Palomar Mountain News

 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

From: Clayton J Rizzi [mailto:cjrizzi@fs.fed.us]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 2:39 PM
To: Bonnie@BonniePhelps.com
Subject:

Weather permitting, we are doing prescribed burns December 19-23 2010 at the Observatory Camp Ground.

Clayton J. Rizzi
Captain 36
Palomar Fire Station
CNF Palomar Ranger District
760-742-3491

Pluto will always have a special place in my heart!  How about YOU? 

Click for a great read!

Everyone is welcome!  Here is your map for our community Progressive Potluck Dinner and click for all the details: 

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Hoping YOU are planning on joining in on the community fun this Saturday Night!

5:00 pm The festivities begin at Earl and Louise Wall’s home for appetizers.   Bring your family favorite appetizer and we’ll have a delightful evening caroling around the piano while enjoying their home that Earl designed to take advantage of the fabulous view.

6:30 ish Mike and Sue Stevens (started this whole idea this year!) will have a big pot of Mike’s mountain venison chili and Sue’s home-made cornbread.  We’re also looking for someone to have a crock pot of a favorite soup to also share at this stop (Will that be YOU?) .  You’ll love seeing what they have done with a huge remodeling project starting out as a tractor barn and now a wonderfully inviting hunting lodge.

8:00 ish We all bundle up and head off for yummy desserts and my family recipe of the best hot cider you’ve ever had!   Hot chocolate, coffee, tea and tasty desserts. Where will that take place?  Well, we had such a fun time at the Palomar Lodge after caroling last Thursday, I asked the owner if we could use it Saturday night and (drum roll) he said “Yes”.  Terri and Vandy Bailey had it decorated so pretty and left it all set for us.  We’ll warm up by the fire, getting to know our mountain neighbors. 

Bring:  Your favorite appetizer, soup, or dessert.

Questions?  Leave a comment or call 760 742-1742.

Merry Christmas to all!

Bonnie