Uncle Mott

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Four Strong Winds The arrival of autumn heralds the arrival of the windy season in Southern California, especially in the San Bernardino Mountains, after it’s compressed by the Cajon Pass, causing big rigs to overturn on the 210 and...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott The Name Game How would you like to play a little game? Thank you, I knew you would. After all this media talk about mass shooting incidents, high gas prices, global warming and being on the brink of World War III, it’s about time we...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Talking World War Three Blues Ever since Putin started waving his nuclear sword, threatening to unleash the Genie in the bottle and use tactical nuclear (or “nucular,” as George W. Bush would say) weapons in Ukraine, I’ve been having...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Mother Nature’s Son Now that the summertime visitors have mostly left the mountain and the weather is still wonderful, I decided to mosey over to Lake Gregory to sit and relax on its tree-lined shore. Since I neglected to bring a...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Roll Out the Barrel It’s that time of the year again when we get to roll out the barrel and, what do you know, it’s Oktoberfest time. Well, we already had the Lake Arrowhead Brewfest a couple of weeks ago to usher in the beer-swilling...