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Volume 30, No. 4 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
www.bigbeartodaymag.com<br />
All Smiles at<br />
Oktoberfest!<br />
48th Annual Oktoberfest<br />
• Cave's Country Weekend, Retro 80s, Bee Gees Gold<br />
• Flashlight Safaris After Dark Zoo Adventure<br />
• Halloween in Season with Hoots, Haunts<br />
• Fall Colors Showing Along Pine Knot Trail
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From the Publisher<br />
Haunts, horror<br />
show <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> has<br />
Halloween `spirit’<br />
alloween has never been my favorite<br />
holiday. Maybe it stems back<br />
to the time I was egged as a young Hchild while trick-or-treating.<br />
Mom had made by hand a really<br />
clever devil costume, complete with bright<br />
red horns, but it was the older kids gathering<br />
candy at the door who were the sinners.<br />
I heard them whispering “devil” but<br />
didn’t know what they were planning...till<br />
I left the doorway, walked toward the sidewalk,<br />
and was pelted by eggs in a snowball-like<br />
attack.<br />
All that runny egg and yolk ruined the<br />
costume and my night, sending me home<br />
in tears. I have sympathy for frying pans<br />
because I can assure you that when eggs<br />
crack against you, it hurts. More hurtful<br />
was Mom’s reaction when she saw what<br />
had been done to her handiwork. One and<br />
only year for that costume!<br />
Since then I’ve had little use for Halloween.<br />
Not to say I haven’t gone to costume<br />
parties because I have or don’t pass<br />
out candy to trick-or-treaters because I do.<br />
But for the most part wife Sandy and I<br />
abstain on the parties and never dress up.<br />
Well, not exactly never. Once every<br />
few years circumstances conspire against<br />
us and we feel obligated/compelled/pressured<br />
(choose your verb) to attend a Halloween<br />
party. Typically it’s a Rotary bash<br />
where I’m not likely to get egged though<br />
I’m sure some have thought about it.<br />
Always, we’re in the same costumes,<br />
me a doctor, Sandy a nurse. How imaginative.<br />
Mom hooked me up with this outfit<br />
as well, scoring some hospital scrubs<br />
and accessories during her working days<br />
as a nurse. Sandy dons one of her old uniforms.<br />
When Mom gave me an old stethoscope<br />
she didn’t need anymore, bingo!<br />
Instant Halloween! And about as much<br />
effort as I cared to put into a costume.<br />
Alas, at our last Rotary party a few<br />
years ago several couples came decked out<br />
just like us (probably stole the idea from<br />
us too), so we may have to get creative<br />
and since Mom passed away I’ll be on my<br />
own for a costume for the first time ever.<br />
Sandy and I could live without another<br />
Halloween quite happily but we’re<br />
obviously in the distinct minority. In our<br />
youth Halloween was a night kids foraged<br />
for candy and that was about it, a mere<br />
blip on the radar before the Thanksgiving,<br />
Christmas and New Year’s holidays.<br />
At the point hospitals started X-raying<br />
candy because a few kooks had put razor<br />
blades in some it looked like Halloween’s<br />
demise was imminent.<br />
Instead now it’s a celebration unto itself<br />
with several chain stores devoted to<br />
the holiday, some year-round and others<br />
seasonal, opening a couple months before.<br />
It’s adults who love to dress up and party<br />
who have sparked Halloween’s resurgence<br />
with so many good ways to dress up like<br />
someone or something you’re not just to<br />
get scared senseless.<br />
Case in point is <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>. Village<br />
merchants for years have put on the most<br />
awesome Halloween celebration by passing<br />
out candy to thousands of trick-ortreating<br />
children on Oct. 31 from 5-8 p.m.<br />
The streets are closed making for two long<br />
blocks of trick-or-treating paradise. But<br />
now there’s a “<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Scare” campaign<br />
to lure guests by frightening them.<br />
In the pages of this issue we have covered<br />
more of the Halloween season than<br />
you could shake a Dracula stake at. And<br />
we still couldn’t fit in every haunt, hoot<br />
or horror happening in <strong>October</strong>!<br />
Mystery Maze for instance is presented<br />
by the Loyal Order of Moose Fridays<br />
and Saturdays from Oct. 12-27. Get<br />
lost in Fawnskin (39211 N. Shore Dr.) in<br />
a dizzying maze from 4-9 p.m. and 2-9<br />
p.m. on Oct. 31 for $5, kids $3.<br />
And the parties! Nottingham’s hosts<br />
its famous bash on Oct. 27 with costumes<br />
and great prizes plus live music and drink<br />
specials starting at 7 p.m. Miss Liberty has<br />
a party on the water from 5-6:30 p.m. on<br />
Oct. 26 with $10 cover for costume contest,<br />
music and half-price drinks.<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Oktoberfest hosts one of the<br />
biggest parties with its German<br />
Spooktacular on Oct. 27. The $1,200 or<br />
more cash purse attracts people who take<br />
costumes much more seriously than I do.<br />
There’s been some pretty amazing ones<br />
through the years including a giant robot<br />
with lights powered by large battery.<br />
There’s hoots during Flashlight Safaris<br />
at the zoo on page 6 with owls and<br />
wolves and haunt at <strong>Bear</strong> Valley Farms,<br />
where the people responsible for scares at<br />
Universal and the Queen Mary have designed<br />
real terror on page 12. See still<br />
more of those props at Gold Rush Mining<br />
Adventures, with a western town-full of<br />
graves and ghosts on page 11.<br />
Learn why not to fear bats with the<br />
story on page 7 and yes, Rocky Horror<br />
Picture Show is showing at The Cave <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong> on Oct. 26.<br />
That’s enough Halloween for now.<br />
Next up are the Christmas commercials!<br />
Have a good one.<br />
Marcus<br />
ON THE COVER: They’re all smiles on the dance floor at <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Oktoberfest, which<br />
continues through Nov. 3. You’ll smile too with the coupon on page 11.<br />
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Publisher<br />
Marcus G. Dietz<br />
Associate Publisher<br />
Sandra L. Dietz<br />
Publishing Consultant<br />
Bret Colson<br />
Technical Consultant<br />
Charles Dietz<br />
Photography<br />
Steve Dietz<br />
John Daskam<br />
Mark Gauger<br />
In This Issue...<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Today</strong><br />
<strong>October</strong><strong>2018</strong><br />
Oktoberfest in Full Swing and Polka<br />
Four weekends, two German Bands, Local’s Night, Unplugged<br />
and Spooktacular are all on tap at Oktoberfest this month.<br />
Plus outside entertainment on the Wyatt’s Stage including the<br />
Doo Wah Riders. Everything that is Oktoberfest on pages 4<br />
and 5 plus coupon for free adult Sunday admission on page<br />
11. Yeah, we’ve got you covered.<br />
Zoo Howling Good Times, Flashlight Safaris<br />
Explore <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Alpine Zoo after dark during flashlight<br />
safaris, where a few bloodcurdling howls are sure to get you<br />
in the Halloween spirit. Is <strong>2018</strong> the last year these popular<br />
outings will be held? Wolf Awareness Day and Boo in the Zoo<br />
are combined on Oct. 27 to create one spirited event.<br />
Country Weekend, 80’s, Bee Gees Music<br />
One weekend sees two top country stars when Phil Vassar<br />
and Mark Wills appear at The Cave <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Oct. 12-13. Next<br />
weekend it’s Retro 80s night followed by Bee Gees Gold and<br />
along the way there’s Oingo Boingo tribute, Desperado’s<br />
night of Eagle music, even Rocky Horror Picture Show!<br />
Sweet Kraut, Dessert Cabbage at Barnstorm<br />
German food is a year-round specialty at Barnstorm<br />
Restaurant at the airport. Owner Renee Wagner was born in<br />
Germany and these are her recipes to prepare kraut that’s<br />
sweet, not sour, delicious red cabbage, schnitzel and more.<br />
Don’t forget the homemade potato pancakes either...yum!<br />
Fall for Fall on Pine Knot Trail<br />
Aspen Grove is still closed for its aspen show, but for fall<br />
colors there’s always Pine Knot Trail. There the focus is on<br />
oaks which turn bright yellow and orange and at press time<br />
the show was underway and about to get better. See the<br />
season’s colors on this trail...or on The Back Page.<br />
Snow Summit Scenic Skychair is open<br />
Friday, Saturday, Sunday. See page 15<br />
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Potpourri<br />
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Calendar of Events<br />
The Almanac<br />
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dining, and more.<br />
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Oktoberfest in full swing—and polka<br />
Four <strong>October</strong> weekends, 2 German bands,<br />
1 Local’s Night and German Spooktacular on `tap’<br />
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T○ here’s two German bands to go and<br />
always popular Local’s Night where<br />
everyone is welcome. Contest finals<br />
are still on tap—pun intended—along with<br />
dance groups, Unplugged evening and<br />
German Spooktacular with costume contest<br />
and huge cash purse.<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Oktoberfest is in full<br />
swing—and polka—as the event’s namesake<br />
month arrives. There’s an entire<br />
month of oompa music inside still to go<br />
plus the November 3 Oktoberfest encore<br />
and a party outside that rivals the one indoors.<br />
No wonder AOL, Ski Magazine,<br />
LowerFares.com and AskMen.com have<br />
all listed <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Oktoberfest #1 in Southern<br />
California and in the Top 10 best festivals<br />
in the country.<br />
<strong>2018</strong> sees three direct-from-Germany<br />
bands at Oktoberfest and the first,<br />
Frankenrebellon in September, was outstanding.<br />
Mats’s Infinity is second one up,<br />
continuing through Oct. 5-7, then is followed<br />
by three weekends with Die<br />
Free shuttle way to ride<br />
Leave the driving to others with expanded<br />
shuttle service to and from <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Oktoberfest.<br />
There’s always a free ride home from<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Oktoberfest each Saturday night<br />
for those who want one to any lodge or<br />
residence in the Valley courtesy of the<br />
