Big Bear Chili Cookoff
Saturday, July 11th
10:00am – 5:00pm
Bartlett Street Parking Lot
Chili Tasting Kits: $5.00
This is an official International Chili Society sanctioned event. If you can get here, GET HERE!
After a lengthy closure, the Bane Canyon Road entrance to Chino Hills State Park will be reopening today. Drivers, bicyclists, and hikers will be able to access the park through the entrance starting a 8:00am.
The road is located just south of Sequel Canyon Road off Elinvar Drive, which turns into Sapphire Road. The address for the gate is 4721 Sapphire Road, although the entrance will continue to be called Bane Canyon Road.
There will be a short opening ceremony with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:00am. with festivities including speakers and a first look at the new facilities including the visitor services kiosk and maintenance buildings.
Chino Hills State Park is located in Chino Hills, in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. It is part of the Chino/Puente Hills wildlife corridor, and is a botanical habitat reserve for both resident and migrating wildlife.
Yosemite National Park is home to some of the oldest trees in North America, the Giant Sequoia. These trees thrive in the Northern California atmosphere, wrapped in warm temperatures and frequent rainfall. The park is thick with vast forests, and they are one of the many attractions of Yosemite Valley.
Yosemite Nature Notes No. 11 spotlights these massive trees and great forests of Yosemite National park. It’s certainly worth the time to watch.
According to the Yosemite Conservancy, this year’s donors have an opportunity to have an extraordinary impact on these big trees. “Contributions from our donors are helping to fund the project to restore the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. This is an ambitious, multiyear effort to preserve these majestic trees and reverse 150 years of development by balancing visitor needs with ecological protection.”
As a member of a number of different groups, I sometimes notice stupid people with internet testicles getting their dander up over a supposed wrong that someone else did to them while driving in the mountains. Here’s the latest:
This was publicly posted by some chick:
Hello big bear residents,
Today we were driving down the 38 around 12:30ish and we encountered a very rude and inconsiderate driver. He was riding our tail ,swerving,honking his horn and giving us the finger. We finally pulled over to let him pass. He did the same thing to the driver in front of him until we passed the Yucaipa turn off. I took a picture of his car and license plate and we started to flip me off again as we approach him to tell him to pull over this driver cut us off and took off down lugonia driving like a total jerk. This man with long white hair was driving like a total A.. and could of caused a major accident and he didn’t care. I believe this person is a big bear local with several stickers on his gray Nissan rogue. You are an inconsiderate driver and your behavior was uncalled for!!
I responded with:
So … you didn’t pull over to let him pass, you chased him, and you tried to pull him over.
Are you the police? If you’re not, then use the turn outs, don’t chase people, and don’t try to pull them over. That’s how accidents and road rage incidents happen.
Leave the actual policing to law enforcement.
The American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day is June 6, 2015! This is billed as “the country’s largest celebration of trails.”
According to AHS, there will be “National Trails Day” events in every state across the country. Get out today with your hiking shoes, your bike or your horse! Events include hiking, biking, horseback rides, paddling trips, birdwatching, geocaching, gear demonstrations, stewardship projects and more.
You can find out more by visiting the American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day website HERE.
