Malibu, err.. again

We left Joshua tree that afternoon after having an eyeful of the amazing desert there and headed for Big Bear mountain. I have heard it is a great place to go board or ski as well as just a beautiful place in general. I remember hearing about Big Bear when I was much younger and my sister used to make me watch 'The Bold and the Beautiful'. They always used to go up to their cabin at Big Bear when there was a big fight or some sort of drama. Sadly never saw the cabin this time, clearly all was well in the Forrester household.

We decided not to spend the evening there as we had many more miles we needed to cover before we reached San Francisco, so we found a campsite in San Bernadino we wanted to stay at and did the hundreds of miles through the winding roads to finally get there only to find the campsite had been closed due to a mudslide or something to that effect. We were now a little stuck and couldn't find anywhere in the area we could camp so we headed for the nearest campsite we knew would be open, Malibu Creek State Park.

We arrived there after dark so putting up the tent was a little hassle, but we used the headlights of the car which worked pretty well. I got some food going on the braai and we settled in for the evening. I spotted some animals playing around nearby, obviously attracted by the smell of the food but I never managed to get a good view of them, only of the eyes using my torch. I believe they were raccoons and bobcats, but this is an unconfirmed sighting.

Just before we were about to put the lights out we decided to move the car, and yes, we had run the battery flat by using the lights for the tent. Schoolboy error on my part and we have this massive American automatic tank so push starting is not a no go. Hopefully we can sort it out in the morning.

Well I think this was the coldest evening we have had so far, the drop in temperature was so severe that it dropped below freezing overnight and we were crying out for some warmth. Morning could not come quickly enough and with our shower done and breakfast down the hatch we headed up the west coast towards San Fran.