It looks like the weather will be perfect for our End of Winter Celebration Drive and Picnic on Sunday April 11th. So far we have 27 beautiful Jaguars scheduled to participate and 48 fun-loving Jaguar Enthusiasts!
If you forgot -- there is still time to go to the SDJC website and register. Perhaps you aren’t sure if your schedule permits participation – no worries, just show up. Diah and I will have extra copies of the driving directions.
As a reminder, we will be starting the drive from the Old Spaghetti Factory off Highway 78 in San Marcos. From Highway 78 take Exit 13 to North Twin Oaks Road. The Old Spaghetti Factory is in the shopping center along side the Highway 78 West exit. Turn right at the stop light to enter the shopping center, you will see a large LA Fitness Building and the Spaghetti Factory is at the end of the shopping center to the right.
We will be driving the back roads of North County traversing I-15 – hopefully some of these roads will be new to many of you. Our destination will be Kit Carson Park in Escondido in the El Arroyo Picnic Area.
Don’t forget to pack a lunch, beverages, chairs, hat, sunscreen and of course your face masks. Diah and I will be bringing yard games……let the competition begin!
Driving the route again today, there was major construction on the road approaching the park with considerable delays. I will check it out on Saturday to determine if we need a slight detour. I will e-mail members who have registered the latest information and updated driving directions, as well as status of the Sculpture Garden availability.
Looking forward to visiting with you all on Sunday!
Registered Attendees:
Chris, Liz, Tommy and Sydney Airriess
Dave, Marie, and Matt Allen
Martin and Diah Avery
Mark and Beck Bates
Tim and Debbie Bennett
Tony “Yory” Campbell
Harry and Carmi Cosmos
Joe and Deborah Harding
James Harkins
Steve Hawley
Celia Hunter
Chuck and Lynn Jackson
Dan and Jorgene Jensen
Richard Lawler
Chuck and Kathy Leuthen
Mark Mayuga
Eric and Renee McLeod
Abraham and Lorne Polger
Connie Rock and Skip Sorensen
Nedra Rummell
Allen and Kathleen Steele
Terry and Mary Pat Tilton
James and Elizabeth Waite
Ben and Jennifer Washington
Charles and Judith Wheathley
Glen and Georgia Wior
Bill and Debby Woolley
Deborah and John Zaharychuk
END OF WINTER CELEBRATION
Drive and picnic
Sunday April 11, 2021
Now that the dark of Winter is behind us, let’s welcome Spring with another SDJC Drive and Picnic. If you haven’t been participating in our latest drives, you are missing a fantastic opportunity to take your Jag out for an enjoyable drive followed by a picnic at Kit Carson Park in Escondido. Our past drives were through Rancho Santa Fe, Fairbanks Ranch, Bates Nut Farm, Miramar Lake, and even the Orange County area with our friends in the Los Angeles Club.
Starting Location
The Old Spaghetti Factory
111 North Twin Oaks Road (off Highway 78) - San Marcos
Starting Time: 9:45 AM
Drivers Meeting 10:30 AM
Picnic Destination
Kit Carson Park adjacent to Westfield North County Mall Escondido
Our April drive will start in San Marcos, travel north toward Temecula traversing across I-15 to hopefully travel on some road you haven’t driven before. The drive will culminate at Kit Carson Park in Escondido which features three ponds and numerous picnic areas under beautiful large trees providing shade from the Spring sun. Also featured are beautiful walking and hiking trails. Hopefully by April 11th the Covid restrictions will allow us to visit and enjoy a 5-acre arboretum, The Irish Sankey Magical Garden, and the Queen Califia’s Magical Circle Sculpture Garden
What do you need to do?
· First, go to the Event page on the SDJC website and Register
Click Here to go to the event page to register
· Pack a fun lunch, maybe something British?
· Don’t forget your chairs (just in case the tables are occupied), water, hat, sunscreen and most importantly your masks
· Be kind to your kitty, give her a bath, fill her with fuel, and point her in the right direction
· Enjoy the drive, lunch in a beautiful setting with your Jaguar friends, and perhaps an opportunity to participate in yards games for a little friendly competition.
Questions: Contact Nedra Rummell (760) 519 5400 Members@sdjagclub.com or
Diah Avery (619) 890 1613 activities@sdjagclub.com
Kit Carson Park
Indians of the acorn culture were the first inhabitants of Kit Carson Park. The park was named after Christopher (Kit) Carson, the famous scout who guided Captain John C. Fremont over the Sierra Nevada Mountains during a government exploration expedition. The park sits in a valley that is approximately five miles west of where Kit Carson fought in the Battle of San Pasqual. A historical monument commemorating the battle is located on Mule Hill, one mile southeast of the park.
The City of Escondido acquired the land for its largest regional park from the City of San Diego in 1967. One hundred acres of the park have been developed and 185 acres have been preserved as natural habitat. The newest addition to Kit Carson Park is Queen Califia's Magical Circle, the only American sculpture garden and the last major international project created by Niki de Saint Phalle (born France, 1930-2002). Inspired by California's mythic, historic, and cultural roots, the garden consists of nine large-scale sculptures, a circular "snake wall" and maze entryway, sculpturally integrated bench seating, and native shrubs and trees planted within the interior plaza and along the outer perimeter. The garden bears the brilliant, unique mosaic ornamentation that is an unmistakable part of Saint Phalle's later work.
The sculpture garden's key architectural features are an undulating circular wall measuring 400 feet in length (with varying heights from 4 to 9 feet) that surrounds the garden. Monumental playful serpents, decorated in colorfully patterned mosaics, slither along the top of the wall, their curved bodies forming a pattern of solids and voids that allows visitors to see landscape vistas beyond the garden. The "snake wall" opens into a maze whose walls and floors are covered with black, white, and mirrored tiles. Once through the maze, visitors enter the central courtyard.
There are nine freestanding sculptures in the garden. The imposing mosaic sculpture of Queen Califia standing on the back of a five-legged eagle commands the center of the garden. Eight large totemic sculptures surround Queen Califia. They are covered with symbols and forms freely drawn from Native American, Pre-Columbian, and Mexican art as well as the artist's own fantastic imagery.
