A brief moment in my day

The next evening

2011-01-18T19:46:00.000-08:00

Went for a walk on the bike path next to the lake around 4ish. Ran into Lee Rogers and we talked so long that they sun started to set. Glad i had my camera with me.

Sunsets

2011-01-15T20:55:00.001-08:00

So normally Big Bear is not known for Sunsets. This night i saw a post from a friend on facebook saying that he missed the sunset picture that day and did anyone manage to get the sunset. So since i just got a new camera i stepped out on my front porch. This is what i got. Not bad! Jan 13th

1-11-11 Morning picture

2011-01-11T20:53:00.000-08:00

This morning woke up to some cool pictures on facebook of the sunrise at the beach. I headed out to walk the dogs with my new camera and this is what i saw. I really love the colors.

Once again

2011-01-04T23:17:00.000-08:00

This is a photo from Molokai 2009 we are at Coco head.

Wow, a year and a half has passed since i last logged on to my blog. Yikes! I got a new camera today and as soon as i figure it out i will be post again. Hopefully by tomorrow.

Ultimate boarder

2009-04-20T18:21:00.001-07:00

The crew

This is my work!

2009-01-04T21:46:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year's

2009-01-01T20:50:00.000-08:00

OK so here it is my new years resolution "keeping up with my blog posting" at lease once a week.

So this is what has been happening since my last post:
World Sprints in Sacramento for a week.
Raced Co-ed to Catalina
Went to Molokai (5th place)
Moved my office over to Bear Mountain
Bought a new computer
Snow, Snow, Snow
Work, Work, Work

Running the SF marathon

2008-08-17T16:47:00.000-07:00

Here we are at the finish. It was cold, cold, cold. It was all we could do to stay warm. Huddle up and find a starbucks. Eden, Pua, Megan, Molly, Kate, Suzanne, Cathy, Jeanie, and Beth. (from left to right back row first)

Fun in Kauai

2008-06-08T20:31:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Loni

2008-03-20T20:29:00.001-07:00

Went to the Moose lodge tonight to celebrate Loni's Birthday. Above is Loni reading some of her cards. She is a really funny girls so pretty much every card was a crack up. Below is Miss Kim and Dee hang'n out. Dee was sporting her new hairstyle tonight.

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Another Wednesday Practice

2008-03-19T19:51:00.001-07:00

This is the NAC secret, yes a double hull. That is what we go out it every single practice. It is fun when only a few girls show up. Yikes, tonight we where doing our changes on 30 and 45 against the current. Ouch!

Imua is alway jealous of our double hull when we wiz pass them.

Yes we are finished! Now this is the best part of the workout pushing the canoe up above the high tide line. Found out that Billy backs up his truck and pulls up the canoe with a tow line. How lucky are we to have such a smart coach.

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2008-03-18T17:56:00.001-07:00

With the tempertures back in the 50's I went to the lake today with Tami. There is a 5k Bike trail on the north shore.

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Leaving the beach house

2008-03-13T15:30:00.001-07:00

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2008-03-12T17:41:00.001-07:00

Molly above taking a picture of herself (so what's new). Below Pua and Kate relaxing during our break.

Yep 10 paddlers made it to practice. Way better than 8 paddlers in a double hull. Good way to start the season.

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My Canoe in the Lake

2008-02-21T22:10:00.001-08:00

So the other day i get a call from one of my co-workers and she tells me that my canoe is almost in the water and with in the next few days it will be a float. I leave it at the lake at my summer job. Last time i was down there it was a least 15 to 20 feet from the water. With all the new snow melt and rain we have been having the lake is almost full. It was down about 9 feet at the end of summer. I t was freezing while i was down moving my canoe up to higher ground . Ice in the foot wells and about 10lbs heavier from just ice on it.

Hang'n with Corry and Willie

2008-02-01T19:13:00.001-08:00

Corry and Willie put away the paddles for the day and came up to the mountains to ski and snowboard. I had a fun time with them cruising around Snow Summit in the morning with them.

Hiking up Snow Forest to 1E01

2008-02-01T19:09:00.000-08:00

We hiked up Snow Forest yesterday and found 1Eo1 trail and cusied up that to this lookout.
Cindy, Suzie and me!

Micky's House

2008-01-27T19:07:00.001-08:00

Molly, Cora, Julie, Dru, Sharon, Sarah, Matt, Rell, Steve, Lauren, and Vicky (behind the camera Mindy and Riley)
We spent the whole day at disneyland with all the kids. What a day!

