February 10, 2010
• FISHING REPORT *
News from
Lake Cuyamaca
Last Week's Results and
This Week's Prognosis
The Tackle Shop Hours For
The Month Of February 'Are As
Follows:
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
8:00 AM TO 4 PM
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
6:00 AM TO 5:00 PM
WE HAVE A WINTER
BOAT SPECIAL/
MOTOR BOAT RENTAL IS
$25.00 FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
Cold weather kept people
away this past week, but the few
who braved the elements were
rewarded.
We are expecting a fish delivery
from DFG the week of Feb 11th.
Notables: Rob Shannon and
friend caught their limits of trout
in a couple of hours from a boat,
using red salmon eggs.
The FREE FISHING class is
held every Saturday at the launch
ramp. Meet Ranger Charlie at
10:00 am.
THE DECONTAMINATION
WASH DOWN IS REQUIRED
FOR ALL PRIVATE VESSELS
AND MOTORS BEFORE A
LAUNCH. Also, float tubes and
waders must be washed down
before using the Lake. There is
a fee for the wash down.
For further information or to make
reservations for condos, cabins or
camping, please call 877-581-9904.
Reducing
Fire Hazards
Inside Volcan
Mountain
Wilderness
Preserve
Controlled Burns
Planned For
--Mountain
The County Department of
Parks and Recreation will be
conducting a series of controlled
pile burns during the week
of February 8th on Volcan
Mountain Wilderness Preserve,
located 5 miles north of Julian.
The pile burns are part of a fuel
reduction management plan and
are conducted under a permit
from CalFire and a Smoke
Management Plan approved by
the Air Pollution Control District.
All burns are weather-permitting
and subject to CalFire approval.
The burn piles will be monitored
at all times with fire suppression
equipment on-site.
OPEN MONDAY- FRIDAY 8:00AM TO 5PM --
IT'S FIREPLACE
SEASON
Be extra careful when
discarding the ash from your
fireplace or wood stove this
early in the fall. Hot embers can
last for days in a bucket or other
container.
When you remove the ash,
place in a container and then
water it down to extinguish any
remaining hot embers from
wood chips that could later
ignite brush or weeds. Do NOT
discard them in an open field or
area with dry vegetation.
If you are discarding the
remains, burry them and wet
them clown again before you
cover them.
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Riding the Kelly
Ditch Trail
I am always amazed at how
many awesome trails we have
available to ride and hike on
right here in Julian. One of my
favorites continues to be the
Kelly Ditch Trail beginning in
William Heise County Park. In
this first article of a series, I will
introduce you to wonderful trails
in our local area that surely help
stave off the winter blues.
If you are a horse enthusiast,
you will enjoy the accessability
in pulling a horse trailer into the
William Heise Park parking lot.
If you are afraid of backing up
a trailer, know that this parking
lot has two entrances and exits
with wide areas to turn a rig. The
horse trail will be immediately on
the right of the guard station and
you will see horse tie up posts
awaiting. Also, there is a rock
cistern full of water for thirsty trail
mounts. My dog, however, thinks
that is her personal swimming
pool after a hot, dusty ride.
Once saddled, the Kelly Ditch
Trail begins on the right hand
side and is wel marked. You will
first ride through a small apple
orchard combined with oak
and pine trees on either side.
The footing has a decomposed
granite base and is almost always
well drained.
This trail will soon cross over
the dirt Peckham Ranch Road,
our very favorite place for winter
gallops, and will cut through a
meadow before starting a long
assent. The long steep uphill
proves perfect for the fresh horse
who will benefit from some long
trotting and trot to canter to trot
transitions. I usually let my young
horses get their bucks out on this
uphill and if they are good I allow
for some galloping.
Once at the top you will see a
wooden sign sending all horses to
the right to continue on the Kelly
Ditch Trail. Then it starts getting
fun. The trail is well maintained
and about three feet wide. It will
then start winding its way down
to the rushing creek. I do a lot of
water-training with young horses
on this creek, using experienced
horses to model water crossing
in front of them. Soon most
horses learn to love that spot as
they paw and splash and drink
and grab at the lush grasses that
grow along the banks. There is
even a bench at the water for
tired hikers. I think it is one of the
most beautiful spots in Julian.
