Bobcat wanders through
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This bobcat walked past the window of a Mountain Center home. “Made my day,” said Bethany Pulliam. Photo by Bethany Pulliam
I was lucky to attend camp in the Idyllwild area during the years from 1967 through 1972. Camp Roosevelt was nestled about seven miles from Idyllwild in Garner Valley located right next to the Hurkey Creek campground. I was 10 ½ when I began attending the camp, which had been in existence for over 30 years. It was then owned and managed by Dan Slater. It was a co-ed camp that my brother Steve and I attended during the 60’s counter-cultural revolution. We had hippies as counselors and no parents at the camp, and seldom on parents’ weekend. It was an overnight camp where you could stay from three to eight weeks.
Ernie Maxwell, Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper founder with his wife Betty, discovered an environment in Idyllwild in which to express his many talents, impressing his spirit permanently on the community.
Phoenix Bernal, Dilyan Blackwell, Levi Davis, Ruby McKeller, Kat DeHolanda and Kylie Ebner prepare for the pictures during Idyllwild School’s Picture Day last Thursday. Mike Isaac (right) was one of the photographers.
