Guests to the solstice celebration hosted by the Anza Area Trail Town and the La Puerta Foundation celebrate at the Cary Ranch in Anza Wednesday, June 21. Anza Valley Outlook/Amy Procop photo
Two local nonprofits joined together to celebrate the summer solstice at the crack of dawn Wednesday, June 21. Anza Area Trail Town and the La Puerta Foundation served up a hardy cowboy-style breakfast at the historic Cary Ranch in Anza in preparation of a dramatic sunrise viewing, celebrating the dawning of the summer solstice and the longest day of the year.According to organizer Allison Rencke, the well-attended event featured a happening experienced nowhere else in the high country. Guests were able to see the sun peek up from over the hills to shine this day only directly onto a specific manmade indentation on a boulder.“This hollowing is believed to have been created by Cahuilla ancestors to mark the summer and winter solstices,” Rencke said.[gallery td_select_gallery
