>> "VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER" IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION.

>> WELL HELLO, EVERYBODY, I'M HUELL HOWSER, AND HERE WE ARE IN THE NICE LITTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OF IDYLLWILD.

THIS COMMUNITY IS LOCATED IN THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS ABOUT 5,200 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE COME TO GET COOL IN THE SUMMERTIME AND ENJOY THE SNOW AND THE NICE, CLEAN, CRISP AIR IN THE FALL AND THE WINTERTIME.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE COMMUNITY.

I KIND OF GOT TURNED ON TO IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN I CAME UP HERE FOR THE WEEKEND FROM MY LITTLE HOUSE DOWN IN PALM SPRINGS.

WE ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL.

IDYLLWILD REALLY ISN'T AN INCORPORATED TOWN, BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING LITTLE VILLAGE, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO START OUR PROGRAM HERE, AND WE'VE STOPPED WORK, CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE MOTEL.

WE GOT YOU ALL TO SHUT DOWN FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES, DIDN'T WE?

>> PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, HUELL.

>> YOUR NAME IS... >> LANCE SWANSON.

>> AND?

>> I'M JUNIOR.

>> ALL RIGHT, JUNIOR.

AND YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON THE MOTEL HERE.

>> YES, SIR.

>> ARE YOU LOCAL YOKELS?

ARE YOU FROM AROUND HERE?

>> YEAH, WE LIVE ANOTHER 1,000 FEET HIGHER UP IN PINE COVE.

>> REALLY?

>> YEAH.

>> NICE LITTLE COMMUNITY UP HERE.

>> IT'S WONDERFUL HERE.

>> WHAT DO YOU--WHAT--TO TELL PEOPLE KIND OF LITTLE BIT ABOUT IDYLLWILD WHO'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE.

HOW--HOW DID YOU GET HOOKED ON THE PLACE?

>> OH, I WAS, UH, WORKING IN THE DESERT ON A ROOF DOWN THERE, AND WE DECIDED TO LIVE UP HERE SO WE COULD BE COOLER IN THE AFTERNOONS AND-- IT WAS WONDERFUL.

>> AND IT KIND OF GROWS ON YOU?

>> YES, IT DOES.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL-- >> BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS.

>> WE'LL LET YOU GO BACK TO WORK IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

LET US GET THIS INTERVIEW OUT OF THE WAY FIRST, AND THEN YOU ALL CAN GO BACK TO WORK.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.

>> THANKS, HUELL.

>> LORI, NOW HERE'S THE STORY.

WHEN I CAME UP HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, LORI AND I MET, AND YOU--YOU HOODWINKED ME INTO GOING ON ONE OF YOUR TOURS.

>> I ABSOLUTELY DID.

>> BECAUSE YOU GIVE IDYLLWILD TOURS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, DURING THE WEEK BY APPOINTMENT.

>> YOU'RE KIND OF HEADQUARTERED HERE AT THE SILVER PINES-- IS IT A MOTEL?

DO YOU CALL IT A MOTEL?

>> WE CALL IT A LODGE.

>> A LODGE, AND I STAYED HERE KIND OF BY ACCIDENT ON RECOMMENDATION, BUT WHEN I GOT HERE-- LET'S WALK OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER-- >> OK. >> WHEN I GOT HERE, YOU TOLD ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WONDERFUL HISTORY OF THE OLD SILVER PINES.

>> WELL, THE SILVER PINES IS A HISTORIC BUILDING HERE IN IDYLLWILD.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1923 AS A RUSTIC FURNITURE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THEY ADDED A TAVERN CALLED THE RUSTIC TAVERN, AND THEY ADDED A GAS PUMP, AND PRETTY SOON IT WAS QUITE THE SOCIAL CENTER HERE IN TOWN.

>> NOW DIDN'T IT BECOME A MOVIE THEATER?

>> IT DID BECOME A MOVIE THEATER IN 1944.

IT WAS THE FIRST MOVIE THEATER ON THE HILL AND IT WAS THE MOVIE THEATER UNTIL 1952 WHEN THE RUSTIC THEATRE, AS IT WAS CALLED, MOVED OVER TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION ON NORTH CIRCLE.

>> AND THEN IT BECAME THE HILLBILLY SOMETHING.

WHAT-- >> IT WAS THE HILLBILLY LODGE WHEN IT FIRST BECAME A LODGE IN THE EARLY FIFTIES, AND AFTER BEING ASKED ONE TOO MANY TIMES IF THE HILLBILLY LODGE HAD RUNNING WATER, THEY CHANGED THE NAME TO THE SILVER PINES.

>> AND IT'S BEEN THE SILVER PINES EVER SINCE.

>> EVER SINCE.

>> ANY FAMOUS PEOPLE EVER STAYED HERE?

>> WELL, WE DID HAVE, UH-- WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE, BUT ONE OF OUR MORE FAMOUS MOMENTS WAS BACK IN THE EARLY FORTIES, GENERAL PATTON USED TO COME UP WHEN IT WAS THE TAVERN, AND HE WAS DOING HIS MANEUVERS, GETTING READY TO FIGHT THE WAR OVER IN EUROPE, DOWN AT THE SALTON SEA, AND SO HE WOULD COME UP FOR THE SAME REASON YOU AND I COME UP TODAY, TO GET AWAY FROM THE HEAT.

>> WOW, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

>> YES, SO HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THE GOOD OLD SILVER PINES HAS A VERY RICH HISTORY TO IT.