CoorsNA Shuttle. Now there’s complimentary<br />
rides to Oktoberfest Saturdays as well,<br />
departing from the Bartlett Parking Lot in<br />
the Village approximately every 30 minutes<br />
beginning at 2 p.m.<br />
Shuttles to Oktoberfest continue till 6<br />
p.m. and then evening ride returns to the<br />
Village till closing. Catch it out in front of<br />
the Convention Center. Leave your car in<br />
the parking lot and the driving to somebody<br />
else...lots of people do, enjoying<br />
themselves to the fullest while not having<br />
to worry about driving. Oktoberfest also<br />
has a designated driver program. Visit any<br />
inside food concession where the one doing<br />
the driving gets a wristband for free<br />
sodas, tea and coffee.<br />
Bohmische Strassemusikanten, which<br />
translates into “Bohemian Street Musicians.”<br />
The group sports 12 players —half<br />
an orchestra—making it one of the largest<br />
to ever take Oktoberfest’s stage on Oct. 13-<br />
14, 20-21 and 27-28.<br />
Matt’s Infinity is led by Matthias<br />
Kremer of Aalbachtal Express and for two<br />
years running has brought his own band<br />
to <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>. This time it’s an expanded<br />
nine-member version that includes members<br />
of the German band The Beat Boys.<br />
In 2017 Matt’s Infinity was one of the<br />
most popular bands at Ein Prosit, even<br />
writing a hit song “<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Lake<br />
Oktoberfest” for the occasion to go with<br />
traditional favorites like “In Heaven There<br />
is No Beer,” “Roll Out the Barrell” and<br />
many more. The band plays the big Oct.<br />
5-7 weekend that features the only Friday<br />
Local’s Night from 6 p.m.-midnight.<br />
The third German band playing the<br />
month’s other three weekends is Die<br />
Bohmische Strassemusikanten, which<br />
formed in 2001 though many performers<br />
played together for years before that. Touring<br />
throughout Bavaria along with Belgium<br />
and Norway has made the band one<br />
of theregion’s most recognizeable, mixing<br />
upper Bavarian brass music with modern<br />
tunes. Die Bohmische Strassemusikanten,<br />
previously toured the United States but this<br />
is its first visit to <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>.<br />
The outdoor stage has become such a<br />
hit outside, with live music under the pines,<br />
that it has been renamed and completely<br />
redesigned with larger stage lined by hay<br />
bales and concert-quality lighting and<br />
sound. Two bands play each Saturday on<br />
the Wyatt’s stage from 2-11 p.m. with some<br />
top groups, the biggest being nationally renowned<br />
Doo Wah Riders on Oct. 27 during<br />
the German Spooktacular, preceded<br />
earlier in the day by its alter ego the Craw-<br />
Daddy-O’s.<br />
The German Spooktacular is the perfect<br />
way to celebrate Halloween. Wear<br />
your best costume—the contest features<br />
expanded $1,200 cash purse—and with<br />
that kind of money at stake designs get very<br />
Direct-from-Germany Matt’s Infinity band at Oktoberfest<br />
elaborate to say the least. Children’s dance<br />
group Kleine Bar Tanzers also perform.<br />
With expanded nine weekend run<br />
Oktoberfest closes for <strong>2018</strong> on Nov. 3 with<br />
its first ever Encore performance. Contest<br />
winners return for championship competition<br />
in log sawing and stein holding and<br />
there’s lots of discounts and surprises in<br />
store. Longtime favorites The Express<br />
Band return and hot group The Rippers are<br />
on the Wyatt’s Stage.<br />
Join the Oktoberfest family for an intimate<br />
evening of fine German foods and<br />
spirits on Friday, <strong>October</strong> 19.<br />
In just three short years Oktoberfest<br />
Unplugged has become one of the most<br />
anticipated events of the season, attracting<br />
guests from as far as Texas who came<br />
specifically to enjoy the intimate affair.<br />
Unplugged features a gourmet five-course<br />
German dinner paired with a variety of<br />
German beers and spirits, storytelling<br />
from Oktoberfest’s colorful 46 year history,<br />
take-home goodies like one liter<br />
commemorative stein and more.<br />
The menu is as unique as the evening,<br />
with gourmet delicacies specially-prepared<br />
for the event. Like German cold cuts<br />
and sausages served upon arrival paired<br />
with honey bourbon Barenjaeger. Luscious<br />
beer cheese soup, such a favorite it<br />
has since been added to the regular<br />
Oktoberfest menu.<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Today</strong><br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Oktoberfest is on Saturdays<br />
from noon-midnight (peak admission<br />
$22.99, $17.49 seniors, $9.99 child). Sundays<br />
are family days from noon-5:30 p.m.<br />
with children 12 and under free and adults<br />
$10, $8 seniors. Clip the coupon for FREE<br />
Sunday adult admission on page 11.<br />
Prepurchase tickets include priority entry.<br />
Prepurchase tickets online at<br />
www.bigbearevents.com or call the Convention<br />
Center at (909) 585-3000.<br />
Intimate Oktoberfest with fine food, spirits<br />
Entrees can include jager schnitzel,<br />
sauerbraten or spatzle, and dessert such<br />
Jaeger brownies topped with baronjaeger<br />
walnut brittle and marinated walnuts.<br />
Each course is paired with German-generous<br />
servings of select Bavarian beers<br />
and spirits and if that’s not enough libations<br />
for you, no-host bar is available with<br />
complimentary shuttle service home.<br />
During the served, sit-down repast<br />
guests are regaled with an inside look into<br />
the history and beginnings of Oktoberfest<br />
by uber-Burgermeister and founder of the<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> event Hans Bandows, and other<br />
key Oktoberfest personalities.<br />
Unplugged is from 6 p.m.-midnight<br />
on <strong>October</strong> 19. Oktoberfest Unplugged<br />
with collectible liter stein is $122 per person<br />
or for $157 includesOktoberfest admission<br />
both Saturday and Sunday.<br />
Visit www,bigbearevents.com or call<br />
(909) 585-3000.<br />
Live music that isn’t Bavarian on the outdoor Wyatt’s Stage; log sawing is one of Oktoberfest’s most popular contests with the championships set for Nov. 3
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Today</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong>—Page 5<br />
Fun Zone, bull, booths outside<br />
Outside there’s Fun Zon with oversized<br />
inflatable slide and castle, bounce<br />
houses and a bucking bull to ride. Live<br />
music under the pine trees and shopping<br />
treasures.<br />
In fact there’s enough happening outside<br />
the Convention Center during <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Oktoberfest that guests would still get<br />
their money’s worth even if they never<br />
stepped inside. Sports Garten with all the<br />
big games on big screen TVs, food court<br />
featuring street tacos, gourmet sausages<br />
and flatbread pizza, and more spots to soak<br />
up suds than you can shake a stein at combine<br />
for festival fun beyond the German<br />
celebration indoors. Multiple heaters ensure<br />
the outdoors stays popular even on<br />
<strong>October</strong>’s chilly nights.<br />
The new outdoor Fun Zone is big news<br />
with giant inflatable castle with multiple<br />
rooms to climb on and 25-foot high slide<br />
with marshmallow-like cushions to land<br />
on. Kids young and old delight in the new<br />
expanded area, where there’s other<br />
inflatables too including huge train engine<br />
bounce house that kids love and challenging<br />
Connect 3 basketball game.<br />
“It’s a bounce house party on steroids,”<br />
Oktoberfest’s Monica Marini noted.<br />
Children get unlimited play in the Fun<br />
Zone, coming and going as they choose,<br />
for $10. Adults pay $3 for three slide rides<br />
and $5 for Connect 3.<br />
There’s also a new mechanical bull in<br />
Serene Green shows off leggings available in her booth<br />
Fun Zone but the real bucking experience<br />
and $5 price are still the same. So are the<br />
results: all riders eventually get tossed as<br />
the bull always comes out on top.<br />
The expanded outdoor Wyatt’s Stage<br />
has become wildly popular, with two bands<br />
every Saturday playing music that isn’t Bavarian.<br />
With concert-quality lighting and<br />
sound system and dance floor guests enjoy<br />
a variety of music that ranges from rock<br />
to blues to western. There’s even music<br />
outdoors on Sunday too with popular entertainer<br />
Terry McRaven.<br />
The highlight is on Saturday, Oct. 27<br />
when the nationally renowned Doo Wah<br />
Riders return. Enjoy this heavy-hitting<br />
band from just a few feet away for a truly<br />
unique music experience as the Doo Wah<br />
Riders from 7-11 p.m.<br />
The Doo Wah Riders have toured with<br />
the biggest names in country music. The<br />
band appeared in the movie “Basic Instinct,”<br />
playing their original song “Glowing<br />
in the Ashes.” A medley of classic<br />
western songs is a Doo Wah Riders staple.<br />
The Craw Daddy-O’s, the Cajun incarnation<br />
of the Doo Wah Riders at Disneyland,<br />
take the Wyatt’s Stage from 2-6 p.m.<br />
Wyatt’s Stage hosts several great<br />
bands in <strong>October</strong>. <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> favorites Street<br />
Music Band play Oct. 6 from 2-6 p.m. followed<br />
by Southern Spirit. Other bands include<br />
Solo Flight West and Born Country<br />
on Oct. 13, Sean Wiggins and Lone Goat<br />
on Oct. 20;<br />
pick up official<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong><br />
Oktoberfest<br />
Magazine<br />
for full<br />
schedule.<br />
Shopping<br />
along<br />
t h e<br />
Budenstrasse<br />
“Avenue of<br />
the Booths”<br />
is always a<br />
treat, a<br />
chance to get<br />
a head start<br />
on holiday<br />
gift buying<br />
with items<br />
not found in<br />
New bull, same end result on the popular ride at Oktoberfest’s new Fun Zone<br />
any mall. There’s jewelry, clothing, woodworking,<br />
cigars, funnel cake, old time photos<br />
by Richard Millener, fortune telling,<br />
you name it.<br />
Serene Green “The Leggings Girl” is<br />
back with stretch leg wear that fits all, just<br />
$10 a pair or three for $25. “There’s two<br />
Continued on page 7<br />
HORSEBACK RIDING<br />
Baldwin Lake Stables<br />
Open Year Round•Rates by the Hour<br />
1, 2, 3 & 4 Hour Rides•Reservations Suggested<br />
Pony Rides & Petting Zoo<br />