Hiking up the mountain in Snow Shoes

2008-01-24T15:37:00.000-08:00

Suzie and I went up the mountain on our lunch break. We got 6 inches of new snow overnight and it is still snowing.
Great views of the Big Bear Lake on the way down.

New snow is always a good thing!!!

18 inches of new snow

2008-01-08T19:25:00.001-08:00

Today was a great day to be out on the hill. I went out with Suzie and Jenny. New snow is always a good thing.

Offshore at Ventrua County Line

2007-12-25T19:50:00.001-08:00

Checking out the surf at Ventura Country Line.
Offshore!!!!! Too bad the tide was so high.

Only one guy paddled out. I never saw him catch a wave.

This is just too funny!

2007-11-03T17:33:00.000-07:00

Bear Mountain Employee Party

2007-10-27T16:36:00.000-07:00

Last night we had our fall employee mixer at Bear mountain. Lots of food , It was good to see everyone. This is Gina she works in the accounting dept. We are both taking pictures she was looking into her camera and i am looking into mine.Had dinner with Jamie, Jenny, Heather and her husband, and Dee. We all work together during the summer time at Team Big Bear putting on Mountain Bike races.

This is Tami, Blaine and Larry. Later that night on his way home Blaine was in a car accident. He's OK but his car didn't do so well.

Vi Va Las Vegas

2007-10-24T21:24:00.001-07:00

Drove to Las Vegas on Friday for a canoe race on Lake Las Vegas.

Paddled with some of the Dana Point Girls. Caren, April, Jonie, Tracy and Mel - Masters we got 2nd Team Big Island took 1st. Had some trouble with a few other canoes at the first turn. (8 changes from the start to the first turn with 4 other canoes not such a good race course.)

Got to camp out with Caren, Tracy and Mel on Friday in Lake Mead State Park about 5 minutes from the race site. Saturday the winds kicked up and blew our tent down so we packed up and stayed at a Hotel Boulder Station. Someone once told me to Max Bet everything i do so i did and guess what i won, Yippie!

It was a good weekend. I will be back next year. This was one of the cars that was parked at the race site just had to take a picture of it.

My First Bunco Game

2007-10-17T22:43:00.000-07:00

My friend Jenny invited me to my very first Bunco game. That is her in the kitchen filling her plate. Well you show up to a house with about 15 other girls (yep everyone brings food) then you eat. You drink! (Melissa and Heather)

Then game on!

Blow on the Dice for luck because there is no skill involved (Denise)

By the end of the night everyone feels like Melissa

Yep it was all good fun! Will i do it again, you bet!!!!!!

Blog Day Oct 15th

2007-10-14T18:39:00.000-07:00

Taking pictures for the website

2007-10-12T16:12:00.000-07:00

Suzi and I went driving on all the fire roads to take shoots for the website today.
This is us at the end of Town Trail

Big Bear on Fire Again

2007-09-14T19:49:00.000-07:00

Yep, Big Bear is on fire once again. I took this photo right out side my door this evening.

Fire in the mountains

2007-09-02T21:44:00.000-07:00

On saturday i dove all the way up the mountain . I was only 10 minutes away from being home when a fire broke out and they closed the road. So i had to drive all the way back down and around the back way to get home. A 2 hour drive home turned into a 5 hour drive.

Fun in Big Bear with the Girls

2007-08-20T10:12:00.000-07:00

Dru, Julie, Cora, Rell and the dogs all came up to Big Bear for the day. Lots of hiking, hanging out by the lake and just good fun all day long.

Santa Barbara State Champs

2007-07-23T22:14:00.001-07:00

Santa Barbara State Champs
Open Women 2nd Place
Julie, Maria, Molly, Sharon, Mo, and Me
OK Molly, I will update my blog

Early Morning in Big Bear

2007-05-17T22:53:00.000-07:00

It is very calm on the lake at about 7am but it is freezing!

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A Moonlight Paddle on the lake

2007-05-02T06:55:00.000-07:00

Went out with a few friends on a Moonlight paddle on Tuesday night. It started out cloudy and windy that day and turned out to be beautiful on the lake that evening.

