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Week of August 9th – August 15th, 2024
Photo by Jeff Adams Weather: Highs of 80- 84 & Lows of 54 – 64 NEW SECTION! Will move to “Need to Know” section at the bottom after a couple weeks here at the top. Click here for list of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Idyllwild. Back To School: Back in the 1700’s & early…
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Week of August 2nd – August 8th, 2024
Photo by Jim Brock Weather: Highs of 86- 93 & Lows of 64 – 70 History of BIG Fire in Idyllwild: I often get asked, “How did you do during the fire?” and I usually say… “Which fire?” Yes, we have a history of fire on our mountain. In fact, it’s the number one “Act…
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Week of July 26th – August 1st, 2024
Photo by Jim Brock Weather: Highs of 82- 90 & Lows of 52 – 68 The Olympics: The Olympics were originated in 776 BC in Greece as a religious festival to honor the greek god Zeus. The games went on, every 4 years (a time period called an olympiad) for about 1200 years and only…
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Week of July 19th – July 25th, 2024
Photo by Al Matta Weather: Highs of 88 – 90 & Lows of 64 – 68 Camps in Idyllwild: As a resident in Idyllwild, you may be unaware of the history of church & youth camps in Idyllwild. Idyllwild is, what it is today partly due to all these camps, many which are still here…
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Week of July 12th – July 18th, 2024 – Corrected
Mistake…..See if you can find what was left out of the first version. Weather: Highs of 86 – 92 & Lows of 60 – 68 Lemon Lily: “The Lemon Lily used to be prolific along streams & bogs in Idyllwild” wrote Harvey Hall, a botanist who wrote in his “Botanical Flora of the Pine Belt…
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Week of July 12th – July 18th, 2024
Weather: Highs of 86 – 92 & Lows of 60 – 68 Lemon Lily: “The Lemon Lily used to be prolific along streams & bogs in Idyllwild” wrote Harvey Hall, a botanist who wrote in his “Botanical Flora of the Pine Belt of the San Jacinto Mountains”. But in 1902 when Harvey wrote the words,…
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Week of July 5th – July 11th, 2024
Photo by Devon McGettrick Weather: Highs of 93 – 98 & Lows of 62 – 69 Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4th, 1776: This weekend, and yesterday in particular, we celebrate the document that was drafted by a committee of 5 men of the 2nd Continental Congress, but primarily by Thomas Jefferson over a period of 17…
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Week of June 28th – July 4th 2024
Photo by Fraser/Drake 2015 Weather: Highs of 80 – 90 & Lows of 52 – 65 Eleanor Park / Idy Park: Have you ever wondered about the history of the park in the center of town? It started as part of the original Idyllwild Inn in 1904, and was part of the 2nd Idyllwild Inn…
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Week of June 21st – June 27th 2024
Photo by Al Matta Weather: Highs of 87 – 90 & Lows of 63 – 66 Suicide Rock – Climbers Trail: Suicide Rock is the less known granite monolith near Humber Park known primarily by Rock Climbers. It stands at 7,510 feet (Tahquitz Peak stands at 8,846 feet) and you can’t really see it unless…