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I have had fun and felt a part of things by volunteering for the Southern California Mountain Foundation and the San Bernardino National forest.  I was surprised and honored to see this in the Big Bear Grizzly.

Entry 12 When I was 10 years old, it was a momentous year.  My life in East Ann Arbor was coming to an end and big changes for the entire family were imminent.  It didn’t affect Van as much as it consumed Bonnie and I. By this time even at an early age, Van was…

We wanted to visit more National Parks so we thought that as long as we live here, we should drive up to Yosmite.  It is a little over 6 hours to drive there from Big Bear but we took the scenic route, (around 8+ hours) to visit one of the most famous National Parks.  Here are…

For Brody’s 2016 Trip, we took him over his spring break to an Airbnb in Romona California for a few days, then went on to San Diego.  At the place in Romona, the owner, a very interesting lady, had animals walking everywhere.  Almost all were rescues from someplace. Here is a picture of Riley, a…

Here in Big Bear we have an area called the Pebble Plains.  It is a place like none other in the world.  A combination of clay in the soil and the quartzite pebbles left from the ice age have created a plain where trees can’t grow but small plants with spectacular tiny flowers thrive.  This…

A shot I took 7 years ago.  We took the kids to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur Colorado.  I was still new to the camera but fiddled around with settings and snapped this one.  It has always been one of my favorites.

Entry 11 Life in East Ann Arbor was fine for a 7-8 year old.  I could walk to Busters Market and to the East Ann Arbor Hardware store where my Grandpa worked for a couple years.  He would be there on most Saturdays and it was fun to walk in and see him.  If I…

One of my favorite photos.  It is the lone goal from the Big Bear vs Yucca Valley soccer game on January 25, 2016.  Haley fought off 5 Yucca ladies to score.

Entry 10 Life is what happens while you are waiting for something else to happen.  Existence on a dirt road with unusual neighbors was all I knew.  If it is all you know, it is what is normal and what is home. I don’t have any idea if we were normal, but it sure seemed…

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