Don, I certainly understand why you might want to stay away from much of the more populated areas of southern California but there are always interesting pockets of beauty everywhere you look...even here!
I really don't know exactly what the fire burned at Palomar SP. I wish we had more time there. We got in one afternoon and left the next morning. Not enough time to do much exploring but I was mostly looking for some nice canyon oaks which were very easy to find as they were everywhere in the campground. Only one other person was at the campground the night that we were there. Very nice! Much nicer than our experience at Cuyamaca Rancho SP where some jokers decided to bring the city with them...ugh! Doug --- On Sun, 11/29/09, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> wrote: > From: DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [ENTS] canyon oak > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 10:58 PM > > > > > > Doug- > > Your post is proof positive of the good side of > southern California...I'm seldom a defender, not > having ANY affection for high density populations > ANYWHERE. > > While I've not been to Cuyamaca Rancho SP, I was sent > with a USFS firefighting crew to protect the Palomar SP and > later the Observatory...I do recall the oaks, but confess > that my attention was focused on the big-cone douglas fir, > one a few relict stands statewide, and they were doing well > there...felt good to be protecting them...hope they made it > through the last series of fires that you refer to...mine > were during the late eighties. > > -Don -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
