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halloween2009
Halloween Parties and
Local Crestline
and Lake
Arrowhead Community
Events!
Welcome to your source for all the local events in Crestline and Lake Arrowhead this
Halloween!
We have a lot going on this year, so you will have many
opportunities for you and your family to get some spooky culture and a
ton of candy!
Inland
Dance Academy
Presents
Halloween
Spooktacular 2009!
This event is at
the Crestline Village Theater
in
downtown Crestline
Village,
23955 Lake Drive October
29th and
October 30th at 7:30 pm. This event promises to
be a
fantastic performance featuring the dancers from the Inland Dance
Academy and the Lake Arrowhead Repertory Theatre company. In
this
first time collaborative performance, many show pieces with be
presented, including performances from dancers that have been featured
on "So you think you can dance?" There will be presentations
from
The Nightmare Before Christmas, Disney's The Haunted Mansion,
Ghostbusters, The Corpse Bride and many others portrayed with acting
and dancing. The highlight of this event will be a special
rendition of Michael Jackson's "Thriller," always a favorite of mine,
and I used to know the whole dance also!
The
Academy promises other
surprises during the show and are recommending you to wear your
Halloween best! If you attend both shows, you will
receive
a 50% discount on your second night's ticket. Each show will
have
it's own flavor so don't miss either one!
Tickets are
$12.00 for the first performance, $6.00 for the second.
$10.00
each for groups of 12 or more. Tickets can be purchased at the Inland
Dance Academy at 23382 Crestforest Dr in Crestline, or 2584 E Highland
Ave in Highland. You may also call 909-338-4898 or
909-862-1390
for more information, and make sure to visit their MySpace page!
Lake Arrowhead Ballet
Company
Halloween Party!
The Lake
Arrowhead
Classical Ballet company is hosting a halloween party on October 30th from 4:00 pm until
7:00pm
at the beautiful San
Moritz Lodge
in Crestline.
The lodge
is located next to Lake Gregory on San Moritz dr. There will
be a
live band called "No Outlet" playing for the festivities, which include
costume contests, dance contest, silent auction and a gift table.
There will also be a special performance of Michael Jackson's
"Thrilller."
Tickets for this event are $12.50 for
adults,
children under 12 are $8.00(must be accompanied by an adult) or for a
family of four,$40.00. Please call 909-336-9206 for more
information!
Three
Dog
Bakery in
Lake Arrowhead
Village Canine Costume
Contest!
This is
for all of you canine
lovers and your special dogs to come on out and strut their stuff!
This event is on Friday
October
30th and benefits local animals in need. The four legged
fun
begins at 5:30 pm and
lasts until
7:00 pm. There will be prizes for Best Costume and best
trick-treats for humans. You will get a 15% discount at the Three
Dog Bakery
and a goody bag for each dog entered! You must be paid in
advance
for this event by October 28th so hurry! If
you
are staying at the Pine Rose Cabins and your dog wins a prize they will
reimburse you for your entry fee.
Tickets are
$10.00 for each dog in advance, and must be purchased before October
28th!
Howl
'O
Ween at
the Wildhaven
Ranch!
This
Halloween promises to be very different if you spend it at the
Wildhaven Ranch! Come out October
31st from 1:00 pm to 4:00pm and see coyotes howling, meet
wild
eagles and baby black bears. Make sure you have your picture
taken with a scary owl!!! They will be having contests and
prizes
for Best Carved Wildlife and Nature pumpkins and best Native Wildlife
and Nature costume. There will be games and candy, and a
visit to
the "Skulls and Skins" exhibit.
Tickets to
this event are only $5.00 per person and children 9 and under are free.
Call 909-337-7389 for more information or go to www.wildhaven.org.
Lake Arrowhead
Village
Halloween Party
The
Lake Arrowhead Village
is
hosting a family event from 5pm
until
8:30pm on October 31st.DJ
"Count Milan"
will be spinning spooktacular tunes at the coffin and the Lake
Arrowhead School of Dance will perform "Thriller." There will
be
a costume parade with best costume contest for children and adults and
apple bobbing! Ghoulish drinks and creepy food will be by Robecks
and
Papaguyos
restaurant.
