Entries Tagged as ‘Nature’

August 25, 2009

The Week Ahead – August 24-30

With the end of Summer nearing, many activities and events are dropping off the radar.  No more Summer Concerts or Movies by the Lake.  But there are still a few things to do around Santee.
Santee Senior Club: This is sponsored by the City of Santee.  The Senior Club meets every Wednesday morning from 9:00-11:30 am [...]

August 2, 2009

Santee Lakes Named “Best Campground”

 
The votes are in and Santee Lakes Regional Park and Campground has been named Best Campground in the 2009 San Diego’s Best contest through the San Diego Union Tribune.  Congratulations to Santee Lakes!

July 13, 2009

The Week Ahead – July 13-19

No promises, but I am going to try to start giving a heads up on activities and events for the week.  Of course, this will be a lot easier if you let me know of any important dates coming up – so feel free to email me (recoveringteacher@gmail.com) or leave a message if you have [...]

July 9, 2009

Twilight Walks at Mission Trails Regional Park

This summer, why not try an evening walk at Mission Trails Regional Park?  The park, located just across the line in San Diego, encompasses some magnificent scenery, including riparian woods, meadowlands, and much more.  Walks begin around dusk, starting at the Kumeyaay Lake Campground entry (just off Mission Gorge Rd. on the west side of [...]

May 6, 2009

San Diego River Days

This Saturday, May 9, San Diego River Days will kick off with events stretching from the river mouth at Dog Beach, through Old Town and Mission Valley, to Santee and finally Barona Reservation.  River Days continues with more events on Sunday, May 10, and the following weekend (May 16 & 17).  In Santee the Friends of Santee’s River [...]

April 23, 2009

RiverBlitz!

Saturday, April 11, was the San Diego River Park Foundation’s RiverBlitz – an effort to identify and map problems along the river for later clean up/removal.  The Foundation held one in the Mission Valley section of the river in October of 2008, and through that effort over 24,000 pounds of trash was cleaned out, several [...]

March 20, 2009

SanTree Fest 2009 Report

Last Saturday (March 14) was the fourth annual SanTree Fest celebrating Earth Day and Santee’s sixth straight year being named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation.  This year the event was held at Mast Park, which runs along the San Diego River just north of Mission Gorge Road.  The celebration included [...]

March 10, 2009

SanTree Fest 2009

This Saturday, March 14, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, Santee will hold its fourth annual SanTree Fest to celebrate Earth Day and the city’s sixth straight year being named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation.  Last year’s event was held at Cajon Park School, and included tree planting, information booths, [...]

December 20, 2008

What Goes Up…

What a difference a day makes.  On Wednesday, December 17, I went down to where Riverford Rd. crosses over the San Diego River.  I realize that isn’t technically Santee, but it was the best spot to take some pictures of the river after all the rain we have had.  Then I stopped there again on Thursday, [...]

March 31, 2008

Dead Owl Society

Okay, some of you might not like this post or the picture, but I’m putting them both up anyway.  Here’s the story: my wife and I decided Sunday to take a nice bike ride around Santee Lakes.  Talk about a wonderful place to ride – but I’ll write about that another time.  What I want [...]