Palomar Mountain News

It will be very fun when the book of Elsie’s “Mountain Years” is published. Meanwhile, here is a charming photo of Elsie with a little tidbit from the book-to-be by her Granddaughter, Barb:

From Barbara Waite
I just added a new “tidbit” on my website. Included there are 2 vintage photos. The title of this “tidbit” is is “My Mother was an Alien!” Curious? Read it on http://barbaraannewaite.com/category/interesting-tidbits/

Elsie on Palomar in 1904

The Butterfly Farm

Acres of Elsie’s Mountain For Sale

Elsie’s Journal – Now a book!

You have your choice of three different guided hikes in the State Park! It would be hard to decide but you better make your reservation quick! The hikes will be on Saturday, April 13th. All the details are here. Enjoy!

Tomorrow morning you are invited to attend the General Meeting for the
Community Center of Palomar Mountain

CCPM Annual General Meeting
10 am at the Fire Station
Saturday 4/6/13
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Sincerely,
Your CCPM Board of Directors

It was very sad to have a cabin burn on Palomar. Many of us knew Cal and Doris Rainford who designed and built their home up here in the 1970’s. It was presently a rental. Click for the news article about the fire.
Maybe 8 or 10 years ago I was driving by their cabin and had to stop and take a pix of their tree in bloom. It is also on the Memorial page for Cal.

The first daffodils are popping up 'round the Mountain. Thanks to Mike Pique for this great shot taken out on Birch Hill.

When I was a little girl my Popo always invited us to help change the clocks. I realize now that it took so much longer to have my brother and me tagging along. But I know now why he had us ‘help’. Just creating happy memories. I’ve walked by this old wooden clock hanging in our entry several times the last few days. It’s been nudging me to nudge you, from the Mountain Top to, Spring Forward and create many happy memories with your family!

Bonnie Phelps

Employees of Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort come to Palomar State Park’s aid

On Saturday March 2, employee volunteers from Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort in Valley Center devoted half a day at Palomar Mountain State Park to help refurbish the park’s group campground. The day’s project consisted of replacing half a dozen doors on the park’s decades-old old restroom and shower building.

“The old doors were in terrible shape, and the Harrah’s Rincon volunteers really came to the rescue,” says Rick Barclay, chairman of Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park. “Through the generosity of all our donors, we could finally buy replacement doors, but installing them was the bottleneck. These talented volunteers from Harrah’s Rincon really came through for us — knocked it out and they were a real pleasure to work with.”

The door project is just one of several phases in an overall campground improvement now underway at the park which, just a year ago, was destined for closure. Fortunately, the non-profit group that Barclay heads up was able to negotiate an agreement with the Department of Parks and Recreation to keep Palomar open, through contributions from concerned citizens, both individual and commercial.

The Harrah’s Rincon employees were organized through the casino’s HERO program, an employee-based community involvement program that encourages employees to volunteer their time, expertise, creativity and passion to initiatives that improve people’s lives.

For more information about the park, visit www.palomarsp.org . For more information about Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park, visit savepalomar.org .

For editorial information, contact Rick Barclay at rickbarclay92592@yahoo.com or 951-265-6385. For photos of their work project, go to  http://palomarsp.org/photo_gallery/Harrah%27s-Rincon%20Heroes/album/  For higher resolution photos, contact Rick Barclay. ~ Thanks