Palomar Mountain News

It was such a pleasure to meet Chris Clarke and his sons when they came to the mountain and found their perfect getaway cabin. Ben and Ian are such great guys. Chris mentioned that one reason he was looking forward to time at their cabin was “no screens, no internet”. Those boys have had a blast. They cut and split a cord of wood together a few weeks ago. All they wanted to do was work in the woods for 4 days.

Their dad is in a Bluegrass Band called Plow. They are playing Saturday night, Sept. 17th at Heroes (formerly Wynola Pizza) in Santa Ysabel.

Another band plays at 2:00 and Plow will be setting up to start at 6:00 pm. See the details here.

Click for fun photos last time we heard Plow.

They will be outside, maybe on the big stage at behind the restaurant. You might appreciate a jacket.

Hope YOU can make it!

Bonnie Phelps, tapping my foot to the music!

A price adjustment is waiting for you on beautiful Fern Meadow Road. We had such a lovely rain today, freshening up the forest. Lush ferns, oaks, cedars and firs frame several view locations to the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island.

Click for lots of four season photos and the enchanting story of the family who has treasured the views for many decades.

Let’s go explore!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor on the lookout for hiking partners and nice new neighbors!

760-533-1742

The Fire Safe Council had an event planned tomorrow with info about how you can prevent the Gold Spotted Oak Borer from killing your trees. It is POSTPONED because of the weather. However, please click on the video above for the movie that was to be shown.

There are aldo some useful links to information for the GSOB: https://mailchi.mp/80bd9422afee/fire-safe-council-july-2021-newsletter-7265090

We will let you know when the event is re-scheduled with guest speakers for an interesting Q and A session.

Morgan Graves – Fire Prevention and Forestry Coordinator

Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County

In Partnership with the Fire Safe Council of San Diego County

11769 Waterhill Road

Lakeside, CA 92040

O: 619-562-0096 x 107

http://firesafesdcounty.org/

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Hurricane Kay is a storm out in the Pacific Ocean heading our way promising strong winds. It was still dark when the wind woke us up this morning. We ran outside, took down our flags, umbrellas, patio cushions, closed windows and picked apples. Yes, rather than blowing off the trees and bouncing around on the ground, we bagged them up for applesauce.

Wow, 109 miles per hour outside of Julian! NOAA weather reported 96 mph winds at Cuyamaca Peak about an hour away. Palomar reported only 59 mph. Hummm, that is what our thermometer shows, too, 59 degrees. Maybe we’ll stoke up that woodstove today!

NOAA is also hinting at the possibility of maybe 2 to 4 inches of rain in the mountains and deserts? Thank would be a wonderful blessing for the Hemet and Anza fire, now over 27,000 acres.

The deer and turkeys had a wonderful time down in our orchard for a few hours. Winds have picked up now and I’m thinking they are taking shelter elsewhere so they don’t blow away.

Here is a tip: No parking under trees! No more car pancakes on Palomar, please!

Bonnie Phelps, having fun with Real Estate while on Storm Watch, hoping you are too!

Last night we were turning out the lights and I smelled smoke. We went to the windows and sure enough, we both smelled smoke. We got dressed and the cowboy grabbed a shovel thinking someone if we came across a campfire with the wind we had, it could be helpful. Driving around our properties we saw all was well ’round our neighborhood. Then, we remembered the Hemet fire and realized the smoke was drifting up from there.

Apparently it is still only 5% contained when I checked this link. Hoping that rain predicted for arriving Friday can help with this situation. Hoping the firemen can get this under control real soon.

Bonnie

Everyone traveling up or down the mountain has the opportunity to take in magnificent sunsets. Often I tell myself to pull over and capture a peek of what is happening. Well, Terri Sproul did just that in a very beautiful way with her fancy camera, composition and expert editing. She didn’t resist and pulled right over a few days ago, at the large turn out at toward the bottom of South Grade. So beautiful with a hint of Fall Colors-to-come.

Thank you for the eye candy, Terri!

Way back in 2013 I posted about a great resource and with a delightful man selling and fitting new and used snow chains. I just checked and he now has 116 five star reviews on yelp!!! Think he has LOTS more from happy folks on Palomar. Well, this morning I woke up to a fun message from the charming proprietor himself, Mr. Snowbird, Thomas Weller:

“…You posted about my snowchains services some years go I wouldn’t mind if you deemed me worthy to do it again as the snow season is approaching www.snowtraction.comwww.sandiegohighwayman.org is what I did for 50+ years — thankee kindly M’lady — thomas”

So, when we have a winter wonderland and you’d like chains that really WORK, fit properly and stay on, get yourself down to San Diego and meet this very interesting man that really knows his stuff!

SNOW BIRD ENTERPRISES, putting your car in chains for over 2 decades. New and used tire chains. Buy, sell, trade, repair all with custom fitting. 619-442-3767 Thomas Weller

Bonnie Phelps on Snow Watch in Sunny September!!!

Good Morning,

Get up, get up! There is a big empty dumpster waiting for Palomar property owners and residents to fill to the brim! Some of your neighbors volunteer with the Fire Safe Council to greet you the first weekend of the months that we have this service. They do welcome donations to credit toward the grant that provides the dumpsters each month. Here is the note from Cecelia:

Sept 3rd and 4th, 8 am to noon in the usual place at the fire station. come early and fill it up, please. Usual rules: no paint, tires, HAZMAT, e-waste, or large appliances. Fire season is well upon us so let’s get the combustible refuse off the mountain!

Call Cecelia for any questions or appt during the week; 760-742-8741

Where is it? Go to the Fire Department, the road to the left is Summit Circle. Turn in there. There might be a bit of a line. Hop out and help your neighbors unload their stuff. It’s a social event!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor always enjoying cleaning up this beautiful mountain!