Mountain Trick
or
Treating in
Lake Arrowhead,
Crestline and Blue Jay
This
Halloween there are
several opportunities for trick or treating here. In Lake Arrowhead and Blue Jay villages,
merchants will be
passing out candy from 2pm
until 5pm.
In Crestline
Village,
the trick or treating begins around 4pm
and goes until the candy is gone! Many merchants set up carnival style
games and this year promises to be a fun family event! Make sure you
come out and visit and dress your Halloween best!
Thanks for visiting my blog, and keep reading for more fun events that
happen here in Crestline and Lake Arrowhead!
Take care!
Thomas Jefferson was a smart man. He was deeply involved in the beginnings of our government here in the United States, and his words back then have everything to do with today...history repeats itself if you don't remember and heed what you learned about the past.
John Kennedy once said to an assembled group of scholars in the White House, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work, and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which, if acted on, would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson
In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
Banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks-- and corporations that will grow up around the banks--will deprive the people of all property, until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
Doesn't this sound eerily familar to what is happening in America today?
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd President of the United States. He and John Adams were most responsible for the writing of our Declaration of Independence. They were very good friends when they were working together on the Declaration of Independence but later became mortal enemies when one became a Republican and one a Federalist.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson
I will not be guilty of being silent. Will you?
Don't tell me it can't be done...we can return to our Liberty and Self Government.
Attention all Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, Blue Jay, Running Springs and other mountain communities! Go to the Local's Night Dinner at the UCLA conference center in Lake Arrowhead this coming Thursday October 22. It promises to be an extraordinary event at the beautiful center at 850 Willow Creek Rd off of Highway 173.
The UCLA conference center boasts a beautiful lake view, mountain lodge atmosphere on acres of beautiful landscaping in the woods. Spend a gorgeous fall evening with your friends, neighbors and mountain community members enjoying a four course dinner served in the main lodge. There is a no host bar available(which means pay for your own) with socializing hour beginning at 5pm. Dinner starts at 6:30pm.
There is an after dinner program with county supervisor Neil Derry, who will give a state of the county address. Following this will be "Sings Sinatra", music and if you're in the mood, dancing.
For more information about this upcoming event or to get your tickets, call 909-337-8200.
I just wanted to get this post spread out further into the country. This helps exlplain why banks aren't willing to work with people, quickly or efficiently. Consumers, you need to contact your elected officials.
As some of you already know, I blogged recently about being interviewed recently by our local NBC news affiliate. To read the blog, click here. Basically, IndyMac Bank (now OneWest Bank), is holding one of my clients hostage, demanding a $75k promissory note, or they will proceed to foreclosure. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out why they were doing this. The BPO came in at the contract price of $275k, with a net to IndyMac of $241k. What advantage could there possibly be for them to proceed to foreclosure?
Yesterday, I figured it out. You see, IndyMac was taken over by the FDIC and sold to OneWest Bank in March/2009. Guess who the investors are behind OneWest? George Soros, Michael Dell, Steve Mnuchin (former Goldman Sachs executive), and John Paulson (hedge-fund billionaire).
Now, listen to the deal they got from the FDIC....
Basically, they purchased all current residential mortgages at 70% of par value (70% of the outstanding loan amounts). They purchased all current HELOCS at 58% of Par Value!!!
Next, in order to "sweeten the pot", the FDIC stepped in and guaranteed the following: For any residential mortgages where OneWest experiences a loss, the FDIC will step in and cover anywhere from 80%-95% of the loss. The loss is calculated using the ORIGINAL LOAN BALANCE, not the amount that OneWest paid for the loan. Let's use my clients situation as an example:
Loan Amount is $478,000, plus 6 months of missed payments, for a grand total of $485,200
OneWest pays $334,600 for the loan
We have an all cash offer of $241,000, net to OneWest.
