If you're into hiking like Stan and I, there are tons of great hikes near by. Santa Ysabel has several, Palomar Mountain also has some amazing hikes, as well as Julian and the Cuyamaca area.
Julian is the small town Kalyn grew up in, it is a tourist town on the weekends and has tons to do from old traditional candy mines, actually gold mines, Julian Brewing Co, and lots of food choices and shops.
The Julian/Wynola Station is one stop before you hit the main town of Julian. The station provides our favorite tap and tasting room, The Cooler. as well as several shops restaurants, and the Cross Farm which has loads of activities for kids.
The Palomar Observatory operates several telescopes, including the 200-inch (5.1 m) Hale Telescope, the 48-inch (1.2 m) Samuel Oschin Telescope, and the Palomar 60-inch (1.5-m) Telescope. In addition, other instruments and projects have been hosted at the observatory, such as the Palomar Testbed Interferometer and the historic 18-inch (0.46 m) Schmidt telescope, Palomar Observatory's first telescope, dating from 1936. As of 2021, the observatory also hosts the Zwicky Transient Facility and Gattini-IR projects. Pretty cool stuff, Check it out!
Beautiful hiking and scenery and restaurant for lunch!
Warren's Golf Coarse.