I don’t love the dilemma sitting in the envelope on my kitchen counter. Opening the mail and gazing down at my voter’s ballet brought a little bit of anxiety this November morning. What would Jesus do? I think he would go for a hike. The fall colors are changing outside the windows of our cabin …
Never would I have ever have guessed that the autumn of 2024 would see most of our mountain home on fire. I’ve lived here in the mountains of southern California my whole life. Every year we see our mountain home being trashed by visitors more and more. Dirty diapers and broken sleds litter our mountain …
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 …