Monday, August 29, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Baby Quails
Today we saw quails outside our window. There were big mommy and daddy quails, and there were lots of baby quails following them.
We saw them go to the back yard and saw the parents jump up on the wall. The babies couldn't follow, because they were too small. Then we went outside to see the babies. When we came up to them we couldn't see them anymore because they were hiding. But suddenly they burst out of their hiding and ran everywhere!
Then we went inside, but after awhile, we realized there was one in the house! It ran and hid, and all we could hear was chirping, but we couldn't find it. Finally we found it in Timothy's notebook, hiding in the spine.
We caught it and let it go back to its mommy!
We saw them go to the back yard and saw the parents jump up on the wall. The babies couldn't follow, because they were too small. Then we went outside to see the babies. When we came up to them we couldn't see them anymore because they were hiding. But suddenly they burst out of their hiding and ran everywhere!
Then we went inside, but after awhile, we realized there was one in the house! It ran and hid, and all we could hear was chirping, but we couldn't find it. Finally we found it in Timothy's notebook, hiding in the spine.
We caught it and let it go back to its mommy!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Elfin Forest Vacation Ranch (Ruins)
"Dr. Harvey Urban, Jack Donnelley, and George Dew went to buy twenty acres at the junction of what is now Harmony Grave and Elfin Forest Roads in 1959. They built a house and a dam to create a lake and began adding spaces for trailers, campers, and mobile homes. Additional land (for a total of 97 acres) was purchased and a grocery store was opened. It was referred to as the Elfin Forest Vacation Ranch. They provided boating, fishing, movies, and square dancing. When Dr. Urban opened those acres up to public camping, the campground and the valley around it became popularly known as Elfin Forest. "
"In 1978, there were heavy rains in San Diego County. The Elfin Forest/Harmony Grove areas were severely impacted as torrents of water rushed down Escondido Creek causing a "40 year flood." The beautiful lake in the Vacation Ranch was swept away, the basin around it was severely flooded and the Ranch was devastated. Dr. Urban, who had plans to develop it into exclusive mobile home estates passed away shortly afterwards, and his family was forced to sell the acreage."
~ http://www.efhgtc.org/History.htm
"In 1978, there were heavy rains in San Diego County. The Elfin Forest/Harmony Grove areas were severely impacted as torrents of water rushed down Escondido Creek causing a "40 year flood." The beautiful lake in the Vacation Ranch was swept away, the basin around it was severely flooded and the Ranch was devastated. Dr. Urban, who had plans to develop it into exclusive mobile home estates passed away shortly afterwards, and his family was forced to sell the acreage."
~ http://www.efhgtc.org/History.htm
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