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 …
If I could spend every day off like yesterday, that would just be fantastic. It was a chilly foggy May afternoon and we were at Big Bear Lake and ready to fish. It was windy. Why do I always forget what a pain in the ass fishing in the wind is? I actually only cast out …
I had such a gorgeous day off work running all over Big Bear. It was a awesome day off even if I was annoyed with myself for a while, as my phone battery died about ten miles into my run and I lost all mapping capabilities. High altitude cactus This was annoying …
I made this last night after a hike up a mountain side in Big Bear yesterday. It was a foggy rainy day and Big Bear Lake was frozen and looked like glass in the distance as hiked near a muddy peak.Shepherd’s Pie1 1/2 cup beef stew meat, cut into chunks1 tab wheat flour1 tab …
Life in a ski town means you try not to hate the tourists. You try every weekend as you sit in two hours of snowy traffic, praying to go faster than three miles an hour just for a few minutes. You try not to hate the cute little children who throw snow balls at …