YOU'RE ADDING ON A LITTLE BIT OFF TO THE SIDE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THEY KEEP IT IN THE SAME SPIRIT OF THE WAY IT LOOKED.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND BEFORE WE START OUR TOUR OF IDYLLWILD, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK ON THE BACK PATIO THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT BECAUSE IT HAS A WONDERFUL FEEL TO IT.

>> IT REALLY DOES.

LET'S GO.

>> LET'S GO BACK INSIDE.

OK, WE HAVE COME TO THE BACK OF THE LITTLE LODGE HERE, AND FIRST WE HAVE TO MEET THE MOST FAMOUS RESIDENT.

>> ROCKY.

ROCKY IS A 14 1/2-YEAR-OLD YELLOW LAB.

OR TWO YELLOW LABS, AS WE LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE.

>> HE LOOKS LIKE A BIG OLD BROWN BEAR.

>> HA HA!

HE IS.

>> HE'S NOT GOING TO HURT ANYBODY?

HE'S NOT EXACTLY A WATCH DOG.

>> OH, HE'S A PUSSYCAT.

NO HE ISN'T, NO HE ISN'T.

>> WELL, WE CAME BACK HERE-- HOWDY, HOW YOU DOING?

>> FINE.

>> HUELL HOWSER.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU, HUELL.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> JOHN DUNN.

>> WOW!

LOVE THE HAT.

THAT'S A GREAT HAT.

WHAT'S THE-- >> IT'S CALLED A BALMORAL.

IT'S A SCOTTISH HAT.

>> OK. NOW, ARE YOU FROM SCOTLAND?

>> YES, I'M FROM JUST OUTSIDE EDINBURGH, THE CAPITAL.

>> BUT YOU SPEND TIME IN IDYLLWILD?

>> OH, YES.

>> WE'VE BEEN-- FIRST TIME HERE WAS IN '74.

>> MM-HMM.

>> UH, WE'VE BEEN UP ALMOST EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN.

>> REALLY?

>> IT'S OUR FAVORITE PLACE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

>> NOW, WHY DO YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH HERE?

>> WELL, IT'S SO RELAXING.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S NO TELEPHONES, AND YOU JUST TAKE WALKS AND REST AND-- I MEAN, IT'S GORGEOUS.

>> YEAH, IT KIND OF GROWS ON YOU, DOESN'T IT?

>> OH, SURE DOES.

>> LORI, COME HERE A MINUTE, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE.

THEY'RE PART OF THE HISTORY OF IT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN STAYING HERE-- >> I KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN COMING A LONG TIME.

>> LOOK OVER HERE, TROY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE--THIS IS--IS THIS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CABINS?

>> IT IS.

THIS IS THE CABIN WE CALL THE PIONEER CABIN.

IT'S ONE OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CABINS, WHERE YOU HAVE NO SHARE, NO COMMON WALLS.

IT'S A VERY POPULAR ACCOMMODATION.

>> I DIDN'T GET TO STAY IN A CABIN BECAUSE I KIND OF CAME UP AT LAST MOMENT.

I STAYED IN JUST A ROOM.

>> YES, YOU DID.

>> YOU'VE GOT ROOMS ALL OUT HERE.

THERE'S ONE OF THE LITTLE UH--UH-- GROUPS OF ROOMS DOWN THERE.

HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> GOOD.

>> HUELL HOWSER.

>> KEVIN GRACE, PLEASURE.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> HI.

MARINA THOMPSON.

NICE TO MEET YOU, HUELL.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

ARE YOU ALL UP HERE-- ARE YOU REGULARS?

>> UM, WE'RE BECOMING REGULARS.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BECOMING REGULARS?

>> WE STARTED COMING AND WE PLAN ON COMING MANY MORE TIMES.

>> IT GROWS ON YOU, DOESN'T IT?

>> YES, DEFINITELY.

THE PEOPLE, THE PLACE, THE BEAUTY.

>> YEAH.

>> LOTS OF WONDERFUL HIKES AND TRAILS TO GO ON AND GREAT PEOPLE TO TAKE US THERE.

>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE DAY UP HERE, JUST KIND OF HANGING OUT AND GETTING INTO THE FEEL OF THE PLACE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE LONG BEFORE EVERYTHING RATCHETS DOWN A LITTLE BIT-- >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AND YOU BEGIN TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY AND THE WONDER-- >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> OF THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE MOUNTAINTOP PLACE.

>> YOU WILL ENJOY IT.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

>> OK, LET'S GET STARTED.

HAVE YOU BEEN ON ONE OF LORI'S TOURS?

>> NO, NO.

>> SHE HASN'T HOODWINKED YOU INTO THAT?

>> NOT YET.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO.

>> BECAUSE SHE GIVES GREAT TOURS OF THE TOWN.

>> YOU'LL HAVE TO GO NEXT TIME.

OK?

>> WE'LL GO NEXT TIME.

>> THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW.

>> TERRIFIC.

>> WE'RE GOING TO START OUR TOUR OF IDYLLWILD, SOME OF THE HISTORIC AND WONDERFUL NATURAL PLACES THAT MAKE IDYLLWILD SUCH A WONDERFUL DESTINATION.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> WE'RE OFF.

OK, NOW WE'VE COME JUST A LITTLE OVER A MILE FROM THE SILVER PINES LODGE TO REALLY KIND OF A SECRET LOCATION.

