Four Points Bulletin

Travels north, east, south, and west of our Oceanside home base.

Every year, the Thursday before Halloween, our local Thursday Sunset Market transforms into Haunted Market, where people of all ages dress up (if they are in the mood), and go trick or treating while ordering their favorite dishes. As if Sunset Market couldn’t possibly be any more entertaining, it is.

On Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 5:00pm to close, the San Diego zoo is choked with black lights, people in costume, music, light up souvenirs, live bands, fog machines, Halloween decorations, and punny signs. The zoo’s HalGLOWeen event was created in 2017, although this is our first time attending. Since kids under eleven are free, …

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The original Oktoberfest celebration began in 1810, when a prince and princess were wed in Munich, Germany, and citizens were invited to attend some of the festivities to help celebrate the royal event. Oktoberfest grew over the years in Munich, eventually attracting over six million people to partake in the festivities. Lucky for us, we …

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The Carlsbad Strawberry Company has been in business since the 1950s, and they grow more than just strawberries. Each year, the family-owned, fourth generation produce company converts their grounds into a pumpkin patch where they cultivate a menagerie of pumpkin varieties, and invite customers to participate in their homegrown, haunted corn maze, tractor rides, bull …

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Yellow Post sites are free, un-reservable, individual, dispersed, primitive camping sites (marked with a yellow post) located in the San Bernardino National Forest. There are yellow post sites around Big Bear Lake, Mountain Center and Idyllwild (each area has a detailed map online which includes the fire roads to take to arrive). We chose South …

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