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Continuing on, the trail begins
to make its climb up and across
North Peak. It does have a
few narrow spots and the trail
dwindles to about a foot and a
half wide. It is not terribly steep
though and is still quite suitable
for even amateur riders.
Long before the Cedar Fire we
used to ride this trail all the way
to Lake Cuyamaca, where we
would picnic before riding back
to Pine Hills.
Now the trail is maintained only
until you meet the Park Boundary.
To ride beyond that, you must
take with you an adventurous
spirit and a sense of humor. It
helps to also be on a horse who
doesn't mind scaling or jumping
fallen trees.
have a trail riding group of
friends and clients who have
learned to always expect the
unexpected when riding with
me. The last time we went
bushwhacking past the Park
Boundary on the Kelly Ditch
Trail, they nearly lost me and
my two horses though. We had
pressed through some intense
brush, fallen trees, low branches
and octopus-like ceanothis.
After about an hour, feeling very
victorious, we decided to turn
around and head back. The
trail was too narrow for me to
pass everyone, so we had our
teenager lead the pack. She did
great but after awhile her horse
balked and was not sure of
moving forward.
A couple of people thought we
had gone off the trail and asked
me to take a detour which they
thought would put us on the right
path. Since I had the bravest
horse I put her to the task. My
mare kept refusing to go off
the trail and against my better
judgement, I forced her to go.
And here I learned a valuable
lesson in trusting my horse.
In seconds we were plunging
down embankments of ceonothis.
My horse was trying so hard to
get her legs through the snakey
branches but with the elevation
drops she was picking up too
much speed to get her legs back
up out of the bushes between
plants. To make things more
fun, I was "ponying" (leading) a
second horse behind me who
had to think fast and copy what
my
horse was doing. I was
frantically bringing my horses
head up between leaps but knew
we were quickly losing ~the fight
with mother nature. I did an
emergency dismount and flung
myself free of the horse whom I
felt was going into a panic. Being
trapped in ceanothus with a
panicking horse was not my idea
of'fun.
" I struggled a few yards away
from my horse to be away from
the flailing hooves I thought were
coming my way, but instead I just
heard silence. I looked back and
there in eight-foot tall weeds were
rid
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raisins, cherries, cranberries
or blueberries out on a paper
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my two horses, huddled tightly
together, still as statues. It was
amazing to see their sense of
calm yet sad to see how helpless
they were.
It brought back a memory of a
nearby ranch where two horses
went missing and were presumed
stolen. Then after the Cedar Fire,
two horse skeletons were found
in the thick brush (or where the
thick brush had been before the
fire). It showed me how the poor
horses can just give up.
It took what seemed like
hours to get reconnected to
my trail riding group and then
to bushwhack the two horses
out of there. What an incredible
experience of learning! From
now on, I will trust my horse's
instincts and will not stray from
the trail. Horses usually know the
exact way home they came out
on even when we humans do not.
I have also learned that it
would be a fabulous effort to
rally people together to do some
trail riding and trail maintenance;
With some clippers and pruning
shears we would have made a
huge difference on 'that trail.
Therefore, would like to give
a shout out to anyone out there
who would like to join us for
some much calmer type of trail
rides. I think Winter Riding is
the best riding of all. The trails
usually drain quickly and the
weather only makes things more
dramatic. It is tempting to want to
hibernate in the winter and stay
inside, get out of shape, and to
let that horse get out of shape
and rusty in its training. But
riding in the winter makes one
feel alive, inwgorated, keeps the
horse tuned up and gives one an
invaluable chance to socialize,
laugh and share stories while
connecting with others.
We will soon start taking our
trail riding group desert horse
camping. We usually target the
full moon times of the month.
Riding in the desert in the winter
is also totally awesome, which I
will soon be writing about.
Give me a call if you would like
to join us. You can bring your
own horse or we usually have a
few that could use the exercise
who are trail savvy and gentle.
Take advantage of this
incredible paradise we live in.
Get out there and hit that trail!
Jennifer and some of her trail riding friends.
photo by Emily Garcia
Jennifer Smith owns and operates Integrity Stables in Julian. She has been
a Horse Trainer and Riding Instructor for 25 years. She has an extensive
background in show competition and has been the director and manager of
several equestrian operations over the years. She can be reached at (760)
484-2929
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