ISN'T IT, LORI?

>> IT IS, REALLY.

IT'S A LITTLE PLACE UP HERE CALLED INDIAN RELIC PARK.

>> MM-HMM.

>> IT'S A DESIGNATED COUNTY PARK IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE.

IT'S THE SMALLEST DESIGNATED COUNTY PARK THAT WE CAN FIND ON RECORD.

>> WELL, YES, IT'S JUST A LITTLE-- IT'S JUST ACTUALLY THESE ROCKS, AND IT'S NOT MARKED AT ALL.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S TO PROTECT WHAT'S DOWN HERE.

>> SO ONLY THE LOCALS REALLY KNOW ABOUT THIS?

>> AND THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY HERE WHO COME LOOKING FOR IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, LET'S WALK DOWN HERE BECAUSE SHE TOOK ME DOWN HERE ON THE TOUR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND IT IS AMAZING WHAT'S DOWN HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND TO GET THERE, WE HAVE TO KIND OF GO DOWN THESE LITTLE STEPS AND GO RIGHT BETWEEN-- >> THESE BIG BOULDERS HERE.

>> THESE TWO BIG BOULDERS!

BOY, THESE ARE HUGE ROCKS!

WHAT'S THE STORY ON THE ROCKS?

>> WELL, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT GEOLOGICALLY, THEY THINK THAT THESE WERE PROBABLY-- CAME TO BE HERE AS A RESULT OF AN EARTHQUAKE 10,000-15,000 YEARS AGO.

>> SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THEY JUST ROLLED OFF THE MOUNTAINS?

>> FOR LACK OF A BETTER EXPLANATION, YES.

>> BOY, I'M GLAD I WASN'T HERE WHEN THEY CAME ROLLING DOWN.

>> ME, TOO.

>> ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN HERE BEHIND THIS BIG ROCK.

THEY'RE MADE OUT OF-- WHAT ARE THESE?

JUST BIG-- >> BIG GRANITE.

>> GRANITE ROCKS.

AND WHEN YOU COME RIGHT DOWN HERE, HERE'S THE PAY-OFF TUCKED AWAY ON THE SIDE RIGHT HERE OF THIS HUGE, BIG ROCK.

>> YES, THIS IS AN ANCIENT CAHUILLA INDIAN PICTOGRAPH.

FOR ABOUT 3,000 YEARS BEFORE WHITE MAN WAS EVER HERE, THIS WAS THE SUMMER HOME TO THE CAHUILLA INDIANS.

AND THIS IS A PICTOGRAPH THAT THEY BELIEVE WAS DONE BY THE YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE TRIBE AS A RITE OF PASSAGE INTO ADULTHOOD, AND THEY BELIEVE IT HAD FERTILITY OVERTONES.

>> NOW, WHAT IS THIS MADE OF?

WHAT IS THIS-- >> THIS IS AN ORGANIC SUBSTANCE THAT'S IRON AND OTHER MINERAL COMPOUNDS, BUT ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THIS IS NONE OF THOSE COMPOUNDS ARE FOUND IN THIS AREA, WHICH ALSO TELL US THEY WERE ACTIVELY TRADING WITH OTHER NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.

>> FROM OTHER--FROM FAR AWAY?

>> FROM FAR AWAY.

>> AND WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT THESE IS THAT THEY HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE SO MANY YEARS.

>> HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS HERE.

>> WHY HAVE THEY STAYED IN SUCH PERFECT CONDITION?

>> WELL, I REALLY BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS THIS PARTICULAR PICTOGRAPH IS IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION IS ITS LOCATION.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE OVERHANG HERE WHICH HAS PROTECTED THIS PARTICULAR PLACE FROM-- >> THE SUN, THE HEAT, THE ELEMENTS.

>> THE ICE, THE SNOW.

IF YOU LOOK AT EITHER SIDE THAT'S NOT PROTECTED, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED TO THIS HAD IT BEEN EXPOSED LIKE THAT.

>> WOW.

>> AND USUALLY WHEN YOU FIND THESE IN THIS AREA, THEY'RE LITTLE TINY PIECES LIKE THIS.

>> THIS IS LIKE A WHOLE MURAL HERE.

>> IT'S A FULL PANEL.

>> PEOPLE COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO-- EXPERTS TO SEE THIS?

>> YES, THEY DO.

>> BOY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RIVERSIDE COUNTY PARK-- >> CALLED INDIAN RELIC PARK.

>> IT'S NOT VERY BIG.

LOOK, THERE'S THE FENCE RIGHT OVER THERE THAT KIND OF FENCES US IN.

IT'S REALLY JUST THESE TWO ROCKS.

>> THAT'S ALL IT IS.

THERE'S SOME BEDROCK MORTARS OVER THERE WHICH WAS AN ANCIENT COOKING SITE AND THEN THE PICTOGRAPH.

ALL LOCATED IN THIS ONE TINY LITTLE AREA.

>> WOW, IT'S HIDDEN-- >> IT IS HIDDEN.

>> BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HISTORIC RELIC OF THE PAST AND IT TAKES US ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY HERE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS, THEY TELL US, UH, WHEN THEY WERE COMING UP HERE FOR SUMMERS THERE WOULD BE ABOUT 3,600 OF THEM IN A SINGLE SUMMER SEASON HERE, WHICH IS MORE PEOPLE THAN LIVE HERE NOW YEAR ROUND.

THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE HILL YEAR ROUND NOW.

>> SO THERE WERE MORE NATIVE AMERICANS HERE COMING UP FOR THE SUMMER-- >> THAN THERE ARE OF US NOW.

>> THAN LIVE HERE NOW?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> HA!

OK, WE'VE MADE A QUICK LUNCH STOP UP HERE AT GARY'S MOUNTAIN MEATS AND DELI.

YOU BROUGHT US HERE BECAUSE WE WANTED SOMETHING QUICK TO EAT.

>> YOU WANTED SOMETHING QUICK TO EAT, AND WE HAVE NO FAST FOOD IN IDYLLWILD.

THIS IS AS CLOSE AS YOU GET TO FAST FOOD IN IDYLLWILD.

>> SO THERE'S AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE?

>> NO FRANCHISE RESTAURANTS.

>> JUST FAMILY-OWNED, ONE-OF-A-KIND RESTAURANTS?

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

>> ANY OTHER ORDINANCES LIKE THAT?

>> WELL, THE-- WE HAVE NO FRANCHISES HERE, WE HAVE NO MAIL DELIVERY HERE.

EVERYBODY HAS TO COME TO THE POST OFFICE.

WE HAVE NO TRASH PICK-UP HERE, EVERYBODY HAS TO GO TO THE DUMP.

>> NO STOPLIGHTS?

>> NO STOPLIGHTS AT ALL.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STOP SIGNS, THAT'S IT.

>> AND DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THERE WAS NO HONKING ALLOWED?

>> NO HONKING ALLOWED, EXCEPT FOR THE SQUIRRELS.

BECAUSE THE SQUIRRELS DO TEND TO GET IN THE WAY OF THE CAR, SO WE DO HONK FOR THE SQUIRREL TO KIND OF HELP THEM MAKE UP THEIR MIND.

>> NOW, YOU'RE LISTENING CLOSELY TO ALL THIS, AREN'T YOU?

BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR SON ARE NEWCOMERS-- >> YES, SIR.

>> TO TOWN.

YOU OWN THIS ESTABLISHMENT.

>> YES, SIR.

>> YOU'RE GETTING READY TO CHANGE IT FROM GARY'S TO SOMETHING ELSE?

>> BAREFOOT MOUNTAIN MEATS AND DELI.

>> BAREFOOT MOUNTAIN MEATS AND DELI.

AND TELL US THE STORY ABOUT HOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY GOT TO IDYLLWILD.

>> UM, I WAS A COMPUTER ENGINEER AND I WAS WORKING IN TORRANCE AND LIVING IN ORANGE COUNTY, AND 36 MILES OF ROAD WAS JUST NOT GOOD TO ME, AND I NEEDED TO MAKE A CHANGE, AND SO WE CAME UP HERE FOR A VACATION AND LOVED THE SERENITY, LOVED THE PEOPLE, THE TOWN WAS SO FRIENDLY AND WE JUST DECIDED TO MOVE UP HERE.

>> SO YOU GAVE UP THE COMPUTER BUSINESS AND OPENED UP A MOUNTAIN MEAT MARKET?

>> YEAH.

QUITE A SWITCH.

>> WELL, HAVE YOU-- HAS IT BEEN A GOOD TRANSITION?

>> OH, IT'S BEEN GREAT.

LIKE I SAID, THE PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL, BUSINESS IS GOOD.

UM, WITH THIS, BUSINESS SHOULD GET BETTER.

>> AND IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY, TOO.

>> THAT WAS THE MAIN POINT.

UM, THE SCHOOLS DOWN IN ORANGE COUNTY WERE GETTING A LITTLE ON THE SIDE THAT I DIDN'T LIKE, AND WE CAME UP HERE, AND THE KIDS WERE ALL IN SCHOOL, THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND, AND I LOOKED, AND IT WAS ALL-- EVERYBODY WAS SO FRIENDLY.

I SAID, "AH, THAT'S THE PLACE FOR ME."

>> SO YOU FOUND A GREAT NEW HOME?

>> YES, WE DID.

>> NOW, YOUR DAD ISN'T WORKING YOU TOO HARD HERE, IS HE?

>> NO.

ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU'RE ON SUMMER VACATION, SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE STARTING BACK TO SCHOOL SOON.

THEN YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PLACE ON YOUR OWN.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO ALL THAT.

HE'S REALLY A BIG HELP.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU'VE HEARD STORIES LIKE THIS BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?

>> I CERTAINLY HAVE.

IN FACT, MY STORY'S NOT DISSIMILAR.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN UP HERE 4 1/2 YEARS, AND WE'VE-- THE DAY WE DROVE INTO TOWN, WE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT AND SAID, "IF WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK," AND WE'VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.

>> WELL, WE'VE GOT CONTINUE OUR TOUR.

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS THE BEST BOLOGNA AND CHEESE SANDWICH WITH MAYONNAISE ON WHITE BREAD-- >> IT'S A-- >> IT'S A VERY SOUTHERN THING, YOU KNOW?

>> IT'S GOING TO BE OUR SPECIAL FROM NOW ON.

>> IT'S GREAT!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOUR NAME AGAIN?

>> MY NAME'S BO.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> NICHOLAS.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

WE'VE HAD A GREAT LUNCH HERE AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO CONTINUE OUR TOUR.

WELCOME TO PARADISE.

>> WELL, THANK YOU.

