This past June, Adventure Pup and I rolled into Whitney Portal Campground for five glorious days of Lone Pine camping, hiking, Jeeping, and pretending emails didn’t exist. When it comes down to things to do in Lone Pine California, the list is long, outdoorsy and glorious. After a long drive from Southern California, with a …
I have been a camper forced to be one with nature since I was twelve years old, back when camping meant surviving a tent that could only be described as “vintage,” if we are being generous, and “possibly haunted by raccoons,” if we are being honest. Yet here I am, decades later, still camping in …
I absolutely adore life here in Big Bear Lake. We have pine trees, mountain lakes, bald eagles, wild donkeys, snowstorms and just enough small-town drama to keep the local Facebook groups entertaining. But every now and then, even a mountain girl gets the urge to leave town and go explore someplace new. Ideally, that someplace …
Paddle Boarding With Dogs in Big Bear Lake: The Floating Dog Mom Circus Ah, summertime in Big Bear Lake. Wet dog smell, hot pine needles, sagebrush, Jeffrey pines and the faint aroma of sunscreen you absolutely forgot to reapply because you were too busy yelling, “Do not jump after that duck!” Does it really get …
This is not Bob’s Blue Cheese Salad Dressing. That said, if Bob’s Blue Cheese had never existed, I probably wouldn’t be the salad-loving person I am today. I may talk a big foodie game, but I have a few deeply unglamorous culinary vices — and judging a restaurant almost entirely on the quality of its …