32 San Diego Reader April 20, 2017
ROAM-O-RAMA San Diego Outdoors with the Museum Canyoneers
ANZA-BORREGO’S HENDERSON CANYON Explore Borrego Palm Canyon’s less-visited neighbor
Distance from downtown San Diego: Approximately 90 miles. Allow 2 hours driving time (Bor- rego Springs). From Ramona, drive east on SR-78 to Santa Ysabel. Turn north on SR-79 and drive to the junction with SR-2/San Felipe Road and turn southeast. At the junction with SR-22, turn east to Ranchita and follow SR-22 to the stop sign in Borrego Springs. Turn right and at the traffic circle go ¾ of the way around and exit onto Borrego Springs Rd. going north. Go 3.5 miles to the junction of Henderson Canyon Rd. Hiking length: 6 miles out and back. Difficulty: Starts out easy but in- creases in difficulty to moderate with about 800 feet of elevation gain/loss. After the first half-mile there is no marked trail. Some boulder-scrambling may be required for the last half-mile. There are no facilities or water at the trailhead but both can be found at Christmas Circle.
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ANIMAL FRIENDS
Baby Days at the Oasis Camel Dairy Our monthly animal farm show is all about babies. Meet our newest family members: two baby camels and miniature baby doll sheep lambs. 1:30 Animal Show featuring talented performing birds, crazy racing turkeys, working farm dogs, and majestic camels. Take a camel ride, taste real camel milk chocolate, and shop our Rare Milk Camel Milk Skin Care products in the homegrown farm boutique. An easy drive in the country on your way to Julian Pie. Saturday, April 22, 1pm; Sunday, April 23, 1pm; $7-$10. Oasis Camel Dairy, 26757 Old Julian Highway. (RAMONA)
Galleta grass, once an important food source for livestock that foraged in and around Borrego Springs. W
hile Henderson Canyon lies just a few miles north of the very popular and often visited
Hellhole and Borrego Palm canyons, it sees less activity and is a pleasant alternative for those wish- ing to avoid the weekend crowds. Although lacking the abundant water of its neighboring canyons, which accounts for the absence of our native California palm trees, the spring wildflower displays can be even more spectacular here. The origin of the name Henderson Canyon is not clear. It may have been named after the founder and publisher of Desert Magazine, Randall Henderson, who explored many of the local canyons in his search for palm oases. Another possibility is that it was named after an old miner who once had his cabin in the canyon. At one time this canyon may have also been known as Sheep Canyon, but that name now belongs to another canyon several miles further north in the Coyote Canyon area.
From the junction of Borrego Springs Rd. and Henderson Canyon Rd. turn left onto the dirt road marked by a metal sculpture of a Jeep, modeled after a late 1940s Willys Jeep CJ, as it climbs forever upward over a rocky road. This is just one of over 130 amazing sculptures created by artist Ricardo Breceda that are found in and around Bor- rego Springs. This area is known as Galleta Mead- ows, named after the galleta grass found here. This native grass was once an important food source for livestock that foraged in and around Borrego Springs. Galleta grass grows in clumps that can be several feet wide and over one foot in height. Its clumping growth form prevented it from being trampled when it was grazed. In the spring this is a good place to look for the low-growing pinkish purple flowers of desert sand verbena. The months of March and April mark the return of the Swainson’s continued on page 36
Butterfly Jungle Each spring the Safari Park’s Hidden Jungle rain for- est greenhouse is filled with 10,000 exotic butterflies of all colors and sizes, and guests can walk among them, take photos, and learn differ- ent species using a butterfly iden- tification guide. If you wear bright colors, a few might just perch on you to take a closer look. Free with park admission, $42 children, $52 adult. Through Sunday, April 23, $42-$52. San Diego Zoo Safari Park, 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road. (ESCONDIDO)
Raising Chickens 101 It’s our most popular class of the year.
Bring a spare lawn chair and sit a spell while we talk about how to raise happy and healthy chickens. We’ll cover coops, feed, lifespan, eggs, and the basics of how to legally raise these animals in an urban set- ting. Sunday, April 23, 9am; free. City Farmers Nursery, 3110 Euclid Avenue. (CITY HEIGHTS)
ART All Natural: Opening Reception
Join us to celebrate the opening of All Natural. Mix and mingle with the artists while viewing experi- mental, unique, and in some cases, never-before-seen works. A special program for the evening is a perfor- mance from the SDSU School of Music and Dance. Thursday, April 20, 5pm; free. SDSU Downtown Gallery, 725 W. Broadway. (DOWN- TOWN SAN DIEGO)
Dancing Shadows: Closing Reception The Coopers’ Shadow Sculptures grace collections all over the world. The artists have gallery exhibitions and representation in such major art cities as New York City, Paris, London, Stockholm, Venice, Tel Aviv, and La Jolla. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has three of their sculptures that simulate the skin of the fossilized skeletons of three dif- ferent extinct marine mammals on permanent exhibit. The Coopers live and work in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thursday, April 20, 6pm; free. Monarch Arredon Contempo- rary, 862 Prospect Street. (LA JOLLA)
ERIN HANSON Colors of the West
Visit the gallery for a special all-day event! Meet the artist, enjoy wine, mimosas and hors d’oeuvres.
