Palomar Mountain News

Are you one of those people who dream every year of a White Christmas?  Our phone has rung many times over the past few days with folks asking, “Is there snow on Palomar?”  We can only imagine if this past weekend’s 18.8 inches of rain at our place, had been SNOW!  Woo Hoo!  Our son, Nathan took the pic after our first dusting a month ago. Looking forward to see what kind of weather we will enjoy up here a mile nearer heaven in 2011!     

If you aren’t part of the now 26 million + people who have viewed my favorite “Christmas Card” of the year, click to see and sing along!

We wish you a Blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

Don and Bonnie Phelps

 O3 Yamaha V-Star 1100 motorcycle, garaged and very low miles.  Perfect condition.  $3,000 OBO.  Lori   (760)471-7911

 Less than 25 hrs on bike. Perfect condition, runs great.  Garaged.  $1800 OBO  Tucker Lewis  (760)742-3474

Mike’s Elk was hangin’ around all dressed for the party!  We all had another delightful evening on the Mountain at the Christmas Progressive Dinner!  Many thanks to our hosts, Earl and Louise Walls, Mike and Sue Stevens, and everyone who brought their favorite holiday appetizers, soup, and absolutely yummy desserts.  A wonderful evening was topped off with Christmas carols around the fire at the historic Lodge.  Click to see all the photos.

 We had such a fun time Christmas Caroling Dec. 12th.  Very glad it was warm and dry!  Sorry if we didn’t get to your home – lotsa lights were on along the way and we quickly ended up with horse voices (from singing in the horse trailer?!?).  Great to be able to use the Lodge to warm up by the fire and enjoy some mountain goodies!  Click to see all the pix.  

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Subject:  Palomar Mountain General Store & Mother’s Kitchen holiday schedule:

 Mother’s  (760-742-4233) is closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but will be open the 26th 8:30-5, and the 27th – 31st  11 – 4.  We will be open Saturday, New Year’s Day, as well as the 2nd, 8:30 – 5.

Palomar Mountain General Store (760-742-3496) will be open Friday, 12/24 11 – 1,

but closed Saturday, Christmas Day. 

Normal hours will resume after that, which are Sunday, 8:30 – 5, Monday – Friday, 11 – 5:30.

Wishing you the very best in this holiday season, as well as throughout the new year,

 the staff at Mother’s Kitchen & Palomar Mountain General Store

Anandamayi

 Thanks to Brad Ells for sending this article our way. Most of our fall color is gone now but think many of you will enjoy the State Park info.

Palomar’s Boucher Trail has county’s best fall color

By Priscilla Lister,

Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 6 a.m.

Who says San Diego County doesn’t have seasons? Check out this fall color on Boucher Trail on Palomar Mountain.

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Your turn – I just sent mine!  Thanks to Big Jim Dunbar for sending this our way:

When you go to this website, www.LetsSayThanks.com   you can pick out a thank you card, add a personal comment or click on a pre-written one.  Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq/Afghanistan. It is FREE and it only takes a few seconds. 
  
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these from Palomar Mountain and beyond?  What an easy way to say thank you.    Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do too.  We can never say “thank you’ enough to our Military.

 Need a place for over-flow during the Holidays?   Roads closed and you can’t get up the hill to Palomar Mountain?  Need a place to stay close by? 

 Come for a delightful getaway at Cupid’s Castle Bed and Breakfast.  $50.00 off for Palomar residents and families. 

Cupid’s Castle is at the foot of the Mountain, one mile up from the Stage Stop and Jilberto’s. Click to see more by visiting our website. 

You are invited to stop in to say “Hi” when you have an extra few minutes, and please call when we can be of help. 

Merry Christmas to You from Ted and Connie

769 742-3306  www.adreamcastle.com

 Had several calls and e-mails today wondering about the weather.  Thought it would be a good time to turn around a link with ‘news you can use’ gearing up for lots of rain coming our way and eventually that very fun white stuff!

Click to go to our community page for weather and snow tips and pix including my favorite weather link, NOAA on the top left of that page.

Is it snowing on Palomar? Take a peek at our webcams. We have two to choose from; one in the forest off Fern Meadow Road, and the other looking off the mountain south of Crestline.  If you aren’t up here to look out the window, those webcams are the easiest way to tell if we have snow!  Thanks Paul and Erik! 

What is the temperature?  Check out the weather stations showing our highs, lows and the wind speed. 

 Have you Winterized?  Low on Propane?  Who plows snow? What about a generator? Power outage info? Need firewood? Road conditions on Palomar?  It is all there for you! 

I’m dreaming of a White Christmas with chestnuts roasting by an open fire (hummmm, now that could be fun one of these days)!  

Bonnie