Palomar Mountain News

   When it is time for dessert, what is your favorite recipe?  Cakes, pies, something real gooey and good?! Part of the fun this Saturday night will be a Dessert Auction. 

We’re looking for a few of you great cooks to whip up something very special.  Desserts will be very quickly auctioned off (you’ll havta be FAST to get your favorites!) with all the proceeds going to the on-going needs of our Community Center.  Plates and forks will be on hand for those who would like to share their dessert with others at your table or some of you might want to take them home for midnight snacks!  

It makes it very fun to have each dessert with a card with the dessert name, your name,  and the hoops you had to jump through to make it.  List special ingredients, maybe even include the recipe that has been in your family for generations.  Make it fun.  Might even provide a ‘gift with purchase’ – you never know – one year a cake came with fresh-picked mountain wild flowers!  This year I heard that someone is making a fabulous desert and including …. oh, I better not give it away!

Some desserts will even be man-made!  How fun is that?!  Or, made by some of our great Mountain kids (kids are free for the event you know!). Oh, this just in – the school teacher, Andrew Kish is making his all-time fav!!!     The photo was taken at a school auction a couple years ago.  Good cooks on Palomar, that’s a fact!

A big thanks to all who will be busy baking and see you there Saturday night at 7 pm at the Fire Station.  

Don’t forget your dough  for the auction!$!$$    

Bonnie Phelps

   Mike Stevens is a great guy, mountain weekender, husband to Sue, dad to Hallie and Trent and friend to many.  He is also the California spokesperson for the Lung Cancer Alliance.  Never smoked but  is fighting that disease between driving his tractor, splitting firewood, and hiking all over Palomar Mountain.

Mike needs our help.  Sunday is the Breath of Hope Walk.  How about coming out for a 5 K Walk?  Mike is also appreciative of all those who have sponsored but there is room for more!  Will you help sponsor Mike? Click to see Mike’s webpage.   

There will be a lung cancer story Thursday on NBC/San Diego during the 6am news. Friday on Fox and KUSI morning news shows.

Here is more info and links to the Walk on Sunday:

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Saturday May 1, everyone is invited to Earth Day at La Jolla Reservation.  Music, entertainment and events.  Click to read the flyer for details:

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Interested in a few hours of part-time work on the mountain?

Are you good at giving a quaint cabin some TLC?

I have a vacation rental cabin that needs cleaning after weekend guests leave  – to ready it for the next visitors.  In the summer there will be more guests and mid-week rentals on a regular basis.  Depending on the schedules, work hours can often be quite flexible, but occasionally there are small time windows between one guest and the next party.

Duties consist of changing out the bedding; straightening up, vacuuming, wipe down surfaces and light cleaning of entryway outside; Usually just 1-2 hours with occasional deep cleaning at times when there is no stress.  Communications, consistency, good will and ability to follow through are the main requirements.

The gal who has valiantly done this job for the last 2 years is leaving the mountain so we need someone new.

Give me a call to learn more. Thanks, Martin  619-871-9354 and  email me too at Reservations@PalomarMountainCabin.com

  NOAA was right!   Woke up to a good foot of snow today!  Like to take a walk in the snow?  Click to see the April Wonderland  Don just plowed so I can get my car out – very fun up here today!

Are you a weekender on your way up the next couple days?  Might want to bring a BIG shovel or call one of the guys to have a parking space plowed for you.  See all at Snow Tips.    

Bonnie Phelps

  Burrrr!  It is getting cold up here!  A storm is heading our way but there are very different forecasts out there. 

Personally, I prefer National Weather Service because they are predicting SNOW!  Oh you know, one of my all-time favorite songs –  “There is no business like snow business…” (Isn’t that how it goes?):  http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=sgx&smap=1&textField1=33.32278&textField2=-116.87778

However, http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/92060 is showing only rain.  (Not near as much fun!)

We’ll see what ends up on the ground and one thing for sure – it will be a beautiful Spring!

Enjoy!

Bonnie Phelps