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Check out Molly

2007-04-08T21:11:00.000-07:00

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First workout of the season

2007-03-14T20:35:00.000-07:00

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Snowboarding with Suzi

2006-12-26T21:17:00.000-08:00

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Larry's ski tips

2006-12-15T20:58:00.000-08:00

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This is Larry Longo I am putting this on my vlog just to test it out. It is something i am working on for Snow Summit.

Black Friday Paddling

2006-11-30T19:48:00.000-08:00

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To Cynthia

2006-10-27T22:30:00.000-07:00

Julie got her new birthday present today.

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The Grace and Garrett Show

2006-10-22T20:49:00.000-07:00

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Plus Cora's Art Show

Here Comes the Bride

2006-10-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

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Molly and George took the plunge today!

Start a Blog

2006-10-15T16:19:00.000-07:00

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I paddled to Catalina

2006-09-17T16:18:00.000-07:00

So on Sept 9th I paddled to Catalina with some of my friends.
This is for you Mo!

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Yep, this is my summer job!

2006-08-30T17:55:00.000-07:00

Surf Diva Instructors
Surfn' around w/Ashley, Christy, Sara, and Crystal

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Surfing with the girls in La Jolla

2006-08-17T21:40:00.000-07:00

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Surfing with Letty, Julie, Cora and Rell

Molly Flipping her OC1

2006-08-14T07:48:00.000-07:00

Went out paddling yesterday with Molly and Letty. Molly was trying to fly the ama.

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Walking on the beach in La Jolla

2006-08-13T21:24:00.000-07:00

Started working at Surf Diva in La Jolla. I will be teaching surfing for the month of August. Check out my vlog of some of the girls that I have taught.

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Wow! It has been awhile

2006-07-31T21:24:00.000-07:00

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Well I just got back from Los Angeles today. I think that is about it for my travels for the rest of the summer. After Utah I made my way to Sanoma Valley to work at another Mountain Bike race for the week. Came home with just enough time to travel with Julie in her new (used) 38 ft moter home to the Santa Barbara State Outrigger Sprints for the weekend. We got 2nd just missed 1st by a nose. Then I was back off to Utah this time Brian Head for the Epic 100 Mountain Bike Race. This time a quick 4 day trip. Long work hours. It took 3 guys 15 hours to finish the race. Most of the riders came in around 10 to 11 hours. Right after I got back i drove down to Los Angeles to order the Catalina shirts. I can't beleive that I am sitting at my computer right now. I will post a video of my travels soon. Tonight on our way back to Big Bear we drove through the clouds it was really cool.

Ran into Rebacca in Deer Valley

2006-07-06T21:02:00.000-07:00

So I was working in Deer Valley Utah today and ran into one of my old paddling buddies. Rebecca Rusch she was racing in the Marathon Mountain Bike race that I was at. A 51 mile bike ride with a total 9'000 vertical feet of climbing. Yikes! It only took her around 6 hours.

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On my way to Park City Utah

2006-07-01T22:42:00.000-07:00

So on Thursday we drove back from Mexico. I made my way to Big Bear on Friday and today we drove to Deer Valley Utah. You ask am i sick of driving "yes".

Driving to Mexico

2006-06-27T23:21:00.000-07:00

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So yesterday we drove to Mexico. We almost didn't make it. Since we where towing a boat that had no registration we got stopped across the boarder and they made us turn around right into the line to leave the country. Once we got back to the US boarder they decided to take us into the secondary check. Stephen had to pink slips to the boat and trailer. Found a Auto Club in Chula Vista to get the registration and then away we went. Staight down to Ensanada.

Denali

2006-06-15T10:20:00.000-07:00

I have been in Denali (Mt. Mckinley)for the last two days. This picture is from the day that we arrived. Many clouds covered it in the morning but by the evening we could see it. Denali means "the great one" and it is.

Alaska Video

2006-06-13T07:38:00.000-07:00

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Alaska!

2006-06-12T22:33:00.000-07:00

I have been traveling for over a week now. I started off in Vancouver, Canada for 3 days. Got on a cruise ship to Alaska i have seen some amazing glaciers. This picture is of Patty and me at Dog Camp on the glacier in Juneau. Pretty cool! Yep, got to fly in a helicopter. I am in Denali right now the first place that I could find wireless internet. I will have plenty of videos to put up real soon.

Long Drive

2006-05-28T23:24:00.000-07:00

Just getting back from a long week in Oregon. Stopped in Monterey for a outrigger race. Fun Fun Fun.

