Tweet I had to leave Big Bear and I didn’t want to wait, so I threw out everything that wouldn’t fit on my back, got on my $2 tenspeed and rode down the mountain. (Note: the videos aren’t mine but from YouTube but they give you an idea of what it might be like on [...]
Vagobond in Holcomb Valley
Tweet 6/28/09 The old Belleville Cabin in Holcomb Valley. Hard to believe this is all that is left of what was once the largest southern california gold rush town. Belleville was nearly 25,000 people and had more than it’s fair share of prostitutes, miners, and desperados. The town was named for Belle, the first baby [...]
Big Bear Lake Memories
Tweet 6/26/09 This was written inside one of the closet doors, I felt guilty of killing those memories for whomever the girls were, so before pulling the door off and putting it in the dumpster, I figured I would save those memories from dying, just a little bit. As a guy who is pretty used [...]
Oddities of Big Bear Lake
Tweet It’s a strange place that I grew up in. The strangest thing is that it hasn’t changed at all since I last lived here 22 years ago. The same businesses, the same houses needing paintjobs, the same old time miner 49er beards on different quirky Big Bear types. If anything, the place seems smaller [...]
Vagobond in Big Bear Lake
Tweet 6/7/09 And now I get to work for the next few months. I’m in my childhood hometown of Big Bear Lake, California. You can check it out at BigBear.com. I’m working with my Dad to remodel a couple of apartments and in the process he is teaching me the fine details of the constructions [...]
Vagobond in the U.S.
Tweet 6/1/09 Here it is on June 1st and I am no longer in the red with my bank accounts. Everything is above zero thanks to your generous donations and the constant ringing in my ears from faulty hearing protection in the United States Marine Corps. Each month I get about $100 from the Marines [...]
