In these days of COVID-19 fears, every girl needs a girlfriend to keep the positivity going and keep them motivated that the end is in sight. Whether that means the end of self-quarantine or the end of an endless trek up a mountain peak. Whenever I go for a hike with Donna the joke is …
Springtime used to mean Painted Lady Butterflies migrating through our alpine town. Last year springtime was baby donkeys grazing on the spring grass, wild lavender belly flowers on the Pacific Crest Trail and beavertail prickly pear cactus ripe with purple tart fruit. You knew it was officially springtime in Big Bear Lake, California when you …
Give me life, liberty and toilet paper; As an American, in this post-COVID-19 obsessed world, that’s all I really want right now. It appears we now live in a world chock full paranoia over COVID-19. People are just nuts. In our mountain resort town, yesterday our ski resorts closed, a month early for the ski …
The year 2020 has dawned with snow glittering like diamonds in our pine forests as I hauled my fat ass up mountain passes and through the snowy forest. I was a sweaty mess and trying desperately to get back into shape. It was the very beginning of 2020 and I knew keto was going to …
We eat spicy delicious treats like jalapeno poppers in our household most every day. So that means heading to India for ten days has us upping our spice content and getting ready for some seriously spicy food. We are trying to train our palettes and our stomachs, here comes curry! Some people go to the …