YOU ENJOY IDYLLWILD WHILE YOU'RE HERE.

>> OK, WE'VE COME RIGHT TO THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN IDYLLWILD.

QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY HERE AND SOME INTERESTING STRUCTURES UP AND DOWN THE MAIN STREET.

>> LOT OF INTERESTING STRUCTURES.

IF YOU LOOK UP THAT WAY, YOU'LL SEE THE RUSTIC THEATRE WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE OVER AT THE SILVER PINES-- HOW IT STARTED OUT THERE?

IT'S NOW HOUSED AND IT'S LOCATION RIGHT UP HERE ON NORTH CIRCLE.

>> THE MOVIE THEATER!

>> THE MOVIE THEATER.

AND THEY ONLY SHOW ONE MOVIE A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE RUNNING LATE, YOU CAN CALL AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY HOLD THE MOVIE FOR YOU.

>> OH, MY GOSH!

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS DOWNTOWN.

>> THIS IS THE CENTER OF DOWNTOWN.

>> IS--ARE THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS?

>> WELL, WE KNOW THAT WHERE THE CANDY CUPBOARD IS OVER HERE WAS THE POST OFFICE... >> UH-HUH.

>> BEFORE IT WAS A CANDY SHOP.

>> OK. >> OK?

AND THEN THE LADIES FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CAN TELL YOU A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S MEET THEM.

>> HOWDY, I'M HUELL HOWSER.

>> HI, HUELL, NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> YOUR NAME?

>> WELCOME TO--LYNNDA HART.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> WHO'S YOUR ASSISTANT OVER HERE?

>> UH, WELL, THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

>> OH, EXCUSE ME.

>> I'M SHEILA MEYER, PRESIDENT OF THE IDYLLWILD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU AND YOU ARE KIND OF OUR PROP LADY HERE.

>> YES.

>> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, TO KIND OF FIND OUT HOW THIS PLACE GOT HERE.

>> RIGHT.

WELL, ORIGINALLY IT WAS LOGGING.

THIS IS ALL SECOND GROWTH PINES HERE AND TREES.

THIS WAS ALL LOGGED, AND WITH THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE WHO CAME UP, WANTED TO COME TO THE MOUNTAINS, LOVED THE AREA, WANTED THE COOLNESS, TO GET OUT OF THE VALLEY.

>> NOW, DON'T WE HAVE SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THOSE FIRST-- >> YES, WELL THIS-- >> UH-- >> THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THE FIRST ONE RIGHT HERE IS-- THEY USED TO COME UP ON HORSEBACK BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROAD, OF COURSE.

THIS WAS BUCKBOARD AND HORSES, AND THEY WOULD GO UP TO THE HIGH COUNTRY-- I THINK THIS IS UP IN, UH--SKUNK CREEK, UH--CABIN, UH--CREEK CABBAGE UP ON THE HIGH AREA.

>> SO THESE WERE PEOPLE COMING UP TO VACATION IN THIS LITTLE RUSTIC LOG CABIN?

>> RIGHT AND THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THEM UP IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.

>> ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT PICTURE BECAUSE WE GOT A VERY INTERESTING SHOT OF THE IDYLLWILD STORE.

WHAT'S THE DEAL ON THAT?

>> UH, IT'S JUST A STORE THAT WAS HERE IN TOWN.

WE'RE TRYING TO RESEARCH EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.

WE'VE ONLY BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR A YEAR, HUELL, SO WE'RE-- >> THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY?

>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

>> YOU'RE THE FIRST PRESIDENT.

>> RIGHT, I'M THE FIRST PRESIDENT.

>> OH, MY GOSH!

>> THIS PARTICULAR PHOTO DATES BACK TO APPROXIMATELY 1917.

YOU CAN TELL BY THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE THERE.

>> WHEN DID THE LOGGING INDUSTRY START UP HERE?

>> UH, IN 1875... >> AND THEY LOGGED ALL THESE MOUNTAINS?

CLEAR CUT THEM ALL?

>> MM-HMM.

YEAH, IT WAS-- >> SO THIS IS ALL SECOND GROWTH?

>> SECOND GROWTH, SECOND GROWTH AND IT'S MAGNIFICENT, I MEAN, IT'S COME BACK.

>> DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS IS HISTORIC DOWN HERE, THIS BLOCK?

>> WELL, THERE WAS QUITE AN AREA HERE.

THIS STARTED OUT AS-- I MEAN, WE'VE HAD MANY THINGS.

THERE ARE BOWLING ALLIES, SWIMMING POOLS, MINIATURE GOLF COURSES, UH-- THE MARKET WAS THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WAS THERE, NOT THIS PARTICULAR ONE-- WE DON'T KNOW.

UH, AND OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS EVOLVED, WE'VE HAD WHAT THEY CALL THE PLUNGE, AND EVERYBODY THAT CAME UP IN THE SUMMERTIME, THAT'S WHERE YOU COULD MEET.

THERE WAS A SKATING--ICE SKATING RINK, AND SO-- AND THEN WE'VE EVOLVED TO THE FORT.

>> SO THERE'S A REAL RICH HISTORY HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK EVERYBODY CAME HERE FOR THE SAME REASON FROM VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE.

THEY ALL CAME FOR THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THIS MOUNTAIN, THE CLEAN AIR, THE CAMPING, THE BEING ABLE TO SEE STARS AT NIGHT, TO GO TO A FUNCTION AND WALK AND NOT HAVE TO PARK YOUR CARS.

