Palomar Mountain News

Guessing that when some of you saw this cabin, you thought of the fun you had growing up playing with Lincoln Logs!  Now is your chance to go inside and live happily ever after!  Oh, and wait until you see the VIEW!!!   Click for a peek then come on up to claim your cabin!

Bonnie Phelps – always glad to open the doors!

From:  Michael Walsh, Friends of Palomar State Park

As a fan of Palomar and other state parks, you won’t want to miss this film… California Forever: The Story of California State Parks, now airing on PBS.

 Filmmakers David Vassar and Sally Kaplan of Backcountry Pictures have spent years creating this beautiful and important documentary. Episode One highlights the history of California state parks through an inspiring account of the struggles and achievements that built our state park system. Episode Two brings to light the challenges parks face now and into the future, for California and across the country. For more information visit  cal4ever.com

 Upcoming Air Dates

Wednesday, 9/19
KVCR – Los Angeles @ 8p.m. Episode 1

Thursday, 9/20
KPBS – San Diego @ 9 p.m. Episode 1, @ 10 p.m. Episode 2

Sunday, 9/23
KLCS – Los Angeles @ 9 p.m. Episode 1

Wednesday, 9/26
KVCR – Los Angeles @ 8 p.m. Episode 2

Sunday, 9/30
KLCS – Los Angeles @ 10 p.m. Episode 2

 It just takes a minute!  I just clicked through to send my message to the Governor, please do the same and please forward this to your friends and family!

Here is the latest from Michael Walsh and the Friends of Palomar State Park:

Important news items about the park you love.

As promised, click here for an important update … and read some encouraging news!   Palomar Mountain State Park has a golden opportunity to get funding from DPR via Assembly Bill (AB) 1478, which was the direct result of the scandal in Sacramento. This bill is now sitting on the governor’s desk for signature.

Click here to send an email to Governor Brown voicing your support of AB 1478. Don’t delay — the governor will either sign the bill, veto it, or make amendments to it by the end of the month, and he could do so any day.

Thank you!

Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park

We are having another yard sale on the 22nd and would love for other people to join us in selling their stuff.
Yard sale Saturday, Sept. 22nd, across from the County Park on Crestline Road.

9am until ? pm

Anyone welcome to sell their stuff just call and let us know.

John 760 742-2423

Palomar Mountain was a pretty dramatic place to be yesterday with a Thunder and Lightening storm passing by!  Earl and Louise Walls had a front row seat!  I saw their pix on Facebook and asked Louise to send them our way for all of you to see!   Simply amazing!  Thanks Weezie!

  You are invited to park at the big level lot, known as the helipad. A fun, vintage fire truck will be your free shuttle back and forth to the Fire Department.

Directions:  From the top of the Mountain, take the road to the left of Mother’s Kitchen and the Store, which is State Park Road.  The entrance to the free parking, is immediately on your left.

The entrance for the BBQ is from the west side of the Fire Department.  Looking forward to seeing you in the morning!

What a beautiful view from Palomar today!  Just had to share! Looking out from Birch Hill, we got to watch it raining down off the East Grade.  It did make it to the top for a little while.  I had to check out the weather forecast for the weekend.  Sunny sky is promised for Saturday!  Woo Hoo!  But you might want to keep things unpluged the rest of the weekend with the lightening that is promised too.

 Every year on the Friday Night before the PMVFD BBQ there is an Awards Dinner for the Firefighters.  This is some of the best eatin’ you’ll have this side of Carolina!  Earl Walls just finished the pork BBQ in his smoker, and has his very famous, mountain-made, Lexington Carolina Coleslaw sauce ready to serve up for ya’ll tomorrow.  Keith Ronchetti was there to help cut it up, and Louise and me?  Well, someone needs to sample, don’t you think? Ohmygoodness!  Sooooo delicious!

Tomorrow night is the Awards dinner and potluck!  Everyone is invited!

Friday, August 31, 6:00

Earl and Louise are providing the pork and coleslaw.  Please bring your favorite appetizer or a desert to share and your appetite!

Danielle Doelman, the BBQ chairman and Volunteer Firefighter, made a slide show of photos and video from this past year….”Life as a firefighter”.  It will be played during dinner.  They you will get to meet the Palomar firefighters as they are given their awards.

See you there!

The San Diego County Gourd Artists will have a booth at the Palomar Mountain Annual BBQ 9/1/2012 from 11 to 4

Beautiful and fun Gourd art will be on display and for sale.  We are a non-profit organization that promotes gourding.  We hold free demonstrations, various classes throughout the year and enter competitions at Fairs, etc.  Our goal is to promote Gourd Art.

If you can imagine it, your can make it with a gourd!  Beautiful artwork, musical instruments, vessels, jewelry, purses and all sorts of fun things!  We have a Gourdstock Festival every year at Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center too.

Be sure to come and check us out on Saturday. A Gourd art piece will be donated for the raffle at the Fire Department.

Like more info on our Patch?  Please visit our website.  Thank you!  Looking forward to meeting you on Saturday and sharing our fun hobby!  You just may want to join us!

Gayle Shell