Snowshoeing all morning has me craving some decadent vidals for our evening meal. A snowy afternoon in the mountains means you just need to have a hot pot of buffalo stew simmering on the stovetop all afternoon. The west may have been won on beef, but once you try buffalo meat in your stew, I …
Big Bear Lake’s most popular hiking guide is hella busy this holiday season. Why, no we don’t have very much snow here in southern California mountain communities but I am making due. When you are the southern California snow hiking connesier yes maybe you know where to find the snow, that fluffy cold chilly stuff …
Here we are in the first week and January and for most of us that means back to the grind, back to work. The holidays are over and we have to wait 330 days to listen to Shakin Stevens’s Christmas music again. If it’s January 2024 maybe you and your family are also trying out …
It’s a dry heat. For half of my life, I’ve heard people say those words about the desert that is southern California. I never really understood that fully until I spent a few weeks on the East Coast this summer. You couldn’t escape from the humidity. Even at midnight in Memphis, standing along the banks …
I hope your Christmas was magical and your brother did not plug up the toilet! Here in late December 2024, I’m praying all my friends and family had magical holiday times with minimal arguments about politics. Or arguments about what candied Brussel Sprouts really smell like. Here it is finally about to be 2024 and …