Friday, July 27, 2007

LAKE ARROWHEAD

Karen and I drove to Lake Arrowhead yesterday. Two aunts and a cousin live there. I grew up at the bottom of that mountain range, so I know the road pretty well. I even enjoy driving those twisty mountain roads. You really give your vehicle a workout that way. However, I am not in the Dale Earnhardt Alpine Division. Apparently everyone who lives up there—including the Little Old Lady From Rim of the World—is. Hooee! Them fellers is FAST.

I love the climate up there. 5,000+ feet and twenty degrees cooler than the desert where I live. My aunt lives in a condominium above the lake. I think I delivered cabinets to that development back in 1979. I worked for Custom Fabricators in San Bernardino then. After twenty-five years, the cabinets are holding up, but the stain and finish need some help. On the slalom ride down the mountain, I realized I wouldn’t enjoy living there if I had to commute to the flatlands and back.

At times like this I truly appreciate the desert. My aunts live in the mountains and my parents live on the beach. Those wonderful places might seem ho hum If I lived there, too. Sometimes I surprise myself.

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