909-585-6482 • <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> City<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. east through stop sign at Hwy. 38,<br />
veer left on Shay Rd. and follow the signs<br />
46475 Pioneertown Rd.<br />
www.baldwinlakestables.com<br />
Specialty Rides<br />
•Majestic Sunset Ride<br />
•1/2 Day Ride along the<br />
famous Pacific Crest Trail<br />
Please Make Reservations<br />
for Specialty Rides<br />
Under Permit USDA Forest Service
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Safaris, wolves after dark thrills, chills<br />
Walking through the darkness,<br />
guests can’t see anything save<br />
for the flickering shadows created<br />
by the billion twinkling points of star<br />
light from above. They reach the end of<br />
the path, click on their flashlights, and are<br />
immediately staring at...<br />
A grizzly bear or three, each several<br />
hundred pounds of pure ferociousness in<br />
a cuddly package. Mountain lions that<br />
knew you arrived long before you did.<br />
Wolves on the prowl, easily goaded into<br />
letting out spine-chilling howls that bring<br />
the whole park to life in an outstanding pre-<br />
Halloween scare.<br />
When <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Alpine Zoo hosts what<br />
might be the last Flashlight Safaris ever<br />
on Fridays and Saturdays in <strong>October</strong>,<br />
guests see the zoo at its best. Sure daytime<br />
visits are great when there’s lots of light<br />
for viewing, but<br />
it’s after dark<br />
when the show really<br />
gets going,<br />
long after the park<br />
is usually closed.<br />
When the sun sets<br />
and shadows<br />
form, many of the<br />
animals that are<br />
hard to see by day<br />
come alive with<br />
the sights and<br />
sounds of nature,<br />
like snow leopards<br />
and bobcats.<br />
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The wolves assure guests a howling<br />
good Halloween season after dark with<br />
bloodcurdling howls cries that send<br />
goosebumps up and down the arms. Which<br />
in turn gets the coyotes going, creating a<br />
spooky starlight serenade. Sure the beasts<br />
are in their cages, but even so the heart<br />
skips a beat! When the predators become<br />
active so too do prey, fueled by natural instincts.<br />
The park sports one of the largest timber<br />
wolf populations in captivity with<br />
nearly a dozen animals in distinct<br />
packs.That’s because they were bottlefed<br />
from birth by keepers Debbie Richardson<br />
and Christy McGiveron after their mother<br />
rejected them.<br />
As the wolves grew the heirarchy for<br />
which the animals are known developed<br />
and as some assumed dominance, others<br />
Wolves assure a howling good<br />
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After dark Flashlight Safaris at the zoo are a hoot, each Friday and Saturday<br />
were squeezed out and had to be moved.<br />
So now the magnificent animals, who often<br />
treat guests to their spine-tingling howls<br />
even during the day, are found in four different<br />
locations.<br />
Watching the big cats prowl back and<br />
forth is worth the $12 admission ($9 seniors<br />
and ages 3-10, under 3 free) in itself.<br />
Yet the entire park seemingly stirs and becomes<br />
more active after dark; beavers that<br />
typically are in their den by day come out<br />
at night.Foxes, raccoons, skunks and owls<br />
are other creatures of the night. Ravens and<br />
crows are also part of Halloween.<br />
Gates open at 6:30 p.m. with safaris<br />
promptly at 7. Bring a flashlight and dress<br />
for cool autumn <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> nights.<br />
After the zoo moves to its new 6.5<br />
acres home that’s nearly three times the size<br />
of its current 2.5 acres, probably in early<br />
spring 2019, Flashlight Safaris may become<br />
extinct. “We’re hoping to be open<br />
after dark on a regular basis anyway, so<br />
Safaris won’t be necessary,” curator Bob<br />
Cisneros said.<br />
In addition more howling good time<br />
can be enjoyed at the zoo on Saturday, Oct.<br />
27 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The zoo is combining<br />
two popular events—Wolf Awareness<br />
Day and Boo at the Zoo—into one to<br />
create “Howl-oween.” Celebrate the park’s<br />
Now<br />
Re-Opened!<br />
distinct wolf packs and see how the<br />
heirarchy of power develops. Plus there’s<br />
a variety of activities and games to boot.<br />
Of course the zoo,open daily from 10<br />
a.m.-4 p.m. is a popular destination by day<br />
as well, with over 150 animals representing<br />
a variety of species, many native to the<br />
San Bernardino Mountains. There’s daily<br />
animal presentations along with the Raccoon<br />
Saloon, Raven Haven, and more.<br />
Gates open at 6:30 p.m. with tours<br />
promptly at 7. Bring a flashlight and dress<br />
warmly. Call (909) 584-1299 or 878-4200.<br />
See stars with group<br />
Join <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Valley Astronomical<br />
Society for a full day—and—night—of<br />
peering into the sky on <strong>October</strong> 13.<br />
The group is celebrating National Astronomy<br />
Day with two skywatching events<br />
on the corner of Pine Knot and Village Dr.<br />
Telescopes will be trained on everyone’s<br />
favorite star, the Sun, from noon-7 p.m.<br />
Then at 7 p.m. the scopes will focus<br />
on the night sky to view the Moon, Mars<br />
and Saturn. Come see the Moon’s craters<br />
up-close along with Saturn’s rings and<br />
much more! Both viewings are free and<br />
open to the public.<br />
www.bearvalleyastronomers.org<br />
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Go batty over bats at Discovery Center<br />
Bats fly into people’s hair. Suck their<br />
blood. Always carry rabies. Turn into<br />
Dracula on Halloween night!<br />
These are but a few of the myths about<br />
nature’s misunderstood mammals that will<br />
be dispelled when longtime <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> bat<br />
girl and Forest Service biologist Linda<br />
Stamer holds her popular pre-Halloween<br />
talk at <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Discovery Center on Friday,<br />
<strong>October</strong> 26. The free Nature Night<br />
program “What’s Your Bat-itude?” is fun<br />
for the whole family with real bat specimens<br />
and slide show about these fascinating<br />
creatures of the night. Kids are encouraged<br />
to dress in Halloween costumes and<br />
there’s bat cookies to decorate.<br />
Learn the truth about these remarkable<br />
and beneficial creatures of the night, like...<br />
*Bats can consume up to twice their<br />
body weight in one night in mosquitoes,<br />
scarfing down some 1,200 per hour. So if<br />
you hate the true bloodsuckers of the forest,<br />
then you should be bats about bats.<br />
*While all mammals can contract rabies,<br />
the less than half of one percent of<br />
bats that do get the disease normally bite<br />
only in self-defense and pose little threat<br />
to people who don’t handle them.<br />
*Seed production of agave plants,<br />
from which tequila is produced, drops to<br />
1/3,000th of normal without bat pollinators.<br />
Imagine how expensive margaritas<br />
would be without bats!<br />
*Vampire bat saliva features an anticoagulant<br />
that may soon be used to treat<br />
human heart patients.<br />
There are about 45 bat species in the<br />
United States and at least 20 are found in<br />
this forest, which has so many different<br />
types of habitats, from the desert side’s<br />
chaparral to pine forest canopy, meadows<br />
and the lake. One species <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> doesn’t<br />
have is the infamous vampire bat, found<br />
primarily in South American though it has<br />
been known to occasionally migrate as far<br />
north as Mexico.<br />
Free Nature Walks around Discovery<br />
Center’s forested grounds are also ongoing<br />
Saturdays at 1 and 2 p.m. and Sundays<br />
at 11 a.m. Join a naturalist for 30-<br />
minute adventures perfect for the entire<br />
family in search of forest flora and fauna.<br />
Call <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Discovery Center (909)<br />
866-3437.<br />
Oktoberfest shopping, Fun Zone...<br />
Continued from page 5<br />
different sizes, one that fits most 0-14 sizes<br />
and the other plus sizes 14-24,” she said.<br />
“Tons of new stuff too since last year since<br />
I get new patterns in every week.”<br />
Ultra-plus sizes in 3X to 5X are also<br />
available for $10 each. Leggings are 92%<br />
polyester, 8% spandex and don’t ball up<br />
or peel away and are machine washable.<br />
Green also has jewelry, all pieces $5 or less.<br />
Only at Oktoberfest can you support<br />
an African village at a German event! “Da<br />
African Village” returns with handmade<br />
Masai sandals, unique macrame footwear.<br />
“They’re so comfortable even when they<br />
get wet they feel like you’re barefoot,” said<br />
Mara Diakhate, whose family members<br />
craft the sandals, priced at $35.<br />
There’s also intricately-decorated coin<br />
purses for ten bucks plus makeup, shoulder<br />
and beach bags, musical instruments<br />
including drums and much more, all handmade<br />
in Africa. Da African Village is nonprofit<br />
and seeks to spread the history, culture<br />
and language of West Africa.<br />
Get into Oktoberfest spirit with “Instant<br />
German.” Don these unique shirts in<br />
all sizes at Oktoberfest Shoppe and you’re<br />
instantly attired out in a realistic 3D dirndl<br />
or lederhosen. The shirts are high-quality<br />
and just $30 each, a far cry from what real<br />
lederhosen costs. There’s also hats for the<br />
party plus steins in all shapes and sizes,<br />
from stoneware to souvenir glass mugs.<br />
www.bigbeartodaymag.com<br />
Go batty over bats during free program at the Discovery Center Oct. 26<br />
Home Tour decked for fall, holidays<br />
See four distinct <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> homes in<br />
their beautiful fall splendor with a hint of<br />
the holidays when the 39th annual<br />
Soroptimists Hearth and Home Tour is held<br />
in autumn on Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 6.<br />
Guests can soak up <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>’s fall foliage<br />
as they delight in viewing extraordinary<br />
homes decorated with inspiration<br />
from the colors, sights, sounds and aromas<br />
of autumn. <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> is recognized as one<br />
of the few places in Southern California to<br />
see the season as oaks and aspens change<br />
color and combine to create a sea of gold,<br />