So, let's do the math, shall we? The net loss, according to the FDIC formula is the ORIGINAL LOAN AMOUNT minus the amount of the offer. In this case, $485,200-$241,000, or $244,200. Next, the FDIC, according to their Loss Share Agreement, writes a check to OneWest for 80% of the so-called "net loss". So, in this case, OneWest gets a check from Uncle Sam for $195,360 (.80 X $244,200).
Add the $195,360 to the sales price of $241,000, and you get a grand total of $436,360. Remember, OneWest paid $334,600 for the loan. So, OneWest puts $101,760 in their pocket, thanks to the FDIC. Folks, that is over $100k of our hard-earned tax dollars!
So, you ask...Why does this program hurt short sales? Because, our brilliant government offers this SAME PROGRAM FOR FORECLOSURES! The only difference is, the government picks up 80% of the tab on all of the extra costs associated with a foreclosure (BPO's, upkeep, utilities/maintenance, legal fees, etc.)
So, If I'm OneWest, why would I want to waste my time negotiating through a Short Sale, when I can make the same amount of money (if not more) by just letting it go to foreclosure? And we wonder why nobody can get a Loan Modification? Why would OneWest approve a loan modification for this guy, when they can foreclose and make over $100k? And, to add injury to insult, they have held this loan for 6 months! Not a bad ROI, huh?
What infuriates me the most is that in my particular case mentioned above, they have the guts to hold my client hostage for a $75k promissory note, after they are already making more than $100k on the sale!!! This is his primary residence, 1st Position loan, and OneWest has NO RECOURSE! Imagine if they could make $100k, then get a deficiency judgement! Talk about making some big bucks!
Can you say "GREED"?
The scary thing is that over 50 banks have Shared Loss Agreements in place with the FDIC. Some of them include: Bank of America (go figure), CitiMortgage, Wells Fargo, etc.
This entire agreement between the FDIC and OneWest can be found here, on the FDIC website. It's all there, for the world to see! They have it all layed out. All of the formulas, worksheets, etc.
Now, it's up to us to bring it to the attention of our elected officials and the media. Enough is Enough!
UPDATE 9/18/09: I JUST READ AN AWESOME ARTICLE ON THIS, THAT GOES INTO WAY MORE DETAIL THAN MY BLOG ABOVE. TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE! CLICK HERE TO READ IT.
Wait, it gets better...The FDIC just announced that it needs to start borrowing money from the U.S. Treasure in order to replenish it's deposit insurance fund (the same fund being used to pay all of these banks in the Loss Share Agreements). Go Figure! Click Here to read it.
The Lake Arrowhead 35th Annual Home Tour is this weekend in gorgeous Lake Arrowhead! This tour is such a draw for folks to be able to see inside some truly magnificent homes, and to have a great day here in the mountains. This year is promised to be the best homes on the tour in a long time!
The home tour itself is on Saturday September 19th, however the Friday Night Home Tour VIP event is of course, Friday the 18th from 6-9pm. The theme this year is Old Lake Arrowhead Garden Party. This VIP event sells out every year, but tickets are stilll available! The Arrowhead Garden party will take place at a lakefront estate in prestigious Point Hamiltair.
There will be wine, champagne and appetizers that run with the theme, and you can relax or mingle on the beautiful green lawn of this gorgeous home. The home is open for touring, but will not be on the regular home tour on Saturday so if you want to see this lush estate, make sure you buy your tickets now! The $80 price of this special event includes your entry to the Home Tour the following day, and you get this fabulous party! For VIP tickets to this event, visit http://fridaynight.eventbrite.com/
The Lake Arrowhead Home tour has a limited number of tickets that are sold, and is one of the Lake Arrowhead communites largest fundraisers. All proceeds are put back into the community. The homes on the tour this year promise to be a sight for all. There will be a lakefront home, a Village Cove home that is accessible only by a boat shuttle, a ranch in the Grandview area and a home in Cedar Ridge. One home will be accessible by van shuttle, last shuttle leaves at 4:30pm.
