http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Big-Bear/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , California , Big Bear en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:08:43 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:08:43 UTC OK this is the day I have been looking forward tohelliphellip. Susiersquos brother Mike and brother in law Jimmy who live out here both have Jeeps. In this part of the country there are off road trails that are open to the public everywhere. I have been wanting to test the new Rubicon on some of these types of trails and I have read about them in some of my offroad books . So with my http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Big-Bear/blog-313622.html Waking up as the sun rises climbing out of our sleeping bags to start the new day. An energy bar for breakfast packing up my gear for another full day of hiking 20 miles is the usual goal although the last leg we've been pushing ourselves even got a 30 mile day in which was more that my body was ready for really. Hitting the trail early in the AM most morningsone foot in front of the othe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Big-Bear/blog-278027.html I just spent 4 weeks up in the San Bernardino National Forest in Angelus Oaks California Southern California for my third AmeriCorps project. Itrsquos so hard for me to fathom that our third out of 4 projects is done and over with. Where has time gone The population of Angelus Oaks was 190 people that is a town the size of half of my High School graduating class pretty small. I loved the f http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Big-Bear/blog-277380.html This season we had not been to skiing even once... We went to RenoTahoe in December but by the time we reached the slopes it was too late for skiing lessons So this weekend we decided to hit some slopes before winter is officially over. People generally go to northern areas for skiing and snow boarding. However being different people that we are we decided to go to Big Bear Lake in Southern http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Big-Bear/blog-264786.html Our big bear adventure was amazing. We stood in a small cabbin in Sugar Loaf a tiny town right next to Big Bear. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Big-Bear/blog-150503.html Day 2 we drove right through LA to the other side and the Big Bear Lake area in the San Bernardino mountains. We'd planned to see if we could find some skis and a slope and have a go but in the end it was too cold especially since we don't have any salopettes with us... Whimps Also past Arrowhead close to the top of the mountain snow chains were a requirement and we didn't have any of th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Big-Bear/blog-113211.html Colorado RiverFrom Toronto I flew to LA where my cousin Steve was waiting to pick me up I hadn't been in LA since March last year but it felt like yesterday when I got there They live in Big Bear which is in the moutains a couple of hours drive and is a lot less hectic than the city After collapsing in bed at what was about 4am Canadian time the next morning we were off to the Colorado River i http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Big-Bear/blog-93097.html