Palomar Mountain News

Oh, you know.  It’s that time of year again. We just moved those clocks forward.  Spring forward and sleep fast, friends!

Good night from the Mountain top!

Everyone is invited to the Firesafe Council meeting Saturday, March 12th at 10 am.

Meeting location is the Phelps on State Park Road.  Take the stairs to the apartment above the garage.  Comment below for more detailed directions.  Thank you!

Fire Safe Council Website

From: Gray, Tim -FS [mailto:tgray01@fs.fed.us]

We are burning back out on the Palomar Divide and in Fry Creek above Lower French Valley.

If anyone has concerns or questions they can call me at 619-209-1414

Thank you!

-Tim

Such a beautiful snow day!  We had a gentle snow with very little of that promised wind.  Happy to see the blossoms on our pear tree seemed to have made it!  The apple trees hadn’t bloomed yet, so maybe we’ll have apples this year for the festival!

With that sun out, it is melting fast.  Very good news for the newest cabin owner on Palomar!  Escrow closed yesterday and they plan to live here full time.  Carpet cleaning and moving days are carefully scheduled around this blanket of snow and our next storm-on-the-way!

News to me!  Click for info for free tick testing for Lyme disease prevention.  Thanks Elizabeth Gerbe for sending it our way!

From: Gray, Tim -FS [mailto:tgray01@fs.fed.us]

Subject: Burning on Palomar Mountain

We have been burning on the backside of Fry Creek, just above Lower French (T9S/R1E/Section 32) and that we have also been burning out on the Palomar Divide TT (9S07) (T9S/R2E/Sections 30,31 &32).  Read More…

Yes, we have snow!  Smokey is very happy today!  I’ll have more pix for you later but for all of you off the mountain, we do have a couple inches up here already and more promised.  Maybe up to 11 inches today?  We’ll see!

Mother’s Kitchen is OPEN today for us snow bunnies!  Let’s go!

Storm moving in. Have you been following the snow forecast?  A couple days ago 1 to 3 inches were predicted, then it changed to 4 to 8 inches (hooray!), then yesterday back down to less than an inch of snow (so sad).  This morning we are teased with the promise of 4 to 8 inches again.

Plumbers have been working overtime lately repairing pipes from the last freezes. This is just a nudge for you off-mountain folks to make sure your cabin is winterized.

We have two options for you on the Mountain Yellow Pages if you’d like someone else to take care of it for you.

Very welcomed, gentle rain coming down now…  we’ll enjoy every minute of the next few days. Happy Sunday!

KEEPING CONTROL OF THE FLAMES

Fire agencies in county, with input from biologists, use prescribed burns to head off threat in backcountry  BY J. HARRY JONES  LAGUNA MOUNTAINS  Read More…

Looking for a project??    Like the Good Book says, you should ‘build on a firm foundation’.  The retaining wall has aged over the years, so once that gets shored up, you’ll have a pretty cute little place waiting to create some happy times on the mountain.

It looks like Spring up here so we have some new photos waiting for you of other cabins.  Quick, let’s go see!  Might need your mittens by Monday

Details for all the cabins, homes, ranch and land for sale on Palomar are waiting for you at Palomar Properties.

Looking forward to taking you ’round the mountain!

Bonnie Phelps-enjoying-this-very-fun-mountain!