We did the iconic thing one must do when visiting Big Bear Lake. We took a boat ride.
First, at the dock, we had to make way for ducklings. We did see ducks, but they steered clear of us.
Here is the boat, a paddle boat that made the trip all the way up from Florida. The paddle does turn as the boat moves, but it is not what is propelling the boat. Notice that white structure in the background? I thought it was some kind of pumping station.
I was wrong, it is actually a solar observatory. Not sure how much use it gets anymore. California is certainly a place where a lot of space exploration happens. See, if I hadn’t gone on the boat tour, I never would have known this.
Plenty of people enjoying this lake. It is a real pleasure seeing people out enjoying themselves. Especially these days.
Water, sun and sports.
From the water you can see how how huge some of the homes are. Btw, every single tour I’ve gone on anywhere, I’m told about the Hollywood people who own homes in that location. I don’t believe half of those stories. But here, it’s old Hollywood, Mel Blank, Ron Howard, Gene Autry. I believe this, back in the day, they’d come up here. These days to be honest, Big Bear has become a destination for many average people in CA. I think that is wonderful, but as we know, The Hollywood types might like to lecture us, but they don’t want to hang out with us.
Turns out, the moment you leave Los Angeles, you enter Trump country. I saw this when we went up to the central coast, I saw it here. Sure some will say, that is a very wealthy house, of course they support Trump. That may be, but I saw Trumps signs on average everyday homes. What I didn’t see, and to be honest, I hardly see in LA is Biden signs. Interesting time we are in.
Up here, the playgrounds are open!!! Enough torturing our children, they need the playgrounds, they need the company of other kids.
What a pleasure, just watching them play the way kids are supposed to.
Leah