SO IT'S-- >> YES, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE QUITE A BIT, AND AT NIGHT THIS PLACE ROLLS UP THE SIDEWALKS ABOUT 9:00, DOESN'T IT?

>> YES, IT DOES, BUT-- >> IT'S KIND OF QUIET-- >> MM-HMM.

>> AND THEN THE NATURAL, WONDERFUL SHOW.

>> TO SEE THE STARS SPARKLING THROUGH THE TOPS OF THE TREES, TO WALK DOWN HERE WHEN IT'S HAD A RAIN AND YOU SMELL THE PINE AND YOU SMELL THE BARK.

IT'S QUITE WONDERFUL AND EVERYBODY COMES FOR THE SAME REASON.

>> AND TO BE HERE IN THE WINTER WHEN THERE'S SNOW ON THE GROUND.

>> MM-HMM.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE'VE COME JUST A LITTLE WAYS OUT OF TOWN-- UH, WELL, EVERYTHING'S JUST A LITTLE WAYS OUT OF TOWN, ISN'T IT?

>> THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SHOW US OVER HERE?

>> WELL, THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE.

IT'S THREE GENERATIONS OF FAMILY LIVING HERE HAVE HAD THE PROPERTY, AND IT'S CALLED WILDER CABINS.

HI, PAT!

>> WOW!

>> THIS IS THE OWNER, THIS IS PAT WILDER.

>> OH, HI, HUELL HOWSER.

>> HOW DO YOU DO?

NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SEE YOUR--I HATE TO CALL IT A CABIN BECAUSE IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, IT LOOKS--THIS IS-- WHAT'S THE HISTORY ON THIS?

>> WELL, MY GRANDPARENTS BUILT IT AS A SUMMER HOME IN 1932, AND AS THE YEARS WENT BY IT JUST KIND OF GREW LIKE TOPSY, SO NOW WE HAVE SOME CABINS THAT WE RENT DURING THE SUMMER.

>> OH, THESE ARE YOUR CABINS OVER HERE TO THE SIDE.

>> RIGHT, IT'S A-- IT'S MODEST, BUT WELL LOVED.

>> WELL, LET'S WALK OVER HERE AND TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO SHOW ME THIS FOR WHAT REASON?

>> WELL, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL-- IT'S THE THING THAT SHOWS HOW PEOPLE CAME UP HERE-- STRAWBERRY CREEK IS RIGHT HERE, AND PEOPLE CAME UP AND BUILT THESE KIND OF CABINS.

THERE'S NOT A LOT LEFT OF THIS TYPE AND THIS HAS BEEN LOVINGLY CARED FOR BY PAT.

>> BOY, LOOK AT THESE LOGS!

WHAT ARE THESE EXACTLY?

COME ON OVER HERE AND TALK TO US ABOUT IT.

>> LET'S LOOK IN THE BACK, THERE'S A MUCH BETTER VIEW IF WE JUST TURN THIS CORNER HERE.

AND THEY USED TO LEAVE THE BARK ON, AND HERE WHERE THE SUN HAS NEVER HIT, IT'S STILL IN IT'S ORIGINAL CONDITION.

>> OH, LOOK AT THIS!

THIS IS-- I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY LEFT THE BARK ON.

>> YEAH, THEY DID.

>> AND IT STAYED ON BECAUSE IT'S BEEN KIND OF PROTECTED HERE ON THE BACK PART OF THE HOUSE.

>> THAT'S CORRECT, THIS IS THE PROTECTED SIDE AND IF YOU LOOK OUT HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS REALLY THE ATTRACTION HERE FOR OUR PROPERTY AND OUR FRIENDS.

>> LET'S WALK DOWN HERE AND TAKE A LOOK.

WHAT'S DOWN HERE?

>> WELL, IN YEARS WHEN IT'S NOT HIGH DROUGHT, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CREEKSIDE, AND THAT'S STRAWBERRY CREEK.

ONE BRANCH OF STRAWBERRY CREEK COMES RIGHT THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND-- >> SO THEY WOULD'VE BUILT THIS RIGHT ON THE-- RIGHT ON THE WATER?

>> THEY DID, THEY DID.

>> AND WOULD THESE HOMES HAVE BEEN-- WOULD THIS HOUSE THAT YOU HAVE TODAY BE TYPICAL OF WHAT THE LITTLE COTTAGES WERE LIKE UP HERE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IN FACT, THIS WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE GRANDER THAN MANY, YOU KNOW.

THERE WERE SOME MORE GRAND, BUT MANY THAT WEREN'T NEARLY THIS NICE, AND THIS WAS ALWAYS WELL USED.

>> IN THE WINTER AND THE SUMMER?

>> IN THE WINTER AND THE SUMMER, RIGHT.

>> BY CITY PEOPLE COMING UP TO-- >> BY CITY PEOPLE FROM LOS ANGELES AREA.

WELL, THIS IS OUR PICNIC HOUSE DOWN HERE, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT WE USUALLY HAVE LOTS OF WATER IN THE CREEK UNTIL ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> OH, YOU CALL IT A BOATHOUSE?

>> AND, UH, SOME OF MY FRIENDS LOVINGLY CALL IT THE BOATHOUSE.

>> WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A MEAL.

>> I KNOW IT.

AND FOLLOW ME, THIS IS WHAT-- IT'S SO NICE FOR OUR GUESTS.