crimson, amber and yellow visuals<br />
throughout town and the surrounding hillsides.<br />
Guests will discover unique <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong><br />
architecture while touring a collection of<br />
amazing homes from historic log cabins<br />
to modern, rustic mansions. Hosts guide<br />
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guests through each residence pointing out<br />
interested facts and features of each.<br />
At each stop on the tour guests are<br />
treated to a delight array of homemade<br />
breads such as pumpkin, zucchini, apple<br />
spice and banana along with hot apple cider<br />
and coffee. In addition to the traditional<br />
home tour, guests can enjoy wine and<br />
cheese tasting at <strong>2018</strong> “Excellence in Business”<br />
award winner Alpenhorn Bed and<br />
Breakfast for an additional charge $15.<br />
Ticket books for the tour, held 9 a.m.-<br />
3 p.m., are $30 and can be purchased at<br />
SIBBV.clubexpress.com. Tickets ares<br />
available at <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Visitors Center,. Participants<br />
are given directions to the four<br />
homes and go at their own pace. Call (949)<br />
633-5544.<br />
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Country stars, Retro 80s, Rocky Horror!<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Today</strong><br />
Amazing country headliners one<br />
weekend, Retro 80’s Night and<br />
top Bee Gees tribute another.<br />
Even the Rocky Horror Picture Show and<br />
a night of Oingo Boingo music!<br />
Top shelf performers and a touch of<br />
Halloween mark <strong>October</strong> at The Cave <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong>, the mountain’s club-style venue with<br />
concert-quality sound and lighting systems<br />
plus special effects like lasers, fog, even<br />
“snow” that falls on the dance floor. Plus<br />
full cocktail service including local beers<br />
from <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Lake Brewing Co.<br />
DEAD MAN’S PARTY on Oct. 6<br />
gets the month off to a great start with its<br />
top tribute to OINGO BOINGO, just in<br />
time for Halloween! With its highly-touted<br />
reproduction of the original band’s classics,<br />
eight-piece Dead Man’s Party has<br />
been fashioned after Oingo Boingo’s origi-<br />
nal lineup and features three-piece horn<br />
section, guitar, bass, keyboards and drums.<br />
Plus a frontman who makes a convincing<br />
Danny Elfman.<br />
Dead Man’s Party has been together<br />
for over 15 years and is the original tribute<br />
band, “Elfo-Approved” by Oingo Boingo<br />
founder Richard Elfman. Through the<br />
years the band has been joined on stage by<br />
former original members like John Avila,<br />
Steve Bartek and Johnny “Vatos”<br />
Hernandez. Fans hear all the Boingo hits.<br />
Obviously “Dead Man’s Party” but other<br />
favorites like “Weird Science,” “No One<br />
Lives Forever,” “Just Another Day” and<br />
more. Tickets start at just $18.<br />
REBEL SOULJAHZ makes its first<br />
Cave visit on Oct. 7. The band comes from<br />
the urban streets of Waipahu, Hawaii. Since<br />
forming in 2006 the band has arranged,<br />
Country weekend at The Cave with (L-R) Phil Vassar Oct. 12, Mark Wills Oct. 13<br />
written and performed several top hits including<br />
“Nothing to Hide,’ “The One,”<br />
“Play Me Like a Fool” and “Ms. Beautiful.<br />
Tickets start at $25.<br />
PHIL VASSAR kicks off Country<br />
Weekend on Oct. 12, one of only a handful<br />
of musicians to have multiples hits as<br />
both a songwriter and artist. He has ten<br />
Number One hits, 15 Top 10’s, and 26 Top<br />
40’s with favorites like “Just Another Day<br />
in Paradise,” “Carlene,” “Six Pack Summer,”<br />
“American Child” and more.<br />
He’s a superb songwriter and has written<br />
hits for Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson,<br />
Jo Dee Messina and others, songs like “My<br />
Next 30 Years,” “Right on the Money” and<br />
“Bye Bye.” Tickets $40-$55.<br />
Bee Gees Gold tribute Oct. 20<br />
MARK WILLS is next night on Oct.<br />
13 and he too has had a lengthy career<br />
packed with hit music. He charted an incredible<br />
16 Top 40 songs from 1996-2003<br />
alone, when he released five studio albums.<br />
“Wish You Were Here” remains his top<br />
selling album, with platinum certification.<br />
His hit roster includes “Jacob’s Ladder,”<br />
“19 Somethin,” “Places I’ve Never<br />
Been,” “Don’t Laugh at Me,” “She’s in<br />
Love” and many more. Tickets start at $30.<br />
See both Vassar and Wills with weekend<br />
package prices $50 for two great shows!<br />
RETRO 80’S NIGHT on Oct. 19 is<br />
a different kind of weekend. Enjoy the music<br />
of the decade with Grove Kitty, which<br />
Continued on page 10<br />
Dead Man’s Party Oingo Boingo tribute on Oct. 6<br />
Year-Round<br />
Christmas Room!<br />
Our rooms are<br />
filled with gifts<br />
and treasures<br />
from nearly<br />
20 artists!<br />
Come Up the Historic Staircase of the 1920's Navajo Hotel<br />
• <strong>Bear</strong>-ly Used<br />
Books<br />
• Jerky<br />
• Pottery<br />
• Aprons<br />
• Sports<br />
Memorabilia<br />
• Everything<br />
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Mike Cross<br />
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“Enjoy the Piano Artistry<br />
of Mike Cross.<br />
Celebrating 50 Years<br />
on the piano.<br />
Every style and genre<br />
in his own unique style.”<br />
Music with your meal<br />
Hot Lunch Specials from $8.99<br />
Monday thru Friday, except Thursday<br />
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• Fine Selections<br />
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Sweet kraut, cabbage at Barnstorm<br />
S<br />
auerkraut that’s sweet, not sour. Red<br />
cabbage people actually eat, not<br />
something to just add color to the<br />
plate and then sent back to the kitchen.<br />
Barnstorm Restaurant sees German<br />
food differently. It’s not just something to<br />
slap on the menu during Oktoberfest when<br />
people have brats and beer on their minds.<br />
Rather, sausages and schnitzel are on the<br />
lunch and dinner menus all year long, often<br />
appearing as specials.<br />
Owner Renee Wagner was born and<br />
raised in Germany, coming to the United<br />
States when she was 16, and all of the German<br />
specialties served at the Barnstorm<br />
harken back directly to her mom’s recipes.<br />
Whether’s it’s schnitzel pounded out by<br />
hand or luscious potato pancakes offered<br />
traditional-style with sour cream and apple<br />
sauce on the side, these are not run-of-themill<br />
German dishes to be sure.<br />
Case in point: sauerkraut. Cooked<br />
eight hours with a hammock, apple, onions<br />
and caraway seeds, it’s not the bitter<br />
stuff straight from a can that many people<br />
associate with sauerkraut and immediately<br />
pass on. This is more like sweetkraut, exploding<br />
with flavor. without the tart taste<br />
And when was the last time you actually<br />
ate the red cabbage that came with a<br />
German entree? Don’t make a similar mistake<br />
by passing on Barnstorm’s, which is<br />
combined with onion, a touch of lemon and<br />
bacon and even sugar to create a sweet taste<br />
sensation that’s almost dessert-like.<br />
“It’s important to start with fresh red<br />
cabbage,” Wagner said.<br />
Jaeger schnitzel is a favorite, starring<br />
a generous sauteed pork cutlet smothered<br />
with creamy mushroom sauce featuring<br />
ham pieces and spices. Emphasis on the<br />
mushrooms—there is a garden’s worth on<br />
every plate. The sauce is especially savory<br />
and teams well with the tender cutlet.<br />
Knusper schnitzel is also on the menu,<br />
breaded pork cutlet sauted and topped with<br />
a cooked-to-order egg.<br />
For an authentic Oktoberfest experience,<br />
enjoy the German sausage platter.<br />
Not one but two links—a bratwurst and<br />
knockwurst—are grilled to perfection, sear<br />
marks to prove it, and served with spicy<br />
mustard. Presented with sweetkraut and<br />
red cabbage it’s a real festival feast. Homemade<br />
potato pancakes, thick and dessertlike<br />
accompany the plate with applesauce<br />
and sour cream to round out a tasty German<br />
dinner that’s in season any time of<br />
year, not just when they’re doing the polka<br />
at Oktoberfest.<br />
Barnstorm does a lot of things well besides<br />
German. Dinner menu alone served<br />
Friday, Saturday and Sunday is two full<br />
pages long, from appetizer start featuring<br />
German sausage plate with huge wursts, sweet kraut, tasty potato pancakes<br />
baked brie, spinach artichoke dip with<br />
homemade chips to Maryland blue crab<br />
cakes, moist and full of flavor, to chocolate<br />
thunder dessert finish. In between<br />
there’s numerous steak, seafood, chicken<br />
and Italian specialties crafted by wellknown<br />
chef Robert, amazing selection for<br />
a restaurant this quaint size.<br />
Signature green beans are to-die-for,<br />
exquisitely seasoned. Each dinner begins<br />
with fresh veggies along with Barnstorm’s<br />
baguettes served with seasoned butter. Saturdays<br />
there’s live music, including <strong>October</strong><br />
6 when guitarist Duke Michaels and<br />
his violinist wife Peggy Baldwin, who has<br />
played with ELO’s Jeff Lynne and even<br />
the great Yanni, perform. Other Saturday<br />
night entertainers include Robert Parlee<br />
Oct. 13 and 20 with longtime <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> favorite<br />
Art Harriman returning Oct. 27.<br />
Barnstorm is open daily for breakfast<br />
and lunch from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. with another<br />
four pages of menu. Blintzes and crepes,<br />
omelettes, Mexican specialties, half-pound<br />
Angus burgers, famous homemade soups<br />
and chili, and deli sandwiches make Barnstorm<br />
one of <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>’s most popular restaurants,<br />
whether it’s Oktoberfest or not.<br />
Belgian waffles are my personal favorite,<br />
best found anywhere.<br />
—by Marcus Dietz<br />
Barnstorm Restaurant is in the airport<br />
terminal at 501 W. Valley Blvd. in <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong><br />
City. Call (909) 585-9339.<br />
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.com<br />
Savory jaeger schnitzel at Barnstorm Restaurant topped with creamy gravy<br />
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<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Today</strong><br />
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...FAMILY<br />
PRICES!<br />
