BIG BEAR LAKE

At the beginning of this week Andrew and I escaped to Big Bear Lake for two days of hiking. It was a last minute trip (hence no Macintosh Monday post) and we enjoyed every second of it. The lake itself is about two and a half hours south-east of us and is situated high up in the San Bernardino mountains. In the summer time its filled with families enjoying water sports and chilling by the lake and in the winter its filled with skiers or snowboarders. This means that when we were there the place was relatively quiet which was perfect for us. 

We did two shorter walks each day, both by the lake and two longer hikes. The first hike consisted of us scrambling up what will be a ski slope once the snow appears. It was a designated hiking route and we did see some other hikers but it did feel a bit extreme. Here Macintosh had his first encounter with a chipmunk and he the subsequently spent the rest of the time there hunting for another! The second hike we went on the Cougar Crest trail which linked up Big Bear Lake to the Pacific Crest trail. It gave us amazing views and was a nice rocky route. We saw lots more hikers here including some in interesting attire!

We stayed overnight in a Motel 6 which is not a classy place at all, however it was cheap and allowed us to crash out with Mac which was ideal. The second half of day two we did meet up with one of Andrew's lads from work and his girlfriend. It was great to get to know them better and we really enjoyed hanging out with them. 

Here are a few pictures of our time at the lake.













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