner Vicki Morgan, Mallios and students have been excavating Nate’s porch area outside his cabin’s front door during the spring semester, on Saturdays and during Spring Break. After an eight year pause to Mallios’ Nate Harrison archaeological project, SDSU’s Assocation of Anthropology Students was awarded a grant from the SDSU Student Success Fee, reopening the project for 2017. Students will present some of the artifacts at Montezuma Hall on the SDSU campus, from 4 to 6 p.m. on April 18 [see https://www.facebook.com/events/245529775917941/ ]

Harrison Serenity Ranch is available for booking stays, hosting weddings and events, etc…. see http://www.harrisonserenityranch.com/

San Diego Union Tribune story plus excellent video at http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-me-harrison-excavation-20170330-story.html

San Diego Union Tribune photo gallery at http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/visuals/sd-pg-harrison-cabin-dig-20170331-photogallery.html

ABC 10 News story at http://www.10news.com/news/sdsu-archaeologists-unearth-bones-relics-on-palomar-mountain

……. Peter Brueggeman  peterbman(at)gmail.com

http://www.peterbrueggeman.com/palomarhistory/

From: Cliff Kellogg

Subject: Fire Department Items for Sale

Palomar Mountain Fire Dept Items for sale next Saturday.

The PMVFD will be disposing some of it’s assets in anticipation of the eventual removal of the office trailer and cargo containers behind the station. The board wishes to offer these items to community members first, before offering them to folks outside Palomar Mountain. Whatever is left over will be taken to Fire Etc in San Diego.   File cabinets, desks and chairs and various pieces of equipment including generators, ladders, hoses, fittings, etc will be offered. The funds generated will be deposited into the board account.  We will conduct the sale on Saturday, April 8th, 2017, from 9 am to 12 noon.  Items will be sold “as-is” for the best reasonable offers received.  We suggest you get there at 9am.  First come, first served.

Cash or checks accepted.  Since it would be difficult to schedule later pickup, please plan to remove your purchases that day.

Cliff Kellogg

PMVFD Board of Directors

Down on one knee, Justin, proposed in Kennedy Meadows.  Beth said “yes!” and a storm was coming in so they pulled up stakes.  Called a few friends and met up at Fry Creek on Palomar to celebrate their engagement for a couple days. Needless to say, Justin and Beth love nature, hiking, Palomar – and each other!

They met on line… and then found their property on line.  “It all happened pretty fast!”, Justin said.  “We weren’t planning to buy anything – just looking – but couldn’t resist”.  Their land-with-a-view and a little cabin is their ‘paradise’ to get away from city life where Justin works doing marine electronics on yachts.  Beth is a cardiac rehab nurse and working on her masters nursing so their property with good internet is perfect for her studies while Justin tackles the plans and projects.

Welcome Justin and Beth!

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