Donald' Surf Shop

2006-05-11T21:33:00.000-07:00

Went to Donald's shop to pick up a 11 foot board to try stand up paddling.

A Calm Big Bear Lake

2006-04-26T17:19:00.001-07:00

Wow 2 great pictures of the lake that i took for the Snow Summit Website. I just had to get out and go to Starbucks the other morning and went around the other side of the lake and got this pic.

Boba Tea!

2006-04-26T16:56:00.000-07:00

The other day after our one-man practice Molly, Julie and I went to go get a well deserved boba tea. If you want to see the workout video go to www.outriggercanoe.blogspot.com . This is my #2 drink my #1 is a Ultimate from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Click here for video!

High surf advisory in Big Bear

2006-04-04T09:11:00.000-07:00

The storm is slow approching but the wind has made a big effect on the lake.

Better late than never

2006-03-29T17:19:00.000-08:00

It has not stopped snowing yet. Storms just keep rolling in one after another. Snow and more snow but the good thing about all the snow this late is that it melts pretty fast. The sun is lower and this Sunday time will be changing. I don't know how this happed but this is a picture from Bear Mountain pretty wild I guess at this time in the year everyone is thinking about the beach.

Bear Mountain Fun

2006-03-14T19:27:00.000-08:00

We are having way too much fun at Bear Mountain during the Special Olympics. It was freezing cold and I got to go for a ride up and down the mountain to time the race course with HJ and Greg.

2006-03-13T16:25:00.000-08:00

Now this is what is really about. We got about 3 feet of new snow and everything looks unreal. Went out skiing today it was the best so far this year. Powder to packed powder i couldn't ask for anything better. I also got my car dug out today so i am moble again. This is Marty Ward he works with me in the marketing dept at Bear Mountain.

OK enough snow already!

2006-03-11T19:05:00.000-08:00

Yes this is my car under 3 feet of snow. It started to snow on Thursday and it is now Saturday night and it hasn't stopped yet! I don't look forward to digging it out.

Torchlight Parade at Snow Summit

2006-02-27T20:39:00.000-08:00

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Feb 19th Torchlight parade
This was the New Year's Eve Torchlight parade, but with no snow no parade that night. Well a little late, but fun just the same.

Girls Girls Girls

2006-02-12T20:02:00.000-08:00

I just thought this was this cutest picture of Rell with Nicole, Beth and Molly. They are at the Hano Hano Winter race in San Diego.

Had to share this photo with you

2006-01-18T09:55:00.000-08:00

Last year the forest service had a controlled burn on the back side of Bear Mountain ski resort. It got out of hand. Everyone in town was up in arms over this because it came really close to alot of properties.

Lake and Mountain views

2006-01-16T12:56:00.000-08:00

WOW! Now that is the view from Woodland Trail accross the Big Bear Lake looking at Snow Summit.

This is a great view of the lake

2006-01-16T10:25:00.000-08:00

We just got 3 inches of snow on Sunday morning. With that came very cold weather. Burrrrr it is freezing right now.

The girls in snow

2006-01-10T21:14:00.000-08:00

SNOW!

2006-01-03T11:38:00.000-08:00

It finally snowed yesterday a fast moving winter storm dumped 6 inches of new snow in Big Bear. It's so beautiful when every thing is covered in white. This picture is a view from the top of the mountain behind my house. It just happens to be a ski resort.

Testing the waters

2005-12-30T12:58:00.000-08:00

Chick here to view video! This is my first video that i am posting online and i am just testing it out. It is of Cora and myself at a race in La Jolla in November. Short and sweet.

My house last year

2005-12-26T14:15:00.000-08:00

This is what my house looked like last year. It is almost the end of December and no snow not even a inch. Dry as a bone. Bummer. If you are reading this do me a favor do a snow dance for me.

It is Christmas

2005-12-25T09:46:00.000-08:00

Wow it is here already!

Found A Photo

2005-12-11T14:24:00.000-08:00

I was just searching the web and I came across a photo of Lanakila crossing the finish line on Oahu. To my surprise I am in seat 4. Paddling it is official I now have proof that I can paddle and not just steer. This was a great race and now I have a new outlook on the Molokai race.

A foot print in the snow

2005-11-27T08:42:00.000-08:00

Yeah! We finaly made snow last night. It has been awhile since i last updated my blog. Not much has been going on. A drive up and down the mountain for work. That is about it. The resort should be open any day. I can hear the snow-guns at night. Since we have been updating our snowguns to snowfans the noise at night isn't so bad anymore. It is just a hummmmmm now. It use to sound like a airplain taking off.

