Palomar Mountain News

Yesterday we stopped in Walmart real quick. It was so nice to see this table set up to honor our heroes. Right by the big bags of chips for our barbecues today. As we gather together with family and friends this Memorial Day, may we remember the reason we are gathering.

To honor those who have fallen.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

To all of our heroes, we salute you. 

Hope to see you at the delicious breakfast and then the Annual Meeting of the Palomar Mountain Planning Organization. Hot coffee, orange juice, pancakes, sausage, strawberries and YOU! Always a fun time on the mountain.

The dogwoods are out! Would you like to see some in bloom? It is worth a trip to the State Park. Driving past the kiosk, down toward the group campground, you’ll pass several trees.

Keep reading for another great article by a long-time friend of the mountain, Ernie Cowan. In fact, he and his wife, Katie were married up here! Ernie is a freelance columnist with a beautiful blog to visit and is published in the San Diego Union Tribune.

Thanks to Rosemary Johnston for sharing Ernie’s great article and photos sharing of a recent event by our ranger Will Meyst.

Driving up the mountain, you can see quite a variety of wildflowers in bloom. They open up at lower elevations first so the top of the mountain will be alive with color real soon.

Happy Spring!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor on the Highway to the Stars and Mountain Wildflowers

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It should be ok. The Forest Service is doing a burn for as a fire break for safety. From the Crestline area, it is off to the east (right) of the Observatory.

From: Dana Barre, USFS

We are planning a prescribed burn for tomorrow (Wed., 5/14) near High Point lookout off the Palomar Divide – 58 acres.

Dana Barre, USFS

After being very loyal for years to Verizon, things changed. I’ve talked to two different technicians up here telling me Verizon has taken all their antennas down and Palomar towers only have AT&T. From what I understand, that impacts other carriers, too. So we moved to ATT and took our numbers with us.

So, with a tip from a friend, we went to Costco and and are very pleased with our new rates and brand new ‘free’ iPhone 16 Pro Max phones. Coverage is so much better at home and all over the mountain.

Another neighbor is very happy with his Red Pocket Phone Plan. I just glanced at their webpage and that is sure worth checking into.

Just thought I’d pass on the info because I have realized, I’m not longer needing to say “Can you hear me now?” The camera on this new phone is amazing, too!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor running out to take new listing pix!

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How about some fun Jazz Music tonight? 6:00 at Heros Restaurant and Wood Fired Pizza in Wynola.

We had a preview session this morning. Chris Clarke saw the post about Cecelia playing her guitar at the last Dumpster Day and brought his mandolin today. Be sure to see the video below for just a tease of what is waiting for you tonight. Five musicians will be entertaining you on a deep bass, guitar, fiddle, banjo and his beautiful mandolin.

One of the band is someone who Chris has known for 14 years. He now happens to be one of the instructors at the Julian Fiddle Camp next week. There are still openings! Click to check out their website.

Chris is booked up 6 months in advance at Hero’s if you’d like to plan ahead. Simply scroll to the bottom of his website for the dates. Here is a little intro to the fun time tonight:

Last minute dumpster tomorrow, Saturday, May 3rd. Gate is to open at 8 AM to noon. First come, first served. If there is still room, we’ll let you know when it will be open again.

The dumpster location has moved from the Fire Station and is in Robert Carlyle’s yard. Take State Park Road to Bailey Meadow. It is the first driveway on the right as you enter Bailey Meadow Road. Such a great location! Much easier to load and thank you to Robert for being the Official Tractor Guy for Dumpster Days!

The usual rules apply: No tires, paint, HAZMAT, e-waste, Lg appliances. Questions? Call Cecelia at 760-594-4688

Music? Yes, we popped by to see how things were coming along. It was warm and Robert and Cecelia had just set down to relax a minute under a beautiful oak tree. Robert and Don caught up on the latest while we all enjoyed Cecelia practicing her guitar.

Dumpster Days is a very fun social event. Last time after we thought it was full, Robert smushed it down with his tractor made more room and with a volunteer on top, late morning folks lines up and we got it all in! It was so fun to see people I hadn’t seen in a long time. I highly recommend loading up your stuff and showing up, say hello to your neighbors and enjoy the music!

New listings are springing up just like the daffodils all ’round the mountain! However, we do need to take the weekend off from the sunny skies we’ve been enjoying. Tomorrow should be fun with a tease of wind, thunderstorms and dusting of snow!

These beautiful flowers are waiting for you at the Little Green Cabin in the Woods. I’ll be turning the heat on in the morning for our first showing of the day. Glad to make sure it is toasty for you to see, too! Grab your jackets and and let’s explore a sparkling clean, move-in-ready cabin. It has very usable land for a weekend getaway, full time living or a vacation rental on this beautiful mountain.

Looking for something big enough for your ‘Brady Bunch’? Bring them up to see Knotty Pine Cabin off Bailey Meadow Road. Built with love in 1958, it has wonderful vintage charm with the big stone fireplace and original wood floors. Let’s go see the updates along the way.

We finally closed escrow on that fun, fixer cabin that needed buyers with a true Spirit of Adventure. The new owners are so excited to have maybe a last peek of a Winter Wonderland for their first weekend to start checking off their project list. They have great plans to restore their little cabin to treasure for many years to come.

We have been busy working together with sellers and surveyors and tree people and clean up crews to get a few more listings headed your real soon! Whew! What is on your wish list? Let’s make those dreams come true!

Thinking about selling? Always glad to get those questions answered.

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor opening doors for new Spring Listings for YOU!

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It’s a little late for this double oak to get in on the Dead and Dying Tree Grant. So sorry for the garage and two roofs over the cabin. Glad no one was hurt and the propane tanks weren’t damaged.

Just off the phone with Stan Hill in charge of the Dead and Dying Tree Grant. He said it has funded and they should be working on the first properties by the end of May. They have already identified 200 trees for the grant. Room for more!

This first phase of the grant is for Crestline and Birch Hill. The next one will be in Bailey area. Have you signed up? This oak was very obviously a GSOB tree. One easy way to tell is they don’t lose their fall leaves. Even after all our snow and wind, those leaves are still hanging tight. The stump on the right was cut some time ago according to the next door neighbor. He was so surprised to see it hollow inside. Questions about your trees? Stan Hill’s contact info is below and more than glad to help.

Go out, look around and and see if there is a tree withing 150 feet of a habitable structure. Maybe it is on your neighbor’s land! We can get their contact info and let’s get them signed up. Those standing dead fir trees are pretty famous for having the tops snap out in storms. One even ‘remodeled’ a kitchen a few years ago.

Let’s work together to help make Palomar more fire safe.

Here is the QR code to sign up in less than a minute. Please share with your neighbors:

Stan Hill, Forestry & Fire Prevention Project Manager

Office Tel: (619) 562-0096 Ext. 110

Cell: 951-553-3013 stan.hill@rcdsandiego.org

Check out the newsletter from the State Park: http://www.friendsofpalomarsp.org/newsletter–brochure.html Thanks to Rosemary Johnston for sending our way. The Apple Festival is in the works and the date will be provided soon.

Meanwhile, more good news: The kiosk will be open mid April going forward Friday, Saturday and Sunday.