Oh, okay. Yes, I do sort of remember writing that but forgot about what the issue was. Yeah, DS has really helped me see things in a different light so I try to give people the benefit of the doubt since I don't really know what their situation is. DS looks perfectly normal and healthy but he has a lot of issues going on. People who have read his medical history before meeting him can't believe it's the same kid.
Yeah, we even get snow at our house every couple of years (maybe 6 inches at the most). There is a place up in Oak Glen called Los Rios Ranch. It's an apple orchard place but on the weekends they have the BBQ going (kind of expensive but I figure we're helping the local economy) and they have a little hiking trail open that is pretty nice. They also have a big grassy area out front that is good for picnics and then when it snows there is a big open area for playing in. If you want a little more snow you can go up to Forest Falls where there are places people go sledding but it's in the National Forest so you have to get a parking pass from their little building on the way up. It can also get really crowded after it has just snowed and there is only one way to get in and out.
Big Bear is nice. We haven't been up there in the winter but have gone up in the spring. They have some good restaurants and little shops. We went up a few months ago to see their Air Fair at the airport since DS is into airplanes right now but didn't look around the rest of the town this time. I keep wanting to go back up to Big Bear to look around some more but we haven't gotten around to it. Lake Arrowhead also has a cute little area to walk around with shops and restaurants.
As for the 91, if we go during the week to DL then we try to leave around 2 at the latest or we feel like we've missed our window of opportunity. If we miss that window we stay until around 7 since we figure we would rather be at DLR than waiting in traffic. It's times like that that I wish we had a transponder but we wouldn't use it enough to justify the cost. Glad the toll lanes were empty for you so you didn't have to sit in too much traffic.
Let me know if you want any more info on local places around. I don't know everything about the area but we've lived here about 7 years now. Oh, have you been to the Gourmet Pizza Shoppe yet? If you haven't, you must! It's on State Street in redlands and they have another store in yucaipa. It is SO good.
I need to write all of this down. Is the bbq good? My husband lived in texas for 2 years and he loves great bbq 
) so I'm not sure how the BBQ compares to a "real" BBQ. We think it's pretty good. I don't know if I would rave over it but we do go up there occasionally for the purpose of getting BBQ for lunch. DH likes the sausage (some sort of apple chicken one?) I usually get the BBQ beef sandwhich. Their apple crisp is SO good. We get that sometimes. They also have apple hand pies - sort of like turnovers. We will usually take them home and heat them up and add a little vanilla ice cream. Yum!