Saturday, April 22nd | 10:00am - 8:00pm The Erin Hanson Gallery
9705 Carroll Centre Road, San Diego
Mountain Shadows The Moun- tain Shadows: Painting Our World Radiantly (M:POWR) mural proj- ect, started in Spring 2013 and is a partnership between CSUSM’s TLC program, Mountain Shadows Out- reach Programs, San Marcos Arts Council, Art Miles Mural Project, Muramid Mural Museum, and Art Gallery and the United Nations Education Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We will be hosting our 1st Annual Exhibi- tion of Art and Silent Auction at the Muramid Mural Museum and Art Gallery during the Art Days Festival in Oceanside. All proceeds raised during the silent auction will go directly back to the M:POWR project to fund paint and supplies. Sunday, April 23, 1pm; Muramid International Mural Museum, 212 Artist Alley, Suite F. (OCEANSIDE)
Oceanside Days of Art 25th annual free juried fine art festival featuring over 100 artists displaying
Argentine Tango with Colette Learn Tango now!
Take a FREE FIRST CLASS on Thursdays, April 20 and April 27, at 8pm OR every Monday andWednesday at 7pm.
Getting married? Surprise your guests dancing a stunning TANGO at your wedding!
Come to Dance Place San Diego, 2650 Truxtun Rd. (corner Dewey) Studio #106. No partner needed.
Find maps for the hikes and more Roam-O-Rama columns online at
SDReader.com/roam
TangoWithColette.com Colette: 514-726-5567
a variety of art mediums including painting, photography, ceramics, glass and more. Live stage per- formances, food court, and hands on art activities. The event will be held in and around the plaza of the Oceanside Civic Center along Coast Highway and Pier View Way in downtown Oceanside. Saturday, April 22, 10am; Sunday, April 23, 10am; Oceanside Civic Center, 300 N. Coast Hwy. (OCEANSIDE)
BEER
Crafts and Drafts At the first installment of its Crafts and Drafts block party, Bay City Brewing brings together the best of Ocean Beach and Point Loma for a community cel- ebration. Proceeds from the event will benefit two business-improve- ment organizations surrounding the brewery: Point Loma Association and Ocean Beach MainStreet Association. For one afternoon, the brewery will transform its outdoor veranda into a wonderland of local artisans show- casing handmade products, featur- ing everything from beer candles to ale-inspired attire to the beat of local tunes. Bay City beertenders will pour the brewery’s two newest creations: In My Younger Haze, a hazy-style IPA, and The Sin Ship, a Baltic Por- ter. Sunday, April 23, 12pm; free. Bay City Brewing Co., 3760 Hancock Street. (MIDWAY DISTRICT)
Legalized It: 4/20 Beers In honor of 4/20, we’re introducing your buds to Kali Mist and Quan- tum Kush: two strains of dry- hopped IPAs each brewed with a special blend of delicious, aromatic, sticky, skunky HOPS. Kali Mist is a hybrid of Amarillo and Citra hops, while Quantum Kush is a marriage of Mosaic hops and a new experi- mental hops simply called #429. Both: ABV 6.5%. Thursday, April 20, 12pm; $2-$7. Duck Foot Brew- ing Company, 8920 Kenamar Drive. (MIRAMAR)
BOOK SIGNINGS Tara Mackey: Cured By Nature
During the Carlsbad Village Shop Hop, stop by Clever Element at 5 pm to meet Tara Mackey, writer on the-
organiclifeblog.com and author of Cured By Nature. Saturday, April 22, 5pm; free. Clever Element, 2832B State Street. (CARLSBAD)
Terror in Ypsilanti: John Nor- man Collins Unmasked Between the summers of 1967 and 1969, before the term “serial killer” was coined, a predatory killer stalked several Michigan universities until he made an arrogant mistake. All- American boy John Norman Collins was arrested, tried, and convicted of murder. The other murders attributed to Collins never went to trial, with one exception, and soon became cold cases. Author Gregory A. Fournier tells the stories of the victims, recreates the infamous trial, and details Collins’s time spent in prison. Saturday, April 22, 2pm; free. La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Avenue. (LA JOLLA)
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