We were off roading in the absolute middle of no where when my car made the noise. Ping ping ping. What. The. Hell. Was that? I had once, I believe, heard that noise before long ago but I had no idea why my Subaru was making it now, in the middle of nowhere on an …
A few months ago I couldn’t even swim. I was like a fish out of water although I was always in that H20. I was like a fish that could not swim and instead would just wear floaties on her arms or inner tubes around her middle and float down the river. I sucked at being …
I feel like I need to apologize to friends and family these days; sorry if my FB posts are clogging up your feed but this fire is consuming my life, invading my thoughts. If I’m not feeling miserable about the trees and the trails and the fact that half of the ruggedly beautiful San Gorgonio Wilderness …
All night long as we tried to sleep we heard helicopters flying low over our house in the pine filled forest. The choppers were picking up water from nearby Big Bear Lake and fire retardant from the airport near our house to drop on the Lake Fire. The constant drone of the helicopters reminded us …
In this town when you see the flashing red lights of the forest service in your rear view mirror that’s when you start to worry. Good thing I drive an all wheel drive SUV. I yanked my Subaru into what may have qualified as a dirt turnout; all kinds of dogs yelping and flying over each …