Big Bear Weekend Update – Aug 1

Well, all my dear readers, I have been out of town this past week.  But for those of you who are continuing to support my endeavors here, thank you.   I will jump right into what is going on.

The Big Bear Cycling Festival wraps up this weekend, with the highlight being the Tour de Big Bear ride.  There is also a Poker Ride, Cycling Expo and a Road Bicycle Concours contest.  All of this is going on Friday at the Nottinghams/Robin Hood Resort parking lot noon till 9 pm.  Saturday, the expo moves to the Christmas tree lot in the village.  If you like bicycles, come on down!

Friday Nights in The Village will be from 5-8pm with street musicians, arts and crafts and more.

Tonight, Kenny Marquez is playing at Le Dolce Vita Tasting Room.  Listen his sweet guitar stylings while enjoying good company.

Tomorrow night my friend Duke Michaels and his band will be at The Cave in the Village.  Duke Michaels is one of the opening bands before the 80’s band “The Tubes” takes the stage.

Yours truly will be doing my usual Friday night gig with Beyond Karaoke at The Boathouse Lakeside Tavern.  If you want to sing, come down and belt out a few.

Of course, if none of this interests you, there is always the lake.  It is really warm, so why not take the kids down to Swim Beach?  I took another look around Meadow Park and realized I did not know half of what is there.  Baseball fields, TBall field, BBQ’s, Picnic Tables, Tennis Courts, Basketball court, playground and Bark Park for Dogs.  That will be the next park highlights, but for now I gotta go interview one of the cyclists.

Big Bear Parks Highlight – Sugarloaf Park

 

Big Bear has many facilities around the lake and eventually I will get to them all but I thought, why not start a little off the beaten path?  One of my favorite parks in Big Bear is Sugarloaf Park.

Sugarloaf Park is located at the intersection of Maple and Baldwin and has many excellent features.  With a skateboard park, baseball field, basketball courts, public restrooms, playground, child swings, big swings, covered picnic area (this is huge) and more – this park is a gem that usually goes unnoticed by the majority of people.

The Big Bear City Fire Station 292 is on the corner of Baldwin and Maple and the park surrounds the station.

Oh, did I tell you it has a full exercise circuit?

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