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We strongly
recommend that you leave the Los Angeles area by 1:00PM to avoid
rush hour traffic! |
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| Visiting Manzanita
Village |
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If you live nearby or will
be passing through the area you are welcome to telephone, write, or e-mail
to arrange a visit.
WE REGRET THAT DROP-IN VISITS ARE NOT POSSIBLE
Please let us know in advance if you will be in the area and would like
to stop by to visit Manzanita Village.
ALSO NOTE: Attendance at retreats is by pre-registration. An advance deposit
of $100, to be sent as soon as you know that you will be attending a retreat,
will reserve your place and also will help us plan for the retreat.
Phone: 760-782-9223
E-mail: cr@fivechanges.org
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 67, Warner Springs, CA 92086 |
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| Driving
from West Los Angeles-2½ hours |
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Allow
more time if you are leaving town after 1 PM especially on Fridays or
holiday weekends
* Take the 405 to LAX, just south of LAX take the
* 105 east. Go 17 miles to the
* 605 south, Go about a mile to the
* 91 east. Go 34 miles to Corona. Take the
* 15 south.
(This is approximately 1 hour driving time)
We strongly recommend that you avoid rush hour by leaving Los
Angeles no later than 1 P.M.!
Especially on Holidays and on Fridays
* At Corona take the 15 south. GO 40 Miles to Temecula You will pass the
79 north exit at Winchester. DO NOT EXIT. Continue past the Rancho California
exit.
* Take the 79 SOUTH exit. Turn left. Go under freeway and go straight.
After 18 miles you will come to Aguanga. Continue straight on the 79 at
the fork. You will pass Oak Grove. Thirty miles from Temecula you pass
Sunshine Summit. (one store and one restaurant)
* Continue another 5 miles. A quarter of a mile after you cross a concrete
bridge you will see a large sign "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp." Turn
left.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village.
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| Driving
from the Hollywood Area-2½ hours |
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Allow
more time if you are leaving town after 1 PM especially on Fridays or
holiday weekends
* Take the 110 to 5 south to 91, then East to the 15 south, then south
to Temecula. Follow directions above
OR (depending on traffic)
* Take the 60 or the 10 east to the 15 south, then south to Temecula.
Follow directions above.
(This is approx 1 hour driving time)
We recommend that you avoid rush hour by leaving Los Angeles no
later than 1 P.M.!
Especially on holidays and on Fridays
* At Corona take the 15 south. Go 40 Miles to Temecula You will pass the
79 north exit at Winchester. DO NOT EXIT. Continue past the Rancho California
exit.
* Take the 79 SOUTH exit. Turn left. Go under freeway and go straight.
After 18 miles you will come to Aguanga. Continue straight on the 79 at
the fork. You will pass Oak Grove. Thirty miles from Temecula you pass
Sunshine Summit. (one store and one restaurant)
* Continue another 5 miles. A quarter of a mile after you cross a concrete
bridge you will see a large sign "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp." Turn
left.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village.
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| Driving
from the San Fernando Valley-2½ hours |
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Allow
more time if you are leaving town after 1 PM especially on Fridays or
holiday weekends
* Take the 101 to the 134 to the 210 to the 10
then either follow the 10 to the 15 south,
or
take the 71 Corona Expressway to the 91 east to Corona.
(This is approx 1 hour driving time)
We recommend that you avoid rush hour by leaving no later than
1 P.M.!
Especially on holidays and on Fridays
* At Corona take the 15 south. Go 40 Miles to Temecula You will pass the
79 north exit at Winchester. DO NOT EXIT. Continue past the Rancho California
exit.
* Take the 79 SOUTH exit. Turn left. Go under freeway and go straight.
After 18 miles you will come to Aguanga. Continue straight on the 79 at
the fork. You will pass Oak Grove. Thirty miles from Temecula you pass
Sunshine Summit. (one store and one restaurant)
* Continue another 5 miles. A quarter of a mile after you cross a concrete
bridge you will see a large sign "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp." Turn
left.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village.
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| Driving from
Orange County-2 hours |
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*
5 south to Oceanside. Take the Mission/76 east exit. Continue through
Bonsal until you get to the 15. Go north to Temecula, Exit at 79 south.
Turn right. Go straight. After 18 miles you will come to Aguanga. Continue
straight on the 79 at the fork. You will pass Oak Grove. Thirty miles
from Temecula you pass Sunshine Summit. (one store and one restaurant)
* Continue another 5 miles. A quarter of a mile after you cross a concrete
bridge you will see a large sign "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp." Turn
left.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village.
OR
55 east to the 91 east to Corona
* At Corona take the 15 south. GO 40 Miles to Temecula You will pass the
79 north exit at Winchester. DO NOT EXIT. Continue past the Rancho California
exit.
* Take the 79 SOUTH exit. Turn left. Go under freeway and go straight.
After 18 miles you will come to Aguanga. Continue straight on the 79 at
the fork. You will pass Oak Grove. Thirty miles from Temecula you pass
Sunshine Summit. (one store and one restaurant)
* Continue another 5 miles. A quarter of a mile after you cross a concrete
bridge you will see a large sign "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp." Turn
left.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village.
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| Driving
From San Diego-1½ hours |
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*
8 east to 67 north through Lakeside, 67 becomes the 78. Continue through
Ramona to Santa Ysabel. Turn left onto Hwy 79.
