• THIS is what happens when you mtn bike one handed while shooting video with the other. I’m proud to say the iPhone never actually hit the ground!

  October 4, 2009

• Something to make my sister, the Coca-Cola aficionado, a little jealous – monster Cokes at an Italian restaurant in Big Bear Lake. Turns out no matter what you order, they put it in a CocaCola cup. Sorry Tiff, this place would require a very long drive on your part.

  October 4, 2009

• Donna gets her (unfair) share of flowers… I thought some Fall color would be more romantic, so I plucked this guy from a tree for her.

  October 4, 2009

• This is the best fall color we’ve seen since Bend, Oregon. Really it reminds me more of the Wasatch Mtns in Utah, where we lived for two years.

  October 4, 2009

• Just another view of smoke from the nearby fire rising over Big Bear Lake. We took a drive around the lake tonight – great scenery other than the smoke.

  October 4, 2009

• Watch out for the obnoxious audio (wind noise) on this one – Donna standing lakeside trying to stay warm! It’s friggin’ cold here!

  October 4, 2009

• Of course from this perspective, you can’t see the smoke at all. Big Bear Lake is beautiful for sure… plus you cam get a great house here for around $200,000! Hopefully you don’t mind the neighbors monster truck.

  October 4, 2009

• We walked out of the hotel to discover there’s a fire burning over the hillside. Suckin’ in smoke all day Sunday will be fun… a great excuse to sleep in and be lazy for the day.

  October 4, 2009

• Donna opted to walk a particularly gnarly section of today’s trail. Really I think she just wanted the time to soak up the fall color – of which we get none in the Camarillo area.

  October 4, 2009

• We discovered the rockier side of Big Bear Lake today. My kind’a ridin’ for sure. The trail we were most looking forward to turned out to be way too overgrown about a mile into the trail.

  October 4, 2009

• Hangin’ on the trail with my honey Saturday in Big Bear Lake.

  October 4, 2009

• Just a few more snapshots from Friday’s ride outside of Big Bear Lake.

  October 3, 2009

• Just a few more snapshots from Friday’s ride outside of Big Bear Lake.

  October 3, 2009

• Just a few more snapshots from Friday’s ride outside of Big Bear Lake.

  October 3, 2009

• Awesome day in the Santa Ana River trail. Hitting a bike shop tomorrow to get some local knowledge… & hopefully getting an earlier start to the day.

  October 3, 2009
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• AWESOME DAY ON THE SANTA ANA RIVER TRAIL

  October 3, 2009

• Donna, post-ride pre-shower chill time in our room. I won’t tell you how stinky she was but I was even worse.

  October 3, 2009