>> OH, LOOK AT THIS!

OHH!

NOW, WHEN MY GRANDDAUGHTERS COME, THAT'S THE FIFTH GENERATION, EVERYBODY LIKES TO LIVE OUT HERE, EVERYONE GETS A SENSE OF PEACE OUT HERE.

>> OHH!

LOOK AT THIS!

THIS IS JUST WONDERFUL.

YOU GOT THE HAMMOCK OVER HERE-- >> YOU GOT THE HAMMOCK, RIGHT.

RIGHT... >> NOW, THIS IS THE IDYLLWILD THAT'S A LITTLE OFF THE BEATEN TRACK BUT IS REALLY THE HEART AND SOUL OF WHAT THIS PLACE IS ALL ABOUT.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BEAUTIFULLY WELL KEPT SECRETS HERE.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND WE WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU, SO WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU GUYS CAME DOWN TODAY TO LOOK AT THE WILDER CABINS.

>> RIGHT.

>> BECAUSE THE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THIS, HUELL, AND IN OUR OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, WE GO THROUGH THEM IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND THIS IS ONE THAT'S BEEN LEFT, ONE THAT'S CHERISHED AND WHY PEOPLE COME AND LOVE TO COME UP HERE.

>> NOW, LORI, WE'RE ENDING UP HERE AT TAHQUITZ ROCK WITH A VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF THE IDYLLWILD STORY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE UP HERE IN HUMBER PARK, WHICH IS NOT REALLY A PARK BUT A PARKING LOT FOR TRAILHEADS.

IT'S WHERE PEOPLE COME TO ROCK CLIMB AND HIKE.

AND THE TOP OF TAHQUITZ ROCK THERE, ABOUT 7,700 FEET IN ELEVATION, HERE IN HUMBER PARK ABOUT 6,200 FEET IN ELEVATION.

>> YOU BRING PEOPLE HERE ON YOUR TOUR.

>> I DO.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT STOPS, PEOPLE LOVE COMING UP HERE, THEY LOVE FINDING OUT ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE DO ON THE ROCKS.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE DO ON THE ROCKS BECAUSE, ERNIE, YOU AND I MET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I FOUND OUT VERY QUICKLY THAT YOU MAKE YOUR LIVING CLIMBING THAT ROCK, TAKING PEOPLE UP THERE.

>> YES, THAT'S MY OFFICE, YEAH.

>> SO TELL ME ABOUT IT BECAUSE PEOPLE LITERALLY COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, DON'T THEY?

>> THEY DO.

THEY COME FROM ANYWHERE YOU NAME PRETTY MUCH, AND AS FAR AS DESTINATIONS FOR ROCK CLIMBING, IF YOU HAD A LIST OF 50 OR A 100, IT WOULD FOR SURE BE IN THERE AND IT WOULD-- MULTI-PITCH GRANITE CLIMBING IS-- PRETTY MUCH, DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.

IT GETS LONGER-- >> NOW, WHY DO PEOPLE COME HERE?

WHY HERE?

>> WELL, LOOK AT IT.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CRAG WITH A TRUE SUMMIT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT REALLY EASY TO GET TO FROM ANY WAY.

>> MM-HMM.

>> PINE FOREST, HALF-HOUR HIKE AND YOU'RE THERE.

>> YEAH, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO HIKE UP THERE.

THOSE ARE-- THAT'S SERIOUS HIKING!

>> THE HIKING'S THE EASY PART.

>> I MEAN THE CLIMBING!

>> HA HA HA.

>> THE CLIMBING, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE, TOO.

>> IT WOULD BE NICE, BUT IT TURNS OUT A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHEN THEY GO UP THERE.

>> AND AREN'T THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST COME HERE AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT EXTREME, THEY CAN JUST HIKE THESE TRAILS AROUND HERE.

>> YEAH.

THERE'S ROCKY CRAGS ALL AROUND HERE AND BEAUTIFUL TRAILS AND AMAZING THINGS TO SEE.

>> SO LOTS OF PEOPLE COME HERE TO HIKE, TO ROCK CLIMB-- >> TO RIDE HORSES.

>> UH, RIDE HORSES AND THIS IS ONE OF THEIR PREMIER CLIMBING PLACES IN THE WORLD.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

>> NOW, THIS IS THE EASY CLIMB HERE, BUT BASICALLY IT'S THE SAME IDEA.

>> YEAH.

>> WHOA!

>> EASY THERE!

YOU GOT IT.

>> OK, SO YOU JUST LOOK FOR THESE POINTS-- >> YEAH.

>> COME ON UP!

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THIS IS GREAT.

I KNOW THAT WAS A SIMPLE LITTLE-- >> THAT'S OK. >> CHILDLIKE MANEUVER.

>> IT'S CLIMBS LIKE THIS THAT ARE A 1,000 FEET LONG OR MORE.

>> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS GETS IN SOMEBODY'S BLOOD.

COME ON UP TO THE SUMMIT WITH ME.

>> [LAUGHS] >> AND THIS IS WHAT THOUSANDS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DO, HERE IN IDYLLWILD, EVERY YEAR.

>> YEAH.

A BUNCH OF FOLKS.

[PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC] >> WELL, FROM CLIMBING ROCKS TO MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, HERE'S OUR OLD FRIEND ERNIE RIGHT HERE, WHO'S ALSO A MUSICIAN, AND THAT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE ANYBODY BECAUSE IDYLLWILD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MULTI-TALENTED.

