Big Bear July 4th, 2011

We were fortunate to have been asked to go to Big Bear for the 4th of July weekend. I did not care for the ride up, was getting car sick and nervous. Nervous, because Steve didn't check if we had enough gas to get up, I asked him after we started the trek up the mountain and we had a little less than 1/4 tank. There was a gas station at the mid point of the mountain, but he didn't want to pay $5 for gas. He said I could hike up the mountain for gas, and I said this is why I have AAA. So I just prayed and we made it! Yay!!

We began our trip at the bobsleds. Steve and Mika rode down a cement slide on a plastic cart that had a brake. It was crazy to see how fast those carts go, people did crash and had road burns. We even saw a dad crash into his young son. So I stayed at the bottom of the hill while they journeyed to the top.

 Mika had fun

 She stole my ice cream cone and ate it all

 eating lunch at the Village

 Big Bear Lake

 Devilish looks

 Mika reminds me of Angelica from the Rugrats

 Making a mess from a Big Stick

 Eating Watermelon

 Watermelon kisses

We had a great relaxing weekend with very good company. We weren't able to go on the lake, because a majority of rental boats were sold out, but the day we went to the village it did sprinkle while we ate lunch. And the whole weekend, we had a chance of thunderstorms so we didn't want to chance it out in the water. But Big Bear was great and we hope to go up again soon!

We had to leave Big Bear on July 4th, so we didn't stay up there to see the fireworks. The ride back down wasn't as bad as going up. I was hoping to take Mika to see either the Palm Spring or Palm Desert fireworks, but unfortunately I felt sick once we got home so we stayed at home. So she didn't get to see any fireworks other than the ones neighbors were letting off. But she was excited to see the moon, haha. She loves pointing to the moon and going MOOOONNNNN!