Thousands of dollars in cash and<br />
prizes are on the “line” when the 14th annual<br />
Western Outdoor News <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Lake<br />
Troutfest is held on <strong>October</strong> 6-7.<br />
Co-sponsored by Holloway’s and <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Marinas, the event has become one<br />
of the premier fishing tournaments in the<br />
region and for good reason: everyone who<br />
enters gets goodie bag stuffed with line,<br />
hooks, sinkers and more, and someone is<br />
going to take home a boat and trailer valued<br />
at almost $20,000.<br />
The lake is stocked in advance of the<br />
event to make sure anglers enjoy heavyhitting<br />
action. Every entry has a chance to<br />
take home the grand raffle prize: a Klamath<br />
15ft. Advantage boat package with<br />
trailer and 20 hp Suzuki Marine tiller, valued<br />
at $19,500. There’s also a Sea Eagle<br />
Fish SUP valued at $1,300.<br />
All participants receive one raffle<br />
ticket—no others are sold—for prizes like<br />
exotic fishing trips, getaways, fishing gear<br />
and more. Tens of thousands of dollars in<br />
cash and prizes are up for grabs during the<br />
Gold Mountain, Aspen Grove hikes set<br />
See forest fire recovery firsthand on<br />
Sierra Club <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Group outings. Including<br />
a rare chance to see Aspen Grove!<br />
GOLD MOUNTAIN HIKE on <strong>October</strong><br />
6 at 8 a.m. enters the Doble section<br />
of Pacific Crest Trail which has been<br />
closed for a year after the 2017 Holcomb<br />
fire. See the moon-like landscape of<br />
charred tree trunks and ash mixed with<br />
regrowth that lasts less than a mile, then<br />
gives way to forest hiking as before.<br />
The 7-mile (roundtrip) hike is rated<br />
moderate with 1,300 ft. of climbing.<br />
Trailhead is on Holcomb Valley Rd. off<br />
Hwy. 18. (760) 333-3103.<br />
ASPEN GROVE has mostly been<br />
Fish for cash and prizes at Western Outdoor News <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Lake Troutfest<br />
closed since the Lake Fire three years ago<br />
but the rare grove of trees is open again—<br />
but the road is closed. Hike there at 8:30<br />
a.m. on Oct. 13 during a 5-mile trek with<br />
up to a thousand feet of climbing. Call<br />
(909) 289-1932 for meeting location.<br />
FORSEE CREEK TRAIL on Oct.<br />
28 at 8:30 a.m. is a great hike as it winds<br />
into the San Gorgonio Wilderness under<br />
pines, firs and oaks and crosses several<br />
wet areas. The 7 mile hike crosses Forsee<br />
Creek and ends at John’s Meadow, a beautiful<br />
lunch spot. The mountain range<br />
views are spectacular. Meet at the<br />
trailhead off Jenks Lake Rd. West and<br />
Hwy. 38. Call (909) 289-1932.<br />
18<br />
cludes event hat and Sunday barbecue,<br />
blind bogey contest and raffle ticket. Registration<br />
is limited to 1,000 anglers and the<br />
first 600 to sign up receive the free wellstocked<br />
goodie. To register call (949) 366-<br />
0248.<br />
Cave shows, `Horror’<br />
event and there’s also a special raffle for<br />
juniors with separate grand prize.<br />
All anglers are eligible for the $5,000<br />
blind bogey contest, in which $20 from<br />
each entry fee is put into a pool with 25%<br />
of the proceeds going to fishermen whose<br />
catches come closest to predetermined<br />
weights. A $15,000 trout plant is done advance<br />
of the event plus trout raised in<br />
MWD’s own pens are released.<br />
Fishing gets underway each day at<br />
6:30 a.m. and continues till 4 p.m. Saturday,<br />
2 p.m. on Sunday. The $75 entry in-<br />
Continued from page 8<br />
brings 80’s music with power and enthusiasm.<br />
Atomic Kitty also plays and tickets<br />
are just ten bucks!<br />
BEE GEES GOLD follows on Oct.<br />
20 featuring the look and sound of the disco<br />
giants with the great John Acosta as Barry<br />
Gibb. From early songs like “Massachusetts”<br />
and “I Started a Joke” to later hits<br />
“Stayin’ Alive” and “You Should Be Dancing”<br />
Acosta backed by live band captures<br />
the look and sound of the Bee Gees, even<br />
the unique falsettos. $20-$40.<br />
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE<br />
SHOW on Oct. 26 is a cult classic—<br />
remember the famous midnight showings<br />
at the Balboa Theater? Tongue-in-cheek<br />
terror, rock music, elaborate dances and a<br />
creepy butler make for a fun, eerie night<br />
of theater after sweethearts stuck with a<br />
flat tire during a storm discover the mansion<br />
of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Save the rice<br />
but get ready for a great time! Tickets $10<br />
with doors opening at 8 p.m.<br />
DESPERADO returns with its ultimate<br />
tribute to The Eagles on Oct. 27. Five<br />
talented lead vocalists and instrumentalists<br />
have honed their musical skills in a variety<br />
of professional projects and then focused<br />
their efforts on the music of one of<br />
the most popular bands of the 70’s. It’s an<br />
all-live presentation with no backing tracks<br />
or samples of any kind.<br />
Desperado members have worked<br />
with Eagles Don Felder, J.D. Souther and<br />
Timothy B. Schmit (who also comes to The<br />
Cave Dec. 1) so they have a head start on<br />
the music. Not that they needed it; there’s<br />
guys who have traveled the world performing<br />
with the Beach Boys, Dick Dale, David<br />
Ruffin of the Temptations, Sam Moore of<br />
Sam & Dave and others.<br />
None of which is news to people who<br />
have seen Desperado at <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> shows<br />
or on Fremont Street Experience, Spotlight<br />
29 casino, and at performances throughout<br />
the Southwest. Tickets start at $15.<br />
All shows start at 7:30 p.m.<br />
The Cave; 40789 Village Dr. (909)<br />
878-0204 or thecavebigbear.com.
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Goo, ghouls, gold adventures await!<br />
Gold, goo, geodes and ghouls. All<br />
are part of Halloween at Gold Rush<br />
Mining Adventures.<br />
Strike it rich with gold unveiled in the<br />
real working sluice out back, or in your<br />
bathroom after a few showers. Discover<br />
the science of slime (hint: key ingredients<br />
include eye contact solution) or unlock<br />
crystal treasures inside special rocks called<br />
geodes. Then capture amazing selfies in the<br />
historic ghost town where spirits may still<br />
linger in the cemetery!<br />
It’s all at Gold Rush, where a treasure<br />
trove of gemstones, pearls, fossils and yes,<br />
even gold nuggets are waiting to be discovered.<br />
Gold Rush is part emporium,<br />
museum and adventure land with real mining<br />
experiences. Guests can explore for<br />
their treasures during interactive adventures<br />
that are both fun and informational,<br />
or just purchase gemstones, minerals and<br />
fossils dating back to the dinosaurs.<br />
Whether it’s panning for gold and precious<br />
stones or cracking open rocks called<br />
geodes to reveal treasures within, guests<br />
experience the ultimate treasure hunt at<br />
Gold Rush with hands-on adventure kids<br />
love. Seasonal activities start at just $4.99.<br />
Or select sacks of pay dirt for $24.99,<br />
prepackaged in Alaska and guaranteed to<br />
Free selfies in the ghost town and graveyard at Gold Rush<br />
contain real gold. Then head to the sluice<br />
to swish it around and reveal your find.<br />
“There’s four to six pieces of gold in<br />
every bag,” said Rudi Aguilera. “We show<br />
how to clean and swirl the water every step<br />
of the way. For $35 guests can also pan for<br />
real rubies and emeralds.”<br />
If that sounds like too much work, buy<br />
a bar of Halloween soap priced from $8.99-<br />
$12.99—one in ten bars has real gold inside!<br />
Same odds with fizzies. And if there’s<br />
no gold inside both will have various gemstones.<br />
Buy a vial of Brazilian gold flakes<br />
for $10. Kids are just as happy sloshing<br />
water and dirt around in their pans in search<br />
of pyrite which costs just $6.49.<br />
What would Halloween be without<br />
slime? Learn the intricacies of ghoulish<br />
goo with a selection of slimes like Vampire<br />
Kiss Slobber, Monster Mucous,<br />
Witch’s Brew and more. Each is priced at<br />
$20 and includes a goblin geode.<br />
“Geodes are volcanic bubbles that<br />
haven’t popped yet,” “Aguilera said. “You<br />
break them open to see the crystals inside.”<br />
The uniquely designed geode cracker<br />
nicknamed the “Krack-en” allows prospective<br />
prospectors to break open their geode<br />
rocks from Mexico and Africa, revealing<br />
treasures inside that took millions of years<br />
to develop. Geodes<br />
are everywhere<br />
at Gold<br />
Rush and start at<br />
just three bucks,<br />
going up to three<br />
foot high cathedral<br />
geodes from<br />
a volcano in Brazil,<br />
lined with<br />
amethyst inside,<br />
$4,500 for a pair.<br />
Kids love<br />
dinosaurs and the<br />
Jurassic period is<br />
well represented<br />
at Gold Rush<br />
SEEK ...<br />
and Ye Shall Find!!<br />
Crack the orange ones to reveal crystal inside, or make your own “Ghost Goo”<br />
where there’s 500 million year old tribbite<br />
along with coprolite, or authentic dinosaur<br />
poop, fossilized of course. The dino dung<br />
costs just $15! If you prefer there’s also<br />
dino bone too. Like Megalodon, a prehistoric<br />
precursor to great white sharks only<br />
much bigger—larger, in fact than a T-Rex.<br />
For just $18 guests can pop open a can<br />
with an oyster inside containing a real pearl<br />
Continued on page 12<br />
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Haunt a scream with pro design<br />
Gold, ghouls...<br />
Experience a Halloween Haunt built<br />
by the designers of those at the Queen<br />
Mary and Universal Studios on weekends<br />
at <strong>Bear</strong> Valley Farms in the east valley.<br />
The 30-acre Farm is converted into<br />
“Scare Valley Farms,” a truly terrifying<br />
place as guests travel back to the early<br />
1900s through a haunted ghost town,<br />
mineshaft and cemetery, creepy carnival,<br />
skin-crawling hillbilly haytride, slaughterhouse,<br />
undead swamp and more. Not to<br />
mention live executions. The entire property<br />
is decorated with frightful decor including<br />
the hayride and there’s professional<br />
actors whose task is to scare guests.<br />
The Haunt is appropriate only for ages<br />
12 and up except during twilight hours<br />
when there’s daylight and actors don’t try<br />
to frighten guests. Otherwise it’s open sea-<br />
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that pairs nicely with necklaces available<br />