* Go through Warner Springs (a post office and a gas station). Two miles
beyond Warner Springs you will pass an airstrip. Continue another two
miles until you come to the "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp" sign. Turn
right.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village.
From Escondido
* Take Valley Parkway east through Valley Center. Keep going through the
Rincon Reservation until the road t's at the 76.
* Turn right towards Lake Henshaw, past the lake until 76 tees at the
79. Turn left towards Warner Springs.
Go through Warner Springs (a post office and a gas station). Two miles
beyond Warner Springs you will pass an airstrip. Continue another two
miles until you come to the "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp" sign. Turn
right.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village. |
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| Driving
from the San Francisco Bay Area-9 hours |
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* Take the 580 to the 5 and
head south with a good attitude and perhaps some good music to listen to.
* After the grapevine, the steep incline that takes you out of the San Joaquin
Valley, continue about 60 miles, Then to avoid driving through the center
of Los Angeles take the 210 towards Glendale Pasadena. Continue to the 10
then either follow the 10 to the 15 south,
or
take the 71 Corona Expressway to the 91 east to Corona.
(At rush hour it's probably best to stay on the 10)
* At Corona take the 15 south. Go 40 Miles to Temecula You will pass the
79 north exit at Winchester. DO NOT EXIT. Continue past the Rancho California
exit.
* Take the 79 SOUTH exit. Turn left. Go under freeway and go straight. After
18 miles you will come to Aguanga. Continue straight on the 79 at the fork.
You will pass Oak Grove. Thirty miles from Temecula you pass Sunshine Summit.
(one store and one restaurant)
* Continue another 5 miles. A quarter of a mile after you cross a concrete
bridge you will see a large sign "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp." Turn
left.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue another
quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village. |
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| Driving from
Arizona |
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On
the 10
* Take the 10 west through Blythe etc.
* At Coachella take CA-111 exit towards Indio/Palm Desert. Turn immediately
left onto Auto Center Drive then after a mile turn right on 46th Ave.
Stay straight to go onto CA-111. Go ten miles to Pines. Turn left onto
Palms Highway which will become Hwy 74. Go twenty miles. Turn left onto
Hwy 371.
* Continue to Aguanga then take the left fork to Warner Springs. Go through
Sunshine Summit.
* Continue another 5 miles. A quarter of a mile after you cross a concrete
bridge you will see a large sign "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp." Turn
left.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village.
On the 8
*Though Yuma on the 8 to Ocotillo, Take the S2 to the 79 just south of
Warner Springs. Turn right towards Warner Springs.
* Go through Warner Springs (a post office and a gas station). Two miles
beyond Warner Springs you will pass an airstrip. Continue another two
miles until you come to the "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp" sign. Turn
right.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village. |
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| Arriving by
Air |
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San
Diego is the closest airport. Public transport from San Diego to Warner
Springs is limited but there is a daily bus, number 878 or 879, every
afternoon from the Grossmont Center to Santa Ysabel where we can arrange
for you to be picked up, There is also a bus on Tuesdays and Fridays to
Warner Springs
The bus service phone number is: (760) 767-4287.
If you are coming to a scheduled retreat we can sometimes arrange carpooling
from Los Angeles or Ontario . This is usually easier
than picking you up from San Diego. Call us well in advance to help us
to arrange a ride for you.
If you plan to rent a car we recommend flying to Ontario Airport to avoid
San Diego traffic.
From Ontario Airport
Go to the 60 and drive east in the direction of riverside about 5 miles
to the 15. Go south on the 15 for about 50 miles to Temecula You will
pass the 79 north exit at Winchester. DO NOT EXIT. Continue past the Rancho
California exit.
* Take the 79 SOUTH exit. Turn left. Go under freeway and go straight.
After 18 miles you will come to Aguanga. Continue straight on the 79 at
the fork. You will pass Oak Grove. Thirty miles from Temecula you pass
Sunshine Summit. (one store and one restaurant)
* Continue another 5 miles. A quarter of a mile after you cross a concrete
bridge you will see a large sign "Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp." Turn
left.
* Go 300 yards to the first opening in the fence
that is to your right. Turn right over the cattle grid onto the dirt road.
Go three-quarters of a mile to the fork. Take the left fork. Continue
another quarter mile and you will come to Manzanita Village.
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| What to Bring |
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Accommodations
are dormitory style, not luxurious but comfortable. You may also camp
in your own tent. Winter can be very cold, summer can be hot. Note that
even in the summer the nights can be cool.
You Will Need To Bring:
* Bedding: a sleeping bag + sheet (to cover mattress), or sheets and blankets
* Sleeping pillow
* Towel
* Flashlight
* Shoes that slip on and off easily
* Hiking shoes or boots
* Loose comfortable clothing
* Blanket or shawl for early morning meditation
* Hat for strong summer sun
* Sun-block
* Warm clothes for winter and early morning and nights. (Please note:
shorts and tank tops are not appropriate during formal meditation retreats)
On Longer Retreats Please Bring:
* Something comfortably elegant to wear for tea meditation
Things To Leave At Home:
* Jewelry and things you might lose
(though we don't discourage the wearing of jewelry, we just don't want
you to lose it)
* Restrictive clothing
* No meat, alcohol, or nonprescription drugs please
For retreats and workshops you are welcome to arrive as early as you wish,
but plan to arrive at least 1 hour before the usual official starting
time of 4:00 P.M.
Do not plan to make or receive phone calls. In case of emergencies, messages
may be left at (760) 782-9223
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) we are out of range for most cell
phones.
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