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Week in Big Bear
Photographer: Josh Eckels
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Living room at our rental
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Stairs to the loft area
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Kitchen, front, and side doors
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Loft bedroom
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Tesla on the ground floor
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Looking south from the deck
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Does this deck seem solid to you?
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Chainsaw! Sculpture!
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Heading downtown
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Lunch spot!
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Snow cat
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In the comfy pod
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Time to hit the trail
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Mud and ice
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Into the muck
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Twisted trunk
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Big Bear Lake
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Melting out
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Big Bear Lake panorama
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North-facing slope
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Pacific Crest Trail!
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Turnaround spot
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Trudging through the drifts
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Looking west
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Gray's Peak, covered in snow (and nesting birds, apparently)
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Lake overlook
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Slopes on the south side of the lake
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Entering the mud
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Our rental
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Neighborhood hike
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Snow and dirt
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Crossroads
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Clearing on the trail
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Minute flowers
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X marks the spot (for what?)
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Balancing pro
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Papa bear
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Steller's jay
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Upper slopes
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Woodpecker's favorite
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Well groomed and empty
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Barely out-of-season lift
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Acorn woodpecker
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Blurry coyote
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Snow and rock
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Woodpecker and hollow
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Ready to drum
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Another acorn woodpecker
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Dueling woodpeckers
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Yum!
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Great horned owl
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Great horned owl
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Neighborhood hike ridgeline
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On the trail
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Afternoon glow
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Tallest in the area
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Sunset
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Hiking back
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Post-eclipse sliver
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Lazuli bunting
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Hiding
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Waxing crescent
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Mountain chickadee
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Tesla on the deck
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Another local trailhead
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A little more snow
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Snowy peak
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Looking east
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Blowing over the ridge
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Gull
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Fluffy
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Doing pushups
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View of Baldwin Lake
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PCT view
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Baldwin Lake
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Eye of God (plus Stacy)
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Giddyup!
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Looking east
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Hopping
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Alighting carefully
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Waxing
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Flood control
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Neighborhood trails
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Mistletoe
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Clearing in the afternoon
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Spring storm approaching
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Scrub jay
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Puddles in the valley
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Plains
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Blue and orange
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New buds
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