Palomar Mountain News

 Everyone is invited to head to the Hay Barn tomorrow night for Movie Night with John Lesac and his fancy surround-sound system.  A world of enchantment awaits with Beauty and the Beast coming our way via high definition Blue Ray.

Sunday Night, Oct. 17th at 6:59 pm

Coffee, hot chocolate, tea and popcorn will be waiting for you.   (We promise we’ll have the power turned on this time so it is HOT when you arrive!) If you’d like to bring your favorite appetizer or dessert to share, that is wonderful but not necessary.  Come and enjoy. 

BYOQ  – You might want to bring your own Quilt for curling up on a hay bale to watch the show.  There are some chairs, you are welcome to bring extras just in case.   It will be warm in the barn.

Directions:  Take State Park Road to Fern Meadow Road (directly across from the County Road Station). Turn right.  When you get to the top of the hill, turn right at the big stone wall.  Drive on up to the Hay Barn. Please drive slowly to keep the dust down. Lots of parking.

Clear or rainy, the show will go on.  🙂

No reservations necessary – just an old-fashioned evening in our barn with Palomar friends. 

Questions?  Comment to this post or give us a call at 760 742-1742.

Don and Bonnie Phelps

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Just a reminder to the folks out there, tomorrow is the big multi-family yard sale this Sunday the 17th, tomorrow at the County Park on Crestline Road.  Follow the signs!  🙂

Furniture, books, kincknacks, dishes, tools, garden supplies, movies, and lots more stuff, come see for yourself. And there is still enough room if you want to sell your own stuff at this event.

Call John Lucia and leave your phone number, we will return the call.

760-742-2423

Open for shoppers Sunday from 8:00 am to 4:00 p.m.

Just spoke with Simon-the-trail-scout for Hyundai Canada on the mountain for the day.  He was putting up signs directing drivers for the launch of the Hyundai Sonatas that will be on Palomar twice today.  Fourteen journalists flew in from all over Canada and the US.  They will be sharing the driving of seven cars to later publish their views and photos of the new Sonata. The plan is for the first group of seven cars to stop at the General Store for snacks about 12:30 and the second group at about 3:00 or so. 

I found it interesting that with all the mountain roads available to them in Canada, they choose Palomar for their launch.  This Mountain is a pretty special place, don’t cha think?

Bonnie Phelps

Agencies intensify brush-clearing efforts to head off potentially devastating wildfires.

Click to read the latest being done to make the Mountain more fire safe.

Click for a great article about Bruce Cuney and just a little of his 32 years keeping the Observatory in great shape for all! 

Thanks Bruce!  And thanks to Rosemary Johnston for heading the article our way!  🙂

 What a great evening going through some State Park Slides!  As many of you know, there is stone memorial to Nate Harrison on the Grade that bears his name. One of the fun discoveries of tonights “Name that Slide Show”was a slide of this plaque that used to be at the entrance.  The plaque was stolen a number of years ago.  It was great to have a photo to see the wording:

Nathan Harrison’s Spring

Brought here a Slave about 1848

Died October 10, 1920 Aged 101 years

A Man’s a Man For That

Thanks to the sharp eyes of Mike Pique, he realized that tonight would have been 90 years since Nate Harrison passed away.  Kinda special that we found a photo of his plaque tonight, don’t you think! We sure do think it would be nice to have the plaque returned or another made! 

Like some great reading on Nate Harrison?  David Ross, mountain resident and editor of the Valley Center Road Runner did a wonderful series.  Click for David’s award-winning articles on the man and the legends of the Nate Harrison Grade.

Bonnie Phelps

New State Park Ranger Jessica has some trays of slides discovered in storage of past employees and people at the State Park over the years.  She is asking for help to identify the folks in the photos.

Come on over!  Tomorrow night at 5:00, Sunday, October 10, 2010

Bring a favorite munchie to share and John Lesac will have the projector and big screen set up in the Hay Barn.  Former Post Master, Shirley Thompson will be there and Jessica is asking for whoever else can come to fill in the blanks on the slides that span several decades.

Directions: Take State Park Road to Fern Meadow Road (directly across from the County Road Station). Turn right, drive to the top where you will see a big stone wall, turn right again and keep going to the Hay Barn. 

We have chairs and bales of hay to sit on and name those slides! 

And there will be coffee, tea, hot chocolate and popcorn.

Bonnie Phelps

760 742-1742

  The Cute-as-can-be Cabin at the Pond has had several owners in my 10 years of Real Estate on Palomar Mountain.  Well, it is time for someone new to take over the peaceful views from this enchanting cabin off Bailey Meadow Road.

Since this is a very private area through a neighbor’s gate, the seller and neighbors ask that there be no drive-bys.   Your cooperation is much appreciated and I am glad to open the gate and door for you anytime.  You will love your view for all seasons, that’s a promise! 

$150,000 with an approval from the bank for a short sale.  Let’s get it rolling!

Bonnie Phelps

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