Super Bear
Posted: 08/21/2007Went to Big Bear Lake last week. It was so beautiful, it almost felt fake. I bet Disneyland modeled their rock facades from the natural outcroppings located around this region. There is something magical about a lake nestled up in the mountains at 7,000 feet.
No, I wasn’t high altitude training with Tito Ortiz or Rampage Jackson (who apparently fit in perfectly with the pristine natural woodland landscape with their grunting and punching), quite the contrary, this trip was all about rest and relaxation. The Jacuzzi in the master bedroom of the log cabin facilitated this quite nicely. As did the arcade in the Village Square! Can you believe an arcade survived?!
Super Bear seems to have fled into the wilderness and is doing quite well, thank you. Skee ball, DDR, Spy Hunter, an array of pinball machines… what more could you ask for? How about some free credits waiting for you in an original Donkey Kong?
The arcade did seem a little light on driving games though. No worries. I got my car fix right outside the door. It happened to also be Bear Big Fun Run 2007. Hot Rods and 60′s muscle cars were overflowing on to the side streets branching off the main village drag. These cars were works of art. It looked as if you could dip your hand into the paint job on some of them. Seeing this perfectly restored Vette inspired me to take it for a couple of hot laps around the Nurburgring in Forza 2 when I got home.
So much for getting back to reality.
