Palomar Mountain News

The long-awaited second book of Elsie’s beautiful look on life and her love of Palomar Mountain, has arrived.

Many of you have read Barbara Anne Waite’s book of the first set of her grandmother’s journals and letters. Elsie’s Adventures of an Arizona School Teacher tells of this young girl teaching in a one room school in Arizona. When the first book arrived, I had to finish that same night before I could put it down.

Now, Don is reading aloud to me, Elsie’s Mountain.  Oh, so wonderful to hear of the early days on Palomar in Elsie’s own words.

“Remembering vividly as a girl in 1904, I recognized that Palomar belonged to me from the moment I reached the top and the wagon stopped on the crest.  I ran thru the woods to the edge and saw the worlds spread below in unutterable beauty. If it is commendable for a citizen to claim a city proudly as his own, is it too outrageous that one should with passionate devotion claim a mountain?”

You’ll be able to pick up your copy at the Apple Festival next Sunday afternoon and here is a link to order on Amazon where your reviews are always welcomed!

Thanks to John Lesac for these beautiful videos of the moon.  Enjoy!

From: john.lesac@juno.com

 Subject: Lunar Eclipse on Palomar Mountain

Here are two links to short time-lapse video taken of the lunar eclipse.

This video shows the moon rising while going into totality:

https://youtu.be/Cpv2WoaeT2A

This video shows the moon in totality and rising:

https://youtu.be/U0ljUEQUUcs

John Lesac

It sure was fun to see this post on Facebook yesterday:

On September 30th, 2010 my lifestyle officially changed. I closed escrow on my Pauma Valley property. That property became a ranch, an avocado grove, and a proving ground for skills I would acquire. Now, five years later, September 30th, 2015 I closed escrow on a new ranch. A slice of heaven, called Palomar Mountain. 28 acres of “off the grid” living perched at 4600 feet of elevation this gem of a property sits among the clouds. There are views that will not quit, and the freshest air San Diego County has to offer. I feel privileged to officially call a piece of this magical place my own.

A warm welcome to our newest mountain neighbor, Bobby Graziano! When he isn’t working on his properties, he works in the aerospace field.  It will be fun to see what this rocket scientist creates with his new land.

  Thanks to Mike Pique for his Moon Rise over the Mountain, with Eclipse Underway. You can see the trees at the bottom of the photo.  Pretty special shot, Mike!  Mike was out with other locals at the lookout on East Grade Road.

It was fun last night as I was returning from a late property showing to see folks out in several places across the mountain, meeting up with neighbors with cameras to take a look at the moon. Oh, the beautiful moon!

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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