Our bucket list called places near us easily gets overshadowed by other sites. Palomar Observatory…on a January day 2 years ago with a grandson along, we drove to said location knowing the chance that the road, the Highway to the Stars could be closed: according to the Website. We took our chances and indeed the road was inaccessibly. Off to the nearby Palomar SP where we enjoyed our picnic lunch, hiked and promised ourselves to return.
A spur of the moment plan, on Sunday we drove down Hwy 79S stopping at the Butterfield Stage Coach Outdoor Museum. I doubt I would survive the trials of stagecoach travel. Self touring we peaked in the Windows falling back in history to the mid 1800’s with pudgy faced, humorous mannequins frozen in time, the barber, the dentist & more. Then off to complete the hour drive to the observatory, certainly no icy roads today. We left at 4PM closing time cramming in all of the history of this famous research facility. Next time we will schedule a starry glance through the 200″ Hale Disk made by Corning, NY, a favorite bucket list item when back East. Next local bucket list item, Ballooning over Temecula (after returning in November)
Who will join us?
Photos, unedited and out of order, but offered as an enticement. Can you remember all of these rules?