for just $12, so for a thirty dollar investment<br />
guests take home a piece of jewelry.<br />
Countless guests have been entertained<br />
by the working sluice and wooden<br />
water wheel out front where they pan for<br />
minerals and gemstones, like ammonite,<br />
obsidian, quartz in a range of colors, opal,<br />
amethyst and more. The Emporium is filled<br />
with gifts just not found elsewhere, like<br />
Magic Volcanoes and Crystal Gardens for<br />
the kids lamps made of amethyst that cast<br />
a dazzling glow for $65.<br />
Halloween treats abound at Gold Rush<br />
909.878.4FUN<br />
at North Shore Landing<br />
& Holloway’s Marina<br />
Pirate Ship Lake Tours Aboard ‘Time Bandit’<br />
Narrated lake tours aboard<br />
1/3 replica of a Spanish galleon<br />
seen in the movie ‘Time Bandits’<br />
• Pirate Booty for the Kids<br />
• Cocktails for Adults • Sunset Tours<br />
son. “Everything that we’re creating is<br />
meant to be the stuff of nightmares,” said<br />
Mike Carter of <strong>Bear</strong> Valley Farms. “There<br />
will not be refunds and we will not stop or<br />
turn around due to frightened guests.”<br />
Last year’s haunted hayride was a big<br />
success and the partnership with RWB,<br />
with years of experience designing high<br />
level haunts in addition to Queen Mary and<br />
Universal, is huge. “It enables us to produce<br />
something truly incredible that will<br />
put <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> and Scare Valley Farms on<br />
the map for haunt seekers.”<br />
Visit Scare Valley Farms Fridays and<br />
Saturdays through Nov. 2. Tickets are sold<br />
in half-hour increments from 6:30-10:30<br />
p.m. and range from $20-$35, available at<br />
scarevalleyfarms.eventbrite.com.<br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Valley Farms, located at 1601 E.<br />
including candy and suckers from 59¢ to<br />
$2.99. Don’t miss Gold Rush’s own homemade<br />
fudge from a 100-year-old recipe,<br />
“creamy not gritty” said the store’s Bre<br />
Fisher. There’s edible rocks and drinks like<br />
sarsaparilla, huckleberry and sassafras.<br />
The ghost town is cool and free to enjoy.<br />
Facades depicting a real 1860’s western<br />
town make great selfie spots, especially<br />
the jail, assay office and graveyard with<br />
tombstones, augmented with props from<br />
the same people that designed the Scare<br />
Valley Farms haunt.<br />
Gold Rush is at 40016 <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd.<br />
Call (909) 866-5678.<br />
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• Sea Doos! • Kayaks, SUP<br />
• Wakeboard/Water Ski Rides<br />
• Poontoon Boats<br />
and Fishing Boats!<br />
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This cast of characters in a cornfield at Scare Valley Farms<br />
Scarecrow Festival<br />
There’s skiers and snowboarders,<br />
shoppers and strollers. Chances are, none<br />
of these scarecrows have never been spotted<br />
protecting a cornfield and most are cute,<br />
not scary.<br />
But they can be seen lining the streets<br />
of <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Village during the fifth annual<br />
Scarecrow Festival continuing through<br />
November 4. Dozens of hay-stuffed designs,<br />
many augmented by accessories like<br />
hay bales, colorful leaves and pumpkins<br />
and all sporting a <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> theme, make<br />
for a unique fall display.<br />
Participating Village merchants, along<br />
with nonprofits, service clubs and other<br />
organizations, display homemade scarecrow<br />
creations outside shops, boutiques<br />
and restaurants creating a festival autumn<br />
feel. Entries are judged in six different categories,<br />
including most traditional, spookiest,<br />
use of recycled material, most reflective<br />
of business or organization, most humorous<br />
and use of natural materials.<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>'s<br />
Best Coffee House!<br />
(909) 281-4546<br />
Open 7 Days! • 7 am-6 pm<br />
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Moonridge Coffee Co.<br />
Finest Coffee &<br />
Freshest Beans<br />
Direct from<br />
Sisters, Oregon<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. off Hwy. 38 in Shay<br />
Meadow area, is a real working farm with<br />
horse and pony rides and activities for the<br />
whole family. The Farm has a fall pumpkin<br />
patch as guests pick their own pumpkins.<br />
There’s also a petting zoo and play<br />
area. Call (909) 547-5424.<br />
The public votes on the winners with<br />
ballots and free maps available at Village<br />
stores and the Visitors Center at 630<br />
Bartlett Rd. Winners are announced<br />
Wednesday, <strong>October</strong> 31 during the annual<br />
“Halloween in the Village”.<br />
New Owners! New Management!<br />
• Espresso • Lattes • Cappuccinos<br />
• Teas<br />
• Hot and cold specialty drinks<br />
• Pastries • Baked fresh daily<br />
• Sandwiches<br />
• Homemade ham & cheese croissants<br />
Fine brew served in relaxed mountain lodge setting<br />
Best Grinders and Espresso Machines on the hill!<br />
42646 Moonridge Rd.<br />
next to Wild Wings by <strong>Bear</strong> Mtn.'s lower lot
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West Boat Ramp<br />
WINDY POINT<br />
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Performing Arts<br />
Center (PAC)<br />
Polique Canyon<br />
Trail<br />
Solar Observatory<br />
BIG BEAR LAKE<br />
Mill Creek<br />
Mill Creek<br />
Alpine Slide<br />
at Magic Mtn.<br />
Pine Knot<br />
Trail<br />
Cougar Crest<br />
Trail<br />
Woodland<br />
Trail<br />
Discovery Center<br />
Serranno<br />
Campground<br />
East Boat<br />
Ramp<br />
EAGLE POINT<br />
Swim<br />
Beach<br />
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Marina<br />
Marina<br />
Meadow Park<br />
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CC<br />
Club View Drive<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> City<br />
Moonridge<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Mountain<br />
To Victorville, Barstow<br />
& Las Vegas<br />
Museum<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong><br />
Alpine Zoo<br />
To Angelus Oaks<br />
and Redlands<br />
WAKEBOARD<br />
RIDES<br />
Free ree Lessons!<br />
SKI DOCK<br />
Edgemoor<br />
Rd.<br />
Holloway's<br />
Marina<br />
Log Cabin<br />
Rest.<br />
To<br />
Village<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd.<br />
Also on the North Shore at<br />
North Shore Landing!<br />
GET WET WATER<br />
SPORTS CENTER<br />
878-4FUN<br />
866-5706<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>.<br />
Blvd.<br />
Alpine<br />
Slide<br />
All Phone Numbers are area code<br />
(909) unless otherwise noted<br />
<strong>October</strong><br />
5-7<br />
48th Oktoberfest at Convention<br />
Center with Matt’s Infinity<br />
Band from Germany, Kleinen Bar<br />
Tanzers daily; Saturday Queen<br />
finals. Friday Local’s Night (6<br />
p.m.-midnight, $6), Saturday<br />
(noon-midnight, $22.99,<br />
$17.49 senior, $10 child), Sunday<br />
(noon-5:30, $10, $8 senior,<br />
kids free). 585-3000.<br />
6<br />
39th Annual Soroptimist Hearth<br />
& Home Tour visits fall-decorated<br />
residences 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,<br />
refreshments. $25. 585-7037.<br />
6<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Yoga Festival with<br />
classes, music and vendors at<br />
Performing Arts Center. Register<br />
at 8:30 a.m., free admission.<br />
bigbearyogafestival.com.<br />
6<br />
Occupy <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Car Show at<br />
the airport 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $10.<br />
FB/Occupy<strong>Big</strong><strong>Bear</strong>.com<br />
6<br />
Deadman’s Party Oingo Boingo<br />
tribute 7:30 p.m. at The Cave.<br />
Tickets $18-$28. 878-0204.<br />
6-7<br />
14th Annual Troutfest; compete<br />
for thousands in cash and prizes.<br />
$75 entry includes goodie bag,<br />
hat. (949) 366-0030.<br />
10-14<br />
Peak to Peak Pedal bike ride<br />
from <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> to Mammoth, benefitting<br />
USARC. 584-0269.<br />
12-13<br />
Country Weekend at The Cave<br />
with Phil Vasser Friday ($40),<br />
Mark Wills Saturday ($30), see<br />
both for $50. 878-0204.<br />
13<br />
National Astronomy Day corner<br />
Pine Knot/Village Dr. with<br />
<strong>Bear</strong>ValleyAstronomers.org; Sun<br />
viewing noon-2 p.m., Moon,<br />
Mars, Saturn at 7.<br />
13-14<br />
48th Oktoberfest at Convention<br />
Center with Die Bohmische<br />
Strassemusikanten from Germany,<br />
Kleinen Bar Tanzer daily.<br />
Saturday<br />
(noon-midnight,<br />
$22.99, $17.49 senior, $10<br />
child), Sunday (noon-5:30, $10,<br />
$8 senior, kids free). 585-3000.<br />
19<br />
Oktoberfest Unplugged at Convention<br />
Center 6 p.m.-midnight,<br />
5-course German food and beer<br />
pairing, music. $122 includes<br />
liter stein, $157 with weekend<br />
admission, more. 585-3000.<br />
20-21<br />
48th Oktoberfest at Convention<br />
Center with Die Bohmische<br />
Strassemusikanten, Cripple<br />
Creek Cloggers . Saturday (noonmidnight,<br />
$22.99, $17.49 senior,<br />
$10 child), Sunday (noon-<br />
5:30, $10, $8 senior, kids free).<br />
585-3000.<br />
26<br />
Miss Liberty Halloween Costume<br />
Party on the lake with half-price<br />
drinks, prizes, more 5-6:30 p.m.<br />
$10 admission. 866-8129.<br />
26<br />
Nature Night—Bats! explores<br />
myths of these creatures of the<br />
night 6-7 p.m. at Discovery Center.<br />
Free. 866-3437.<br />
26<br />
Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />
shown at The Cave, doors open<br />
8 p.m. $10. 878-0204.<br />
27<br />
“Starry Starry Night” DOVES<br />
fundraiser at Community Church<br />
(40946 <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd.) 5-9 p.m.<br />
$65. 866-1546.<br />
27<br />
Boo in the Zoo/Wolf Awareness<br />
Day from 11 a.m.--3 p.m. with<br />
trick or treating, storytelling,<br />
crafts. $12, $9 senior/ages 3-<br />
10. 584-1299.<br />
27-28<br />
48th Oktoberfest at Convention<br />
Center with Die Bohmische<br />
Strassemusikanten from Germany,<br />
Kleinen Bar Tanzer daily,<br />
Saturday German Spookacular<br />
with adult and children’s Halloween<br />
costume contests (noonmidnight,<br />
$22.99, $17.49 senior,<br />
$10 child), Sunday (noon-<br />
5:30, $10, $8 senior, kids free).<br />
585-3000.<br />
31<br />
Halloween in the Village sees<br />
merchants passing out candy<br />
from 5-8 p.m. 866-4607.<br />
November<br />
2-3<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Comedy Festival at<br />