Dino Dash

2005-11-06T21:59:00.000-08:00

Today i worked in Tustin at a running race. Next year i am going to do it.

Prime

2005-10-28T19:19:00.000-07:00

I went this afternoon to go see the movie Prime. I thought it was just ok. If you have seen the trailer you know the entire movie. If the ending was good it might have been worth seeing but I really didn't like the ending. Good thing that I paid for the early show. Last week I went and saw Elizabethtown. I kind of liked that one because the music was great. Up until about 5 years ago we only had one theater in Big Bear that had 2 movie screens. Lucky for me that they built another movie theater that has 3 screens so now we have lots of movie options.

Another Chamber Mixer

2005-10-25T19:46:00.000-07:00

Yes another chamber mixer is all over. We host the last one of the season. The only one that I ever go. I think most of the people that show up just come for the food. Good thing it was only 2 hours long. In the picture from left to right Chris (my boss), Erin (his wife), Marty (the new guy), Tina (my office roommate) and me. It looks like we are having fun but we all know how to fake it.

Paddling with my Friends

2005-10-23T18:57:00.000-07:00

After a week of not paddling it was good to go down to the harbor and meet with the gang and go out for a workout. Today was the day to start doing some work. 6 times 5 minutes pieces. A short but sweet workout a total of 30 minutes that some how turns into 2 hours. How does that always happen. From left to right is Fabulous Nicole, Fabulous Karen, Fabulous Suzi, and myself behind the camera was Paul.

Getting around

2005-10-22T22:12:00.000-07:00

Started out the day at a womens longboard contest at Ocean Beach (OB). The waves where junk and the weather was overcast, cold and a light drizzle. I wasn't there to compete I was just a spectator. I was killing time before i had to head up to a ski function at Ranchcraft in San Diego. At 1pm I headed out to Poway to check out a snowboard rail jam in a the parking lot of K-5. That is where they had a flatbed truck with a flat down box attached to a ramp. Just bring in some blocks of ice and a chipper and you have snow for a contest. Lots of people hanging out and watching. Then I ended my day at a beerfest (more like drunkfest) at the San Diego Sports Arena. We sponsored the event and gave out tickets. It was a flop of a event. I hope we never do that again.

Town Trail

2005-10-18T20:07:00.000-07:00

Got off work and had to go and do something. So I headed out behind my house for a short hike on Town Trail a mile long trail that is a gentle rolling path. It ends up at 2N10 and at that junction you can either go up the mountain or down to town. Right at the junction it has a great view of the lake. With all the rain and cool temps here the air was so crisp and clean. On the way home the rain started up once again. Glad I got a chance to get out.

Thunder and Lighting

2005-10-17T17:54:00.000-07:00

What a night last night. I have never heard or seen so much thunder, rain and lighting. It must be that I live at 7000 Ft elevation and the clouds are so close. How can clouds and rain make so much noise. It was very cool for awhile but not all night long. I am sure that the entire town of Big Bear got no sleep last night. Hopefully tonight I will get a good nights sleep even thought the forecast is calling for more of the same tonight.

Celebrating John Rader

2005-10-16T19:19:00.000-07:00

On September 19th we said goodbye to one of the most inspirational person I know John Rader. Today we all gathered together for a final paddle and party for the guy who started Offshore Canoe Club. He always had a vision for the team. We will all miss him and every time we see a rainbow or hear the song "huki lau" we will know he is looking over us.

The Great Escape

2005-10-15T17:37:00.000-07:00

Today I was able to get off the mountain and go paddling with a few friends. Paul, Karen and Nicole. It was looking like a great paddle but by the time we launched our OC1's the fog rolled in. We where now stuck doing laps in Oceanside Harbor.

Patty's Back!

2005-10-13T17:49:00.000-07:00

This is my roommate Patty. She just got back from spending the entire summer in Alaska working for Era Helicopters. I think this is her 3rd summer in Alaska. She has worked most of the summers in National Parks around the Country. She always has the best stories to tell about her summer adventures and all the cool people that she has met along the way. I know winter is getting close when she shows back up.

So long to a good friend

2005-10-12T19:18:00.000-07:00

Kodi has been gone for awhile. I still think about him daily.