Palomar Mountain News

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!

It was a sunny, warm day. Within a few minutes, I noticed it got a little dark and had cooled off. I checked the forecast, no rain predicted at all. Suddenly, those clouds opened up and it poured rain!!! Neighbor, Jim Hamerly reported measuring 1.1 inches of rain at their place on Fern Meadow. Thinking that came down in about an hour. So thankful and it smells sooooo good!

Like to see a couple quick videos? We had a ‘Seasonal Stream’ running down in our orchard and I even got some footage of the hail. So refreshing and fun!!!

Bonnie, dancing in the rain!

Ever-changing, never ending views from permitted, unfinished 1920’s home, tucked away, out on the ridge with a front row seat to that view. The home was delivered to Palomar years ago and has been waiting for your creativity and expertise. Simply click to see the MLS info photos.

We also have lots of info from the building department for you, including grading, septic, and well permits signed off with completion of those projects. The rest is up to you and we have the fire department and road requirements, too, with all the specs for the 3 bedroom home.

I posted this on the MLS last night and have had many messages and calls already this morning. Who wants this amazing project in your name?

Quick, let’s go see!

Bonnie Phelps, on a roll!

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Thanks to Mike for sending such interesting photos to share. This was taken last night of the Space-X launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

From: Mike Pique

Falcon-9 first stage passing below Arcturus last night. Great view from the west deck – except it went behind the big stand of Incense Cedars and didn’t re-appear until after staging. I did see the first stage “entry burn” clearly about two minutes later. This is a screen shot of iPhone video… not bad for a cell phone I’d say. 

Michael Pique

A lovely couple came for a late showing yesterday and are making it their own! So excited to move in and join us fulltime in about two weeks! Quick escrow has everyone running to get inspections and well cert done.

We had it on the market early summer for a few weeks, took it off mid July for everyone to finish up their vacations and get kids back in school. Just put it back up as active 3 days ago. Lots of showings and – poof – it is in Pending.

Had a great photographer here but didn’t even get the photo link to you yet. Click for the eye candy including the Observatory view and some beautiful sunset sky!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor with more new listings heading your way real soon!

Imagine … one mile of your property bordering National Forest. Pretty big back yard, don’t you think?

For those of you longing to be totally self-sufficient, off-grid, this beautiful, custom home is totally set up with solar, a generator and a battery back-up system. Privacy at it’s finest and ready to move right in or enjoy occasionally as a weekend retreat. Gated and fenced for ultimate privacy. Located five miles up the mountain on East Grade Road on beautiful Palomar.

Click for MLS photos and lots more details. Check out our quick fly-over video below then let’s go explore!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor

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From: Mike Pique

Everyone is invited to the low pressure, no-obligation picnic/pot luck at the Palomar Mountain County Park (from Crestline Road, turn left at Road Marker 4), noon of Labor-Day-Weekend Saturday, September 3rd.

The goal is “taking it easy”: no official sponsoring group, no organizing committee, no fancy flyer, no yard sale, no opportunity drawings, no community information tables, no fire engine tour, no visit by Smokey Bear.

Our proclamation: “just show up with some food to share and maybe bring an extra chair”.  Catch up with the neighbors you know and meet some new ones.

I will bring up some Jilberto’s Mexican food like I did for Mayolo’s retirement party.  The Borlands will bring lemonade.

Please share the invitation among your neighbors. 

See you there,

Mike

We’ve been enjoying the music of Dutch Bergman and Bruce Druliner since about 1975! It is always a great time with friends and neighbors and new folks we meet each time the Smith Mountain Boys have a gig.

This week there are TWO events! The cowboy wants to go Thursday Night to Lazy H. Well, we haven’t been to the new pizza place in Wynola yet. New owners named it ‘Heros’ as a tribute to our veterans. That sounds great to me! The cowboy just returned from Missouri trip number 5 and since we are eventually both heading that way (don’t know when) we decided to go to both venues! Come on out, we’d love to see you and for sure you’ll enjoy the music!

We’ll call this video clip an early ‘Merry Christmas’ from the band and just a taste of their great music. And yes, it’s ok to sing along. Details below for reservations for this week’s back-to-back fun.

Thursday, August  25, 2022
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Lazy H Ranch      
Pauma Valley, CA 
760-742-3669
email = info@lazyh.com
** reservations highly recommended by email

Friday, August 26, 2022
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Heroes Wood-Fired Pizza (formerly Wynola Pizza)
Julian, CA
760-765-1004

Bonnie Phelps, wondering who might like to share a table or car-pool?

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Fancy photography with a drone was on the list for a few properties. I knew one of our mountain neighbors, Danny Cruz, flew drones and reached out to him. Well, Danny said his good friend Levi Dixon is the BEST. So, I staged all, ran around before he arrived to have the lights on, drapes open and everything as good as it was going to get. We took off and it was ‘lights, cameras and lots of action’. He shot five different properties in ten hours. Yes, we ate lunch and dinner on the run! I counted eight sets of stairs we ran up and down many times to get the perfect lighting and just the right angles. He offered to drive so it was my first time in a Tesla Model 3 – so much fun.

Levi pulled out a couple different drones at Round House Ranch. This fancy drone flew out through the forest for a close-up of the Observatory view and caught the attention of a few hawks. One swooped in, thinking it was a noisy option for lunch. Since Mr. Drone wasn’t the least bit tasty, the hawk went on his way. I finally turned on my camera and caught the return flight, thankful the drone was doing just fine. The hawk? We’re guessing he found an even better option for lunch.

Please stay tuned. Three of these properties have been off the market for a month or so but will be back up, better than ever in the next couple days.

Bonnie Phelps, having a blast in Real Estate!

Questions? Like to chat?

You can reach me at 760-533-1742