Palomar Mountain News

Ready for Sunday Night’s Total Lunar Eclipse? Almost a mile nearer heaven, Palomar is a great place to watch the eclipse!

On the night of September 27–28, the full Moon will slide completely through Earth’s shadow for the last time until January 2018.

Click for more info!

Get out your favorite apple recipes and click for all the details!  See you there Sunday afternoon, October 18th, for our 5th Annual Apple Festival Fun!

The seller has another home in escrow so just reduced this turn-key home on Palomar.  Check it out!  Would you like it to be yours?  Let’s go see if this is the one for YOU!

Curt Waite, Chairman of the Forest Fire Lookout  Association, San Diego Chapter, just reported their rainfall total at Boucher Lookout.

5.87 inches for this storm.

Apparently 3 inches was recorded at Doane Pond area.

We thought we were doing well getting 2.25 inches at our place on State Park Road.

So interesting to see the difference in the totals on this Mountain.

We’re enjoying every drop!

Sunday afternoon, October 18th is the Annual Apple Festival in the State Park!  Click for pix from last year’s fun.

We had a late frost with snow this year on May 8th!!!  As beautiful as it was, it knocked off the apple buds!  No buds = no apples on State Park Road!!!  I understand that some on the orchards at lower elevations, where it was just a bit warmer, have some apples.  The State Park and festival folks are working on getting apples for the event.  With the wonderful rain we just had and all that is promised this coming year, we’re hoping for a big crop of juicy apples for next year!

Thought you’d really appreciate seeing these wonderful pix from Barbara Anne Waite.  Her Aunt Mamie is showing off the huge ‘Palomar Giants’ on their farm where they had a hotel on what is now State Park Road.  Barb’s mom, Katie Roberts Beishline,  playing in the orchard with the family Palomar apple crop in about 1922. Both these photos will be in “Elsie’s Mountain” coming out next month. That will be Barb’s second book.  Stay tuned!

See also Elsie by Barbara Anne Waite.

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Two Shepherds and a Boxer are very friendly and hanging around, half way down the South Grade, at the Chapman’s.

Are they your dogs?  Connect with me and I’ll forward you the contact info.

About 600 bicycle riders are heading our way from Solana Beach tomorrow. Click for route info.  I’ve been thinking, I have a very fun pink beach cruiser, but I’d need a lot more ‘rest stops’ than shown on this map – and some overnights too, for me to ride up here from the coast!  Watch out for these ambitious folks in great shape tomorrow!  Let’s cheer them on!

When ever we have a chance of thunderstorms, it is always a good idea to unplug what you can.  A little more info is waiting for you here.   During one of our spring storms, we lost our telephone in a thunderstorm.  So, you might want to unplug your phone and the power cord, for a few hours until the storm passes.  Oh, you can live without it for a little while watching the lovely storm!

Our very own Mountain Man, Bruce Druliner’s roots go way back on Palomar.  A little of the family story is waiting for you here.  The latest news is Bruce has his second music CD available now!

“The music will remind you of days long ago, when the sky was clear, the buffalo plenty, and honor and love among people was a shining light.”

Perfect music for sitting ’round a campfire with the crisp weather we’re treated to on Palomar these days. Order yours today!