Home - 2024 - Week in Big Bear

Photographer: Josh Eckels

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

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