Mountain Lakes

I thought I would you show you a photograph of a quiet day on Big Bear Lake. This was taken in February so the lake is closed to public boating. I used to love the crisp, cold, winter fresh mornings in Big Bear, especially when there was no snow. The snow was beautiful unless you had to commute down the mountain through the it and then when it turned to dirty brown slush it really was nasty and just looked horrible. But if you had the luxury of not leaving the mountain and just enjoying it Big Bear was a great place to live and vacation. I remember the first time I went to Big Bear in 1997, we arrived there late at night and all I remembered was the dark night driving up the winding road. It was too dark to see any of the views that would behold me. The next morning I got up and walked out onto the deck of the house we were staying in, I  just stood there in awe of the view that my eyes were trying to take in. It was mid May, there was still snow on the peaks of the mountains, the sun was shining bright in the blue sky and the air was fresh and clean with a hint of pine smell. That's a memory that I will remember forever and why I will always have a place in my heart for Big Bear.