Winter At The Lake

Tuesday I took a trip to see my doctor to get my cholesterol levels checked.Now for me my doctor is a 75 mile drive up a mountain to Big Bear Lake. You may ask my reason for travelling that far to a see a doctor? Well, the answer is I really like and trust him as my doctor and i haven't heard anyone else say that about their doctors closer to home. Anyway, about two weeks ago a major storm system came into Southern California and dumped more snow on the mountains around here than I had seen in my ten years of living here. Driving up to Big Bear was easy, the roads were now clear. The snow piled up at the sides of the roads was way above the roof of my car though. After seeing the doctor I took a drive around the lake to see what photographs I could get, this ended up being tougher than expected due to the piles of snow at the roadside. I did manage to find a couple of good spots though and the photograph above was one of them. This is a view across the lake of the East boat launch ramp. 

One point I would like to add is if you ever want an entertaining weekend afternoon then head down to a boat ramp and watch as people try to load and unload their boats in and out of the lake. It's one of the most amusing and sad things to watch as couples get into fights over something as simple as launching a boat.