THERE'S A LOT OF ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN, CARPENTERS LIVE UP IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE ENDING UP OUR PROGRAM HERE AT ONE OF MY FAVORITE NEW PLACES IN IDYLLWILD, THE AROMA CAFE.

I JUST HAPPENED TO STUMBLE IN HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

MARK, YOU MET ME AT THE FRONT DOOR.

>> THAT I DID.

>> THIS IS A GREAT PLACE.

LOOK UP HERE AT THE-- WE GOT A LITTLE UH, PARACHUTE HANGING UP OVER US.

>> ALL THE BEAUTIFUL TREES-- >> THE TREES AND THE NICE BREEZE BLOWING, THERE'S A GREAT AMBIANCE HERE.

THIS IS KIND OF A NEW PLACE.

YOU MOVED HERE FROM ASPEN.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO IDYLLWILD FROM ASPEN, COLORADO?

>> WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME THAT SAME QUESTION, AND I-- TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UH, BEING IN ASPEN AND LOOKING AT THE BEAUTY AND THE NATURE IS WHAT I WAS THERE FOR AND IT JUST BECAME TOO BIG OF A CITY, AND IT WASN'T BEAUTIFUL ANYMORE.

>> TOO MANY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

>> AND TOO MANY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

I DECIDED TO COME HERE AND JUST BE IN REAL NATURE.

AND THIS IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

>> AND DO YOU FIND THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO HANG OUT HERE AND SPEND TIME IN IDYLLWILD ARE-- THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE, AREN'T THEY?

>> REAL NICE PEOPLE.

AND IT'S A REAL FAMILY BASE HERE.

THERE'S SO MANY COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH THAT, BUT HERE IN IDYLLWILD, I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S STILL FAMILY VALUES.

>> WELL, IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO WORK AND A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.

WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME HERE.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO-- >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HUELL.

>> COME IN TO YOUR CAFE.

THIS IS A GREAT PLACE.

I COME HERE ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.

YOU ALSO HAVE KARAOKE ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WHICH I HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN INTO YET.

>> YEAH, TUXEDO-- IT'S HOSTED BY TUXEDO TIM.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE STORY, BUT THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO HANG OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> WE'RE GOING TO END UP-- LORI?

COME ON OVER HERE.

LET'S SAY GOODBYE TO OUR LADIES DOWN HERE.

THANK YOU, LADIES.

COME ON UP HERE, LORI.

THESE ARE OUR LADIES FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

THANKS FOR THE TOUR.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> AND, LORI, THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY HERE IN IDYLLWILD.

>> WELL, THANK YOU, HUELL.

I'VE HAD A GREAT TIME.

>> THIS IS A-- THIS IS A GEM, ISN'T IT?

>> IT'S REALLY A GEM.

IT'S REALLY A GEM.

>> AND THE NICE THING ABOUT IT IS IT'S PROTECTED, IT CAN'T GROW LIKE BIG BEAR AND ALL THESE OTHER PLACES, IT CAN'T GET REAL CROWDED BECAUSE... >> BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY STATE AND FEDERAL WILDERNESS.

THEREFORE WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

>> YEAH... >> NO MORE LOTS TO BUY.

IT'S WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

>> BUT YOU CAN STILL COME HERE TO VISIT.

>> YES, YOU CAN.

>> AND THIS IS THE PLACE THAT'S RICH IN ARTS AND CRAFTS AND MUSIC AND DANCE.

THERE'S A MUSIC ACADEMY HERE?

>> YES, THERE IS.

>> THERE'S A SCHOOL HERE.

ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPEN HERE IN THE ARTS DURING THE SUMMER.

AS WE'VE SEEN, IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR HIKING AND ROCK CLIMBING-- >> IT'S GREAT FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION.

THE, UH-- OF COURSE THE ARTS ACADEMY IS A GREAT CULTURAL CENTER HERE, ALL DURING THE YEAR.

UH, IT PROVIDES A PLACE FOR US ALL TO GO AND FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD SOME BIG CITY LIFE FOR A WHILE.

>> DON'T GET-- LISTEN, YOU'RE NOT MISSING MUCH BY MISSING THE BIG CITY LIFE.

>> BELIEVE ME, I LIVED OVER THERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS, I KNOW.

>> THIS IS PARADISE RIGHT HERE.

>> IT IS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

>> THIS HAS BEEN OUR WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL DAY HERE IN IDYLLWILD.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE FOR YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS TO COME UP AND SPEND THE DAY OR THE WEEKEND.

ANY SEASON OF THE YEAR, IT'S ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL IN IDYLLWILD, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY HERE.

I SOUND LIKE I BELONG TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT THIS PLACE HAS GOTTEN ME HOOKED.

>> WELL, YOU NEED TO COME UP MORE OFTEN, HUELL.

YOU'RE WELCOME ANYTIME.

>> IT DOES GET ITS HOOKS INTO YOU.

>> IT DOES.

MY HUSBAND AND I CAME UP ONCE, WE'VE NEVER LEFT.

WE WENT BACK TO PACK UP, AND WE'VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SAY GOODBYE.

WE'LL END WITH ERNIE PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF HIS NICE MUSIC HERE AS WE SIT OUT UNDER THE TREES ON THIS GLORIOUS SUNNY AFTERNOON IN IDYLLWILD.

>> "VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER" IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION.