Loved this place! About 4 miles out of Ramona on the way to Santa Ysabel, nestled in a narrow canyon along the curving and windy 78, Ramona Canyon Resort can be found. We stayed here for two weeks, but it could have been much longer. Deposits of tourmaline, mostly black, can be found on the hillside and twice weekly a volunteer takes hikers on a gem hunt. The bikers in the area love the road as it heads to the once-mined and scenic town of Julian; the road twists and turns and changes elevation and bikers can be heard for miles as they wend their way up the canyon.
New poles are being erected at nearby Santa Ysabel. As we enjoyed our Julian Apple Pie at the factory, we watched this helicopter transport poles and large buckets of cement "down the line" and then come back for more. While hovering overhead, it would lower the towline into the maintenance yard at Santa Ysabel, be loaded and then off it would go. Quite an operation! By the way, the apple pie was wonderful too...just like my mom used to make!
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