Palomar Mountain News

Do you have a small cabin available as a monthly rental for me and my 8 year old daughter?  What about an RV hook-up?  That could work, too.

Let me introduce myself, I am Heather Forester.  My daughter and I have been living in our 30 foot, 2004 travel trailer, in a park at the base of the mountain. Friends on the mountain have generously included my daughter for home school since March 1st.  We’d really like to continue this but I’d love to get into a small – even very rustic, fixer cabin, or move my trailer to the top of the mountain.

I’ve worked at Trader Joes since October 2015, part time and also am available for house cleaning, painting, working parties, events, home health care, animal or pet care or any house or ranch needs.

Voice or text 760-840-0154

Thank you so much!

Heather

Did you know Palomar had white squirrels?  I’m looking forward to seeing my first one!  Not my photo, but sure is a beautiful animal.  Thanks to Don Grant for the info and sending this contest our way.

Please send your photos to blog@ffla-sandiego.org

Subject: The Great Squirrel Photo Contest

Date: July 15, 2018 at 9:33:47 PM PDT

“White” squirrels have been spotted around Boucher, including today. They range in colour from blueish gray to white. They are not albinos, they are possibly white morphs which are eastern grey squirrels, which are known to be in California and are known to have the defective gene that causes this.

We would like clear photos of them if anyone is lucky enough to see one.

Shane

Elevated fire restrictions in effect for Cleveland National Forest

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Elevated fire restrictions went into effect Monday for the Cleveland National Forest, which encompasses more than 460,000 acres in the counties of San Diego, Riverside and Orange.

Restrictions are put into effect when fire danger levels increase due to weather, seasonal temperatures and other risk indexes, including high winds or lightning.

From: Cecelia Borland

FIRE BOARD ELECTIONS

The Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Dept will hold its Annual General Meeting

and Board elections on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at noon in the Fire Station at

21610 Crestline Rd, Palomar Mountain. If you would like to run for a position on

the Fire Board, please contact Cecelia Borland  by August 15, 2018.

Fire Board Directors are elected for a 2-year term.

Responsibilities of the Fire Board:

~ Act as liaison between the community and San Diego Fire/CalFire to assure

that the terms of the lease are being honored.

~ Manage the funds available to the Fire Board.

Responsibilities of the Fire Board members:

~ Attend monthly FB meetings held the 1st Sat of each month at 9 AM in

the Fire Station and extra meetings/duties as necessary or as called upon

to do so.

~ Be available by email and/or text messaging for purposes of

communication.

From:  Glen Heggstad

Modular home transportable on wheels. All 2×6 construction screwed, glued and mounted on massive twin steel I-beams. Perfect for your country property while you wait to build your home or make this your permanent hideaway. Approximately 500 square feet with 8 foot ceilings means a spacious mini-condo to transplant from Palomar, wherever you want. Or even better if you have an existing property this would make for an excellent Airbnb that could likely pay for itself in a few months.

Comes with small refrigerator/freezer, flat screen TV, Bose Home Theater, stove, leather sofas, leather bar stools, microwave, blender and complete kitchen utensils…everything you need–totally turnkey including queen size bed with linens and towels. It’s well insulated with central forced-air heating and cooling.

Best of all this comes with complete solar system — panels, charge controller, inverter and all cables. Thirty gallon propane tank makes this everything you need to be self-contained.

11×14 Bedroom

8×5 Bathroom

11×8 Kitchen

11×13 Living room

This is not a trailer but rather a modular home that should be moved professionally.

Connect with Glen Heggstad for more details.

This old-fashioned, get-to-know-your-neighbors, BBQ Potluck is planned for Saturday.

Saturday the 14th, 4:00 to 10 ish  – Gather ’round, visit, games, campfire

5:00 to 6:30  – Taco Time and Potluck

I stopped at the Fire Department today to borrow tables and chairs (thanks Mike Pique for setting that up).  Those nice firemen offered to deliver! So we have plenty of seating.  (Isn’t it great what folks will do for tacos?!)  🙂

Cecilia Borland called today offering to bring a couple more games.  She is also bringing fresh mountain mint for sun tea… ah, the good old days are here again!

From the top of the mountain, take State Park Road to the grandkid’s cute little firewood stand.  Unload there and park where you can on the road, across at the lookout, or along Fern Meadow Road. If you’d like a shuttle, please let us know when you unload.

Thank you!  Where ever you may be this weekend, have a wonderful one!

Bonnie and Don

SDG&E has some scheduled power maintenance up here apparently.  Tomorrow, Thursday, from 8 to 4 our power is to be off.

We’ll have our generator humming and are a free hotspot if anyone needs to re-charge, use our internet, or just pop by and say ‘Hi”.

Bonnie

Are you free next Saturday?  You are invited to a ‘Good Time BBQ & Potluck’. We’d love to have you join in the fun!  A few weeks back, our son Nathan presented a 40 Day Healthy Lifestyle Challenge.  It included gathering with neighbors and friends more often. So, whether you are playing along with the challenge or not, we decided to celebrate summer and invite y’all!  We promised we won’t harass you about the challenge – no agenda at all, just Good Times like the good ole times!

This coming Saturday, July 14, 2018, games start at 4:00 and let’s eat at 5:00.

We have some wonderful street taco guys coming with their big grill for carne asada, chicken and pork. Those guys are fun to watch!  Lemonade, infused water, coffee, tea and hot chocolate will be waiting for you.  How about you bring a side dish?  Salad, appetizers or dessert (and your beverage, if you are so inclined). If you have a favorite chair, bring it along.

It will be very casual so you can join the kids-of-all-ages in a game of kickball in the orchard or toss some Frisbees.  There is dice for Yardzee, Farkle or play croquet ’round the ground squirrel holes. Pick a table and enjoy a game of Pictionary or Dominos. Maybe you have a game you’d like to bring? Or, just relax and have a good time people-watching.  Catch up with your neighbors, meet new ones, or folks who would like to be neighbors one of these days!

Do you play a guitar or musical instrument?  Love to have you bring it, too.  After dark, two campfires will have s’mores available, of course.

Event is at our place on State Park Road (message me if you’d like the address).  Extra parking is planned at the lookout across from us and along Fern Meadow Road, down by our 5th wheel.  You are welcome to pull in our driveway to drop off food and request a shuttle. There will be a porta-potty in the orchard.

Ok, here is the catch:  The taco guys are planning on 100 people.  We don’t want to run out of tacos!  So, please RSVP.

Hope to see you Saturday!

Bonnie and Don

From: Cecelia Borland

Defensible Space Inspections are in progress. PMFSC will have a 40 yd dumpster delivered to the fire dept for use by the community to help you rid the area around your home of combustible “stuff”.  Dumpster will be open 9 AM to 4 PM, Sat and Sun or until the dumpster is full.
WE CANNOT ACCEPT TIRES, PAINT, E-WASTE, HAZMAT (CHEMICALS)

Sat and Sun or until full. People may dump 2 pickups full on Sat and until noon on Sunday. After noon on Sun you may dump as much as will fit flat in the top. Please do not over-fill.

 Last time we had to turn many folks away because the box was full by 11 AM Sat. We are therefore limiting the amount each family can dump/