four Village locations; 8 shows,<br />
21 professional comedians. Tickets<br />
$15 per show ($20 at door),<br />
all-event weekend pass $69.<br />
bigbearcomedyfestival.com.<br />
3<br />
48th Annual Oktoberfest Encore<br />
at the Convention Center<br />
noon-midnight featuring The<br />
Express Band, Kleinen Bar<br />
Tanzers, contest championships.<br />
$15.99, $11.99 senior,<br />
$9 child. 585-3000.<br />
22<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Turkey Trot starts and<br />
finishes at Meadow Park (41220<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd.) with 9-mile race<br />
at 8:30 a.m,, 6-mile at 9, 3-mile<br />
at 9:30. 866-8555.<br />
23-25<br />
Mountain Christmas Boutique<br />
at Convention Center has holiday<br />
shopping 10 a.m.-5 p.m.<br />
Fri. and Sat., 10-3 Sun. 585-<br />
3000.<br />
For updated calendar of events visit us on the Internet!<br />
www.bigbeartodaymag.com<br />
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Recreation<br />
Guide<br />
Action Tours<br />
Zip through the trees on nine ziplines.<br />
Segway along Village streets, discovering<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> history at the same time on a most<br />
unique tour and ride. Learn tree rope climbing<br />
skills like rappelling from certified<br />
instructors or seasonally snowshoe through<br />
the forest. Action Tours has year-round<br />
guided mountain adventure for all ability<br />
levels! (909) 866-0390 or (909) 866-0830.<br />
Alpine Slide<br />
Shoot down a tobogan-style ride at Magic<br />
Mountain, as a hand lever allows you to<br />
control the speed. After an exhilerating<br />
THE ALMANAC<br />
run, ride the chairlift back to the top for<br />
more fun. $6/ride, 5-ride books $25. There’s<br />
also a snowplay area with Magic Carpet<br />
uphill ride, plus miniature golf, Go-Karts,<br />
family-priced snack bar, video games. Open<br />
weekends. <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd., 1/4 mile west of<br />
the Village. 866-4626.<br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Valley Farms<br />
Real working farm on 30 acres in the East<br />
Valley! Petting zoo, horse and hay rides,<br />
play zone with bounce house and more.<br />
Enjoy good old fashioned farm fun Saturdays<br />
and special events. All-inclusive admission<br />
is $15. The Farm also offers riding<br />
lessons and horse camps. (909) 547-5424.<br />
Bike Rentals<br />
Goldsmiths Pedego Electric Bike Shop<br />
has a variety of electric bike rentals, 42071<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. (909) 866-2728.<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Today</strong><br />
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Road Conditions: (800) 427-ROAD www.ie511.org<br />
“Haunted” pirate ship Time Bandit sails from Holloway’s Marina. (909) 866-5706<br />
Bingo<br />
The Elks Lodge hosts stirring Bingo games<br />
each Friday night at 7 p.m. All are welcome<br />
ages 18 and over. 40611 <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd.<br />
west of the Village, across from Lakeview.<br />
(909) 866-3557.<br />
Boat Tours<br />
“<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Queen” sails daily from <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Marina including the lake’s most guaranteed<br />
daily tours and its most experienced<br />
captain, Chris Bellows. 2 p.m. tour goes<br />
out regardless of passenger count every<br />
day and Saturday noon and 4 p.m., Sunday<br />
at noon are guaranteed too. Adults $22,<br />
seniors/military $20, 12 and under $15, 3<br />
and under free. Saturday Sunset cruises<br />
from July 2 through Sept. 1, light hors<br />
d’oeuvres provided and bring your favorite<br />
beverage, $25. (909) 866-3218.<br />
Pirate Ship Lake Tours aboard newly<br />
refurbished “Time Bandit,” a one-third<br />
scale replica of a 1600’s galleon that appeared<br />
in the movie of the same name, sail<br />
daily from Holloway’s Marina...complete<br />
with canon fire! Full bar with beer, wine<br />
and cocktails. Fares $22, senior $20, $16<br />
under 12 (2 and under free). (909) 878-<br />
4040.<br />
“Miss Liberty” paddlewheeler with enclosed,<br />
heated deck and snack bar, leaves<br />
Pine Knot Landing for scenic tours of <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Lake. View the homes of celebrities,<br />
solar observatory, and much more. $22,<br />
$20 senior/military, $14 ages 3-12, four<br />
and under free. (909) 866-8129.<br />
Bowling<br />
The Bowling Barn offers new lanes with<br />
automated scoring for bowling enjoyment.<br />
Also arcade games and full-service cocktail<br />
lounge with pool. Glow Bowling after<br />
dark with black lights, sounds. Bowl 3<br />
games for the price of 2 with coupon in this<br />
issue. Open daily. 40625 <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd.<br />
(enter on Bonanza).(909) 878-BOWL.<br />
Discovery Center<br />
The Discovery Center on the north shore,<br />
two miles west of Stanfield Cutoff, is a<br />
breathtaking facility overlooking the lake<br />
and offering informational galleries, self<br />
and naturalist guided tours, Adventure<br />
passes and wilderness permits, and recreation<br />
programs. Open daily (closed Tuesdays<br />
and Wednesdays). (909) 866-3437.<br />
Fishing<br />
Catch some fun with <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Charter<br />
Fishing on a 22' fully loaded, super comfortable<br />
boat with afriendly, expert guide<br />
Aaron Armstrong. Open or private charters<br />
for individuals or groups of all ages.<br />
All gear provided—rods, reels, bait, lures,<br />
drinks and snacks. Bass fishing too aboard<br />
a Ranger Comanche. At Holloway’s Marina;<br />
(909) 866-2240.<br />
Gold Rush Mining Adv.<br />
The adventures are real and so are the<br />
treasures! Pan for gemstones and fossils<br />
millions of years old in the working sluice<br />
with water wheel, crack geodes to reveal<br />
prescious stones within, find real pearls in<br />
oysters and unearth dinosaur bones and<br />
poop. Emporium with mining and dinosaur<br />
theme gifts plus old fashioned fudge,<br />
candy, sarsaparilla and more. 50016 <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. (909) 866-5678.<br />
Golf<br />
High altitude enhances any game at the<br />
<strong>Bear</strong> Mountain Golf Course. A nine-hole<br />
(par 35) 2,730-yard course, each round is<br />
accompanied by clear air and spectacular<br />
mountain views. The full-service 4,000 sq.<br />
ft. <strong>Bear</strong> Trap clubhouse and pro shop offers<br />
putting green, cart and club rentals, restaurant,<br />
lounge, and great deck overlooking<br />
the golf course. Driving range too. Across<br />
from the ski resort on Moonridge Rd. (909)<br />
585-8002.<br />
Helicopter Tours<br />
See <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> from above during new aerial<br />
tours by Helicopter <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>. See the lake,<br />
ski resorts, desert and surrounding mountains<br />
aboard a climate-controlled Robinson<br />
R44 helicopter with longtime pilot Roy<br />
Harding at the controls, departing daily out<br />
of <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Airport. The helicopter seats<br />
up to four, pilot plus three passenger. (909)<br />
585-1200.<br />
Hiking<br />
There’s dozens of trails and natural areas to<br />
enjoy the rugged beauty of the San<br />
Bernardino National Forest. From easy<br />
strolls along the lake to stenuous climbs<br />
into the mountains, there are trails for all<br />
abilities, including families, within a short<br />
drive of <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>. For information on all<br />
trails in the Valley and the required<br />
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Adventure Pass, visit the Discovery Center<br />
on North Shore Dr., about two miles west<br />
of Stanfield Cutoff. 866-3437.<br />
Alpine Pedal Path is a very easy 3.5 mile<br />
(each way) paved trek following the lake<br />
on the north shore. Popular with hikers,<br />
bikers, skaters, strollers and wheelchairs<br />
as it passes Carol Morrison East Boat<br />
Launch, Discovery Center, Serrano<br />
campground, Solar Observatory and more.<br />
Castle Rock Trail is a short but strenuous<br />
hike, that ends with a panoramic view of<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Lake. Legend has it that a beautiful<br />
Indian maiden, jilted by her lover, took her<br />
life by leaping from this towering 100 ft.<br />
monolith. It’s reached after a mostly uphill,<br />
.8 mile walk past a stream and featuring<br />
beautiful views. Located on Hwy. 18<br />
between Boulder Bay and the dam; park on<br />
the lake side of the road.<br />
Cougar Crest Trail is moderate two-mile<br />
(each way) hike. As it winds above the<br />
lake’s north shore, it offers up great views<br />
of water and the surrounding mountains.<br />
Trailhead is on North Shore Dr. about two<br />
miles west of Stanfield Cutoff, .6 mile<br />
from the Discovery Center where you can<br />
park without an Adventure Pass.<br />
Woodland Interpretive Trail is a short,<br />
scenic family stroll with minimal elevation<br />
gain, located on the north shore near Cougar<br />
Crest. Free trail maps (available at the<br />
trailhead or Discovery Center) identify<br />
markers along the route noting local<br />
vegetation, wildlife areas, etc.<br />
Pacific Crest Trail comes through <strong>Big</strong><br />
<strong>Bear</strong> from Onyx Summit through the East<br />
Valley to Hwy. 18 and then past Holcomb<br />
Valley Rd. and Cougar Crest through<br />
Holcomb Valley before continuing its 2,638<br />
mile journey from Mexico to Canada. Call<br />
the Discovery Center to find out where to<br />
catch this famous international trail.<br />
Pine Knot Trail from Aspen Glen picnic<br />
area climbs the southern ridge above Alpine<br />
Slide three miles (each way) to Skyline Dr.<br />
2N10, through lush meadow and stands of<br />
white fir and Jeffrey Pine. Continue another<br />
1/4 mile to Grand View Point for spectacular<br />
180-degree vistas.<br />
Holcomb Valley<br />
At one time, <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Valley was thriving<br />
gold country. The last remaining signs of<br />
this historic chapter in <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> history are<br />
featured in a driving tour through what is<br />
known as Holcomb Valley. Totaling 11.6<br />
miles over a dirt road, the tour offers stops<br />
at Two Gun Bill’s Saloon, Hangman’s Tree,<br />
Pigmy Cabin, Metzger Mine, and more.<br />
Free maps available at the <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong><br />
