Cedar Creek Falls, Ramona, Ca.

Cedar Creek Falls...  What an erie palce at night durring a new moon.  Its DARK in the canyon, but tranqual.  The cold seems to settle fast when the sun sinks beyond the hilltops.  It seems like it has managed to maintain its "Wilderness" pretty well through all the farming and wildfires, visitors to the creeks and recreation area users.   Once on EaglePeak  if you stay to the left it will guid you around the area through the indian reserve, on a 20mile dirt road, you need a high clearence vehicle.  Otherwise stay to the left and its 9 miles to the parking area, still down a dirt road but that one is maintained.                                                                       

  "Cedar Creek Falls has been called a “hidden gem” of San Diego County. No longer an insider secret, this spectacular waterfall cascades about 80 feet into a pool some call The Devil’s Punchbowl." 

  I think the night there is awesome.  I sat on top of my jeep and just looked and listened.  4 people finished their day around 8:30 pm. returning from the creek sweaty, wet and tired.  They were college aged kids, perhaps military, male and female.  Once they left though, the area was silent with the acception of an Owel that was circling around above me some where screaching. 

  The lore about owels is as diverse region to region as it is wide spread.  To me,  is not one about death to though or hauntings but more about guidace and protection.  Im at peace enough with in myself to try hard open my heart and mind, to listen to mother earth and pay attention to her signs.

 

  So, Along the 20 mile road (Boulder Creek) if you take the left, winds through the Ramona Estates.  An insainly,"out of the way" spread of farmlands and crazy landscaped and indian reservations, there's also and old weathervaine with a car flipped over , upside down there are many panoramic view point areas to pull over and Picnic, camp, sleep, nap, read a book(not my option) but all the pleaces I saw were unique to there own geographic location.  The land is still scarred from treachorous wild fires but have recovered briliantly to fan an array of spring colors occross a dark chared canvas. 

  Deep in-set areas under very overgrown trees and vines spread an ideal plot of prime camping realestate, shady cool places where mosses and vines climb the bark of burnt and hollowed out trees offer a solitude --not far from your native san diego but just far enough to feel like youre descovering somewhere new... untouched... vergin territory.

Probably awesome in the winter... With snow.  I can't wait to go.