It’s fun watching the squirrels run amok, up, down and around the trees this time of the year…Hey, it’s better than imitating a manhole cover on Crest Forest Drive. And it’s not uncommon to see them gathering acorn nuts but, it was so hot the...
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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Here Comes Summer
I’d like to begin this week with a seasonal sort of rhyme that goes sort of like this: Spring has sprung and fall has fell. Now it’s summer and it’s hotter than…heck. Ha, ha, I fooled you. You probably thought I was going to say h-e-double hockey sticks. Well, there’s...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – School’s Out
Congratulations to all the members of the graduating class of 2024. It was a lot of hard work, but you finally made it, so give yourselves a pat on the back. No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks, school’s out for the summer, out to fall, we...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – It’s the End of the World As We Know It
Well, here it is half past three on Saturday, June 1, a full half-hour past the predicted “End of Times,” and I’m still here. How about you? That’s what I thought…looks like we got burned again. I can’t say I’m surprised, though. This hasn’t been the first time some...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Highway to Hell
Back in the spring of 2021, Caltrans, in the interest of public safety, decided to close forever the dirt segment of Highway 173 between Lake Arrowhead and Hesperia. Having driven this winding, one-lane, washboard route with no guardrails on several occasions prior to...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Who Let the Dogs Out
Unleashed dogs wandering our streets and yards always raise concerns about public safety, as well as the stinky little piles they leave behind, whether they are wandering alone or in packs, not to mention that it’s against the law. It’s bad enough when it’s just your...
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