Discovery Center on the North Shore—<br />
call 866-3437. Allow three hours for the<br />
drive.<br />
Horseback Riding<br />
Baldwin Lake Stable is open year-round<br />
for horseback riding. Rates are by the hour,<br />
offering one, two, three and four-hour rides<br />
with longer rides heading along the famous<br />
Pacific Crest Trail plus sunset rides. A<br />
variety of spectacular mountain trails with<br />
horses for all riding abilities. For little<br />
buckeroos there’s hand-led pony rides and<br />
petting zoo. Reservations suggested for all<br />
rides. <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. east to stop sign at<br />
Hwy. 38, go through intersection, veer left<br />
on Shay Rd. to 46475 Pioneertown Rd.,<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> City. (909) 585-6482.<br />
Miniature Golf/Go Karts<br />
Putt ‘N Around, located at the Alpine Slide<br />
at Magic Mountain, features a landscaped<br />
18-hole miniature golf course complete<br />
with water hazards and breaking greens.<br />
Then there’s an oval-shaped go-kart track<br />
with high-banked turns, which nine Can<br />
Am racers—including four two-seaters—<br />
with Honda 5.5 horsepowers engines and<br />
an array of safety features zip around. Open<br />
till 9 p.m. daily. 866-4626.<br />
Scenic Sky Chair<br />
Ride Snow Summit’s Scenic Sky Chair to<br />
the top for incredible views of the Valley,<br />
lake, Mt. San Gorgonio, and more. Enjoy<br />
barbecued food, beer and wine at the View<br />
Haus on top, which has a terrific sundeck,<br />
while taking in spectacular views that can<br />
stretch to the Basin. Hike down or ride the<br />
chair back. Roundtrip ride (no bike) $24,<br />
$19 senior/youth (save 20% with 72 hour<br />
After Dark...<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>’s Nightlife & Entertainment Guide<br />
ALLEY OOPS SPORTS BAR—Family Karaoke each Saturday night at 8 p.m. Glow<br />
Bowling at 8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun.<br />
Watch the big game on big screen TVs, open to all ages. Happy Hour Monday-<br />
Friday 5:30-7 p.m. with 50¢ off all bar drinks (except draft), $1 hot dogs. Bowl<br />
3 games for the price of 2 with coupon in this issue. Inside the Bowling Barn at<br />
40625 <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. Call 878-BOWL.<br />
AV NIGHTCLUB—DJ every night at 9 p.m. Happy hour daily till 6 p.m. with $1<br />
beers. 664 Pine Knot. (909) 866-7377.<br />
BARNSTORM RESTAURANT—Live music Saturdays during dinner with popular<br />
entertainer Art Harriman. 501 W. Valley Blvd. at the airport. (909) 585-9339.<br />
BEST WESTERN CHATEAU—Enjoy Silver Moon in the Tiffany Lounge Saturdays<br />
from 7-10 p.m. 42200 Moonridge Rd. (909) 866-6666.<br />
BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN BREWERY— Craft microbrew beers, food in a cozy<br />
atmosphere. Wear your gear, 75¢ off your beer. 40260 <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. 866-BEER.<br />
NOTTINGHAMS—Live music on the patio Thursdays 6-8 p.m. and Sundays 5-8..<br />
40797 <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. near Bartlett. 866-4644.<br />
THE CAVE BIG BEAR—Your favorite artists up close and personal! See national<br />
performers, top tribute bands and more in <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>’s hot new intimate concert<br />
venue. Good food and full cocktail service including craft beers from <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Lake<br />
Brewing Co. (909) 878-0204.<br />
THE PINES LAKEFRONT—Pianist Mike Cross and Bass Mark Cade live Thursdays<br />
5:30-8:30 p.m., Sundays 4-7 p.m. 350 Alden Rd. (909) 866--5400.<br />
WYATT’S CAFE & SALOON—Open 4 p.m. Wednesdays for country dancing with<br />
DJ Evan. Great grub and drinks, family-friendly. Convention Center, <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd.<br />
at Division. (909) 585-3000.<br />
advance online or phone purchase). Open<br />
Friday, Saturday, Sunday through <strong>October</strong><br />
28. (909) 866-5766.<br />
Snow Playing<br />
Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain, which<br />
makes snow when it’s cold enough, offers<br />
great inner tubing, and there’s a Magic<br />
Carpet to take riders to the top too. $35<br />
buys an all-day (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) pass in the<br />
winter wonderland, which includes tube<br />
rental and Magic Carpet use. Night tubing<br />
too. The area also has the Southland’s only<br />
Alpine Slide and a great outdoor deck, plus<br />
the Putt ‘N Around go-karts and miniature<br />
golf course. 1/4 mile west of the Village on<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Blvd. 866-4626.<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Snow Play has Southern<br />
California’s longest tubing runs and will<br />
make snow when it’s cold enough. Two<br />
Magic Carpet lifts mean guests never have<br />
to walk back to the top and snowmaking<br />
lets the area build features to enhance the<br />
experience. Heated base lodge and paved<br />
parking. Next.to Motel 6 on the boulevard<br />
one mile east of the supermarkets.Sessions<br />
daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $35 all day pass<br />
includes tube rental. Glow Tubing sessions<br />
Fridays, Saturdays, holiday periods 5-9<br />
p.m. (909) 585-0075.<br />
Zoo<br />
Grizzly and black bears, bobcats, coyotes,<br />
mountain lions, deer, eagles, and other<br />
animals are at <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Alpine Zoo, many<br />
of which are native to the San Bernardino<br />
Mtns. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, 10-<br />
5 Saturday and Sunday with daily animal<br />
presentations at noon and weekend 3 p.m.<br />
“feeding frenzy” tours. Moonridge Rd. to<br />
Clubview, veer right to <strong>Bear</strong> Mountain,<br />
and turn left to the zoo. $12 adults, $9 ages<br />
over 60 and children 3-10, under two free.<br />
(909) 584-1299.<br />
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Instead of aspens, see oaks on Pine Knot<br />
Aspen Grove, one of only two natural<br />
occurring aspen stands south of the Sierras,<br />
is open but the road to it is not, making<br />
for difficult access. The other aspen<br />
stand at Arrastre Creek is smaller and remote,<br />
even harder to get to.<br />
So for fall colors in <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>, shift<br />
gears and head to Pine Knot Trail where<br />
there’s plenty of easy parking. The seasonal<br />
show unfolds with brilliant hues of gold<br />
and yellow as abundant oaks change color,<br />
interspersed between all the pine trees. And<br />
as autumn progresses hikers and bikers<br />
even see acorns at select points along the<br />
trail in a further reminder of the season.<br />
Hike far enough along Pine Knot Trail and<br />
you’ll reach the ultimate sight, Grandview<br />
Point, with sprawling 270-degree vistas of<br />
11,502 ft. Mt. San Gorgonio and surrounding<br />
Wilderness area.<br />
The show begins at Aspen Glen picnic<br />
area—be sure to have an Adventure<br />
Pass if you park—where a few well placed<br />
and spaced oaks serve notice that there’s<br />
more where they came from. A developed<br />
trailhead with picnic tables, pit restrooms<br />
and signage make for a great starting point.<br />
The trail was recently rerouted up the<br />
picnic area’s southern ridge, a great improvement<br />
from the previous barren, dusty<br />
death march over rocks and stones to the<br />
east, and on a recent outing many oaks already<br />
sported nice color with still more<br />
changing. Even the parking lot is stunning.<br />
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Snow Play Area!<br />
Magic Carpet<br />
Uphill Lift<br />
CARPET COVERED<br />
for your Comfort!<br />
A little over a half-mile of trail was<br />
rebuilt, done entirely by Southern California<br />
Mountains Foundation’s Urban Conservation<br />
Crew. While the reroute was to<br />
protect the endangered Ash Grey Paint<br />
Brush associated with Pebble Plain terrain<br />
at the beginning, it’s also a welcome addition<br />
to the trail. The project cost $6,000-<br />
$8,000 and took three weeks to complete.<br />
As hikers climb the new portal they<br />
traverse with more gentle, gradual climbing,<br />
punctuated by steeper sections. Along<br />
the way Pine Knot joins with mountain<br />
biker favorite Cabin 89 trail at a wellmarked<br />
junction. One of the so-called “illegal”<br />
trails lining the south shore network,<br />
Cabin 89 also has seen rehabilitation as the<br />
Forest Service seeks to bring such routes<br />
up to its standards. Usually there’s piles of<br />
acorns under the oaks, which were a major<br />
food source for native Serrano Indians<br />
in <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Valley.<br />
Pine Knot continues across the ridge<br />
to seamlessly connect with the old trail<br />
above the seasonal stream. The trail is wellpacked<br />
with seasonal stream and water<br />
seept, and skirts neat places, like Alpine<br />
Slide and runs at now-closed Snow Forest<br />
ski area with occasional lake views.<br />
After a couple miles the trail crosses<br />
forest road 1N01, then continues up the<br />
ridge another mile past Deer group camp—<br />
great spot for a break with beautiful<br />
meadow views underneath tall pine trees—<br />
to Skyline Dr.<br />
and new<br />
worldclass<br />
singletrack<br />
trail of the<br />
same name<br />
open to hikers,<br />
bikers and<br />
equestrians.<br />
Three<br />
miles each<br />
way plus a<br />
half-mile spur<br />
to Grandview<br />
Point, Pine<br />
Knot Trail is practically sacred ground for<br />
mountain bikers. The site of many Team<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> races through the years, going<br />
up it has a nice sustainable climb and coming<br />
down serves up top notch singletrack.<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Today</strong><br />
Not to mention it’s accessed by Snow<br />
Summit’s Scenic Skychair, which operates<br />
Friday, Saturday and Sunday in fall<br />
through <strong>October</strong> 28.<br />
Call Discovery Center 909-866-3437.<br />
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Your Alpine Slide experience begins with<br />
a scenic chairlift ride above the beautiful<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Lake. Then, with you controlling<br />
the speed, your toboggan plummets back<br />
down the mountain creating a thrill you’ll<br />
want to relive again and again!<br />
Winter is Great<br />
at Alpine Slide!<br />
Parents!... Sun On Our Spacious Deck While The Kids Play!<br />
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