Two gold prospecting instructors Mark Pyles and Larry Judd will be holding a prospecting class. This prospecting 101 class will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 PM until 6:30PM at Swim Beach.
The class will begin Tuesday, Aug. 4. and continue through Aug. 13. 2009. Students will learn how to use a sluice box, dry washer, dredge and high-banker and they will learn the ins and outs of the trade! They will even teach you how to “stake your own claim!”
For more information and registration, call the Big Bear Valley Recreation and Park District at 909-866-9700.
Here at Gold Rush Resort Rentals we encourage everyone to “try their hand at a pan.” Give us a call, we will rent you a true prospectors delight!
Living here in Big Bear my whole life, I have participated in the Miss Clementine fashion pageant since I can remember!
I Started out entering as a Tiny Miss contestant then to Junior Miss and finally being able to compete for the “Miss Clementine” title and now being in the family category.
What a great opportunity to feel like an old miner! It has always reminded me of Little House on the Prairie. It is also a wonderful occasion to be part of this celebrated community!
So, just a few weekends ago I entered the Miss Clementine pageant with my family (my two children, my older sister and her daughter) in the best family category. We won wearing our old fashion bathing suites on our way to the ”ole fishing hole”!
This weekend you can catch us in the Old Miner’s Day parade a top the Clementine float! Starting promptly at 12:30 on the corner of Summit and Big Bear Blvd, and continuing west towards the Village! I’m sure there will be no way to miss us, as we will be the bathing beauties singing “Zip a De Doo Dah”! Make sure to wave, shout and show us your appreciation! Hope to see you all there…cant wait!
The Big Bear Discovery Center is hosting a Campfire on Friday Night July 31, from 7:00-8:00 pm. The campfire will include live animals from our forest area! Some of the keepers from Moonridge Animal Park will share knowledge about these local animals and you can see them right there!
There is a $5 Admission charge, but children 5 & under are Free!
This is just another great opportunity Big Bear has to offer! And did you know that our Mid-Week special starting on Sundays all the way to Thursdays is another opportunity you don’t want to miss!
So, give us a call and we will set you up in a cabin that is sure to please! If you really like the critters, stay at Elk Lodge or Chipmunk Lodge, they have taxidermied game all over the walls!
Did you know that last weekend was the 68th Annual Flower Show? Well, it certainly was. I actually won a ribbon in this competition about 20 years ago. However, it was at the library, that was in the little building in front of the old fire station that was at the corner of Big Bear Blvd. and Knickerbocker! This waspre-signal! Who remembers that?
Anyway, back to the real story! This years event took place at the Big Bear Lake Performing Arts Center. As always, it was sponsored by the Women’s Club of Big Bear Lake. The theme for this year was “Bears, Bees, and Buds” .
All of the entries must be from personal gardens, neighboring gardens or from the forest. I hope you were able to attend and see what Beautiful Big Bear has to offer.
It was a busy weekend here in Big Bear! There was the Xeriscape Tour beginning at Emingers Nursery on Saturday. You begin there, get your map, and do a self guided tour of the watersaving landscaping happening in here in the valley.
The Women’s Club of Big Bear hosted a flower show at the Civic Center! It began on July 17 and continued until Saturday! Hopefully many of you didn’t miss it, it is a sweet affair!
Here are some great reasons to come to Big Bear this weekend.
First the weathers perfect with no smog, fog or freeways.
Second we have the Old Miner’s events happening this weekend with the Junior Rodeo & Children’s Event on the 18th as well as the Doo Dah Paradewhich is in Fawnskin. On the 18th-19th we have our annual 1800’s Country Fair & Loggers Jubileein Fawnskin with contests, music, logging, games and great food as well as variety of vendors with great things to see and purchase. Or just come up to get away from it all and relax.
Whether you’re looking to get away from it all or to enjoy some good old fashion loggers sawing away at a log while munchin’ on some yummy cuisine, Big Bear is the place to be this weekend.
And if you need somewhere to stay Gold Rush Resort Rentals is the website to browse for our friendly staff and aggressively discounted prices and a wide variety of homes to choose from.
There’s something for everyone in the family to enjoy. If you’re interested in a home close to the lake with a boat dock we’ve got it, close to the village, we’ve got it.
To see our homes go to our website at www.BigBearRentals.net . Looking for “Hot Deals”click this LINKor give me a call at 1 (800) 363-8303 and let me help you help yourself to a well deserved vacation in the mountain…Bre
I had the opportunity to go on the Xeriscape tour yesterday and what a great time I had. We started the tour in the Erwin Lake area at a home that had lots of antique “toys” and bottles and great sutff scattered amoung the plants and trees. This house even had a cactus garden!
There were very “natural” places that all the mountain critters would love, and there were houses with putting greens (made of turf) and out door kitchens! I think we saw it all! We even went to a Fire Safe house with natural vegitation of Manzanita and regular old sandy soil!
If you missed it, you missed a fun day! Heck! I got a fire chief hat and recycleable flower pots, gloves, pencils, and a piggybank! Everyone was so nice!
Don’t miss this annual event put on by the Sierra Club…I can rent you a room for next year! I can rent you a room for this weekend! Give us a call! 1 (866) 37-CABINbigbearrentals.net
When coming to big bear alot of questions that are being asked,” What is there to do in Big Bear for the kids”?
How about horsebackriding? There are rides that are 1 to 2 hours over at the Baldwin Stables. They lead you along a wide variety of terrains on several trails, all with spectacular vistas.
They’re rides are geared to the experience of the rider- avaiable all day. Reservations suggested!
There are private guided tours as well, ranging anywhere from 1 hr to overnite. They’re horses are very good with great guides that are very careful. Beginners don’t worry, they offer gentle personality horses for the you… they still have a lot of spirit and they are truely enjoyed by their riders!
So, if you want any more info.. please contact Baldwin Lake Stables 909-585-6482, oh and don’t forget they do have the petting zoo available for the little ones that want a pony ride!! Sally
