This first official weekend of autumn was not a busy one for me as Big Bear’s most highly-rated hiking guide. Unfortunately for our mountain community, the Line Fire is still burning basically out of control at well over 40,000 acres. For our local businesses, the smoky air may be choking us and the slowdown in …
Summertime months are busy here in Big Bear Lake California for the Hungry Mountaineer. Run eight miles at six a.m! Hike ten miles with my clients as Big Bear Lake’s premier hiking guide! Drive Jeep tours to Bluff Lake (The most scenic spot in Big Bear Lake, tucked away four miles up a hidden dirt …
It was finally spring 2024 and the sun was shining, the birds were singing and my sourdough starter was fermenting nicely. Even though I was four loaves deep into my Knead for freshly baked sourdough bread something was missing from my life. Was it sourdough pizza? Perhaps! Or maybe it was something more physical then …
I just wanted to sip my iced tea by the creek and enjoy the delicious Keto Spinach Salad I brought for my lunch. I wanted to swim with my pup in the cold creek waters and have a zen-like escape from this insane heatwave the mountains of southern California have been smothered in for ten …
As a always hungry foodie summertime can be a frustrating season. Man, I could go for a hot slice of cornbread with honey right now. But alas I won’t be baking cornbread until the fall when I get brave enough to turn my oven on again. The dog days of summer are not a great …