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We went to Big Bear Lake this past week for the third annual Big Bear trip. http://www.bigbearinfo.com/index.php
As usual we rented a vacation house near the lake, and again as usual we picked yet another house to get a variety of experience although so far all three houses have been in the same general vicinity. We made the journey in the trusty Jeep and pulled the off road trailer to carry our mandatory survival gear such as a vacuum cleaner, copious amounts of soda pop, dog gates, books, guns, cooler, hiking gear, bicycle, music, movies, clothes, snacks...well you get the idea. It was about 104F when we left Santa Clarita on Sunday at about 11 a.m.
A couple hours later and about 5,000 ft higher we stopped at Angelus Oaks in the San Bernardino mountains for a late lunch at a nice little cafe. Here we are looking like Okies fleeing the dust bowl for California in the 30s except Mary is better dressed than they were. After a tasty lunch we called Craig to see if he could spare a few minutes to see his youthful non-senior appearing parents. Craig worked this summer as a volunteer camp counselor at Camp Tahquitz, a boy scout camp only a few minutes from Angelus Oaks.
A couple hours later and about 5,000 ft higher we stopped at Angelus Oaks in the San Bernardino mountains for a late lunch at a nice little cafe. Here we are looking like Okies fleeing the dust bowl for California in the 30s except Mary is better dressed than they were. After a tasty lunch we called Craig to see if he could spare a few minutes to see his youthful non-senior appearing parents. Craig worked this summer as a volunteer camp counselor at Camp Tahquitz, a boy scout camp only a few minutes from Angelus Oaks.
Craig had a few minutes to spare so we stopped by the camp to see him. The Jeep was parked on a hill and Mary was on the up side so you get a feel for Craig's size these days!
Marla and her three dogs met us at the house in Big Bear and with our dogs we had 5 canines in the place. Almost immediately Mary and Marla set off for the lake to let the dogs swim. I stayed back to do work on the laptop. This is something that will not happen next year. It just about spoiled the vacation for me. Grrr!
The house was nice. One bedroom on the second floor along with the kitchen, balcony out back and a large living room. Downstairs were two bedrooms, two baths, and a hot tub outside.
The view from out balcony was fantastic. The next day we took a 10.5 mile hike up to a forest service lookout tower. More tomorrow!
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It looks like everyone had a great time! We were all very sad not to be able to join the family for this trip. The pictures are great and I guess our almost 5 mile walk on Saturday pales in comparison to your hike!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see more pictures.