After the home tour is a wine and cheese reception at the Burnt Mill Beach club by the Lake Arrowhead Resort. This reception is open from 12 until 5 pm, so make sure to stop by!
Lake Arrowhead Repertory Theater presents: "Light Up the Sky," a play in Crestline begins tonight and runs through this weekend the 11th, 12th, and 13th and the 17th, 18th, and 19th. Showtimes are at 7pm, with Sunday Matinees at 2pm.
The theater is located in the Lake Gregory Village Theater at 23955 Lake Drive in Crestline Village. The quonset hut building next to the Hungry Bear restaurant and the Arrowhead Credit Union.
To link to a Google copy of the actual play in reading form, click on the picture to the left.
"Light Up the Sky"is a three act comedy that was first performed on Broadway in 1948. Hart wrote the play to kind of show his take on theater and being a playwright in the 1940s. This is a "play within a play," the story being that a playwright is debuting his play and has to deal with the strong characters playing his characters, and having them not be truly confident of the way the play was written and how it is received on opening night. The story is a metaphor for how people perceive others and are quick to jump ship on the whiff of bad reviews and bad news, and then how they come running back as soon as the news turns and reviews come in raving!
Who are your true friends really? These are the situations where you learn lip-service from solid representation and loyalty.
The website for the Lake Arrowhead Repertory Theater is http://www.LakeArrowheadRep.org Tickets for all shows can be bought online at that website through Brown Paper Tickets, or here in town at the following local Crestline and Lake Arrowhead Village businesses:
Lake Gregory Coffee Company
The Bus Stop
Vino 100
Betty's General Store
The Lake House
Make sure you come out and support the Lake Gregory Village Theater and the Lake Arrowhead Repertory Theater group! We need culture in our town and they are doing a great job of bringing it on!
Crestline Ca Local business spotlight on Look Tantastic Salon and Tanning in Crestline Village.
Look Tantastic Salon and Tanning opened its doors in November of 2008. It is a bustling salon that is kept super clean and a really a great experience! The shop was opened in two stages as the salon was the first to get up and running and with some delays for the owners to get the space ready for the tanning beds, the tanning was fully operational in February. The salon is located at 23875 Lake Drive in the Crestline Village, next door to the Stockade restaurant.
Let me tell you how nice it is to go into Look Tantastic and lay down in a tanning bed when it is freezing cold outside and snow covers the ground! And not even just to get a little color on your pale skin after nearly 4 months of covering up with long pants, scarves, beanies, gloves and heavy boots(only when there's snow, which we don't get a whole lot of). The feel of warmth, though it may be fake sunshine, is heavenly! I am not one for tanning a lot but it was a warm day in Crestline for me when Look Tantastic opened!
The owners are James and Heather Keenan, who moved over to Crestline from England last year, and are good and fun loving people. They keep their tanning beds running smooth and are kept very sanitary. They are thorougly cleaned after each use. Each of the two tanning rooms are private and well ventilated. The salon does keep the air conditioning on in the summertime too. Each tanning bed also has a fan that blows directly on you to keep you on the cooler side. The rooms also have certain personal care items to help you freshen up after your session and is comfortable with a chair and rug and small table for your personal belongings.
On the salon side, they offer a full menu of treatments for ladies and gents and children alike. Hair care, nail care, spa pedicures and waxing services are available here. The hair care gals have each at separate times cut my hair and I have always loved the way it is done and how it looks and how I feel when I leave!
The salon does have specials for wedding day hair and nail care, as well as prom specials. There are also some great packages available for a day of pampering! The salon serves yummy beverages to it's clentele while they wait as well as snacks and water.
The salon is also kept very clean and sanitary and is full service. Because we are a small town and this salon is located right in the downtown Crestline area, it is a great place to sit and relax while waiting for your service to begin. You can watch people walk and drive by, and the owners are always on hand to chat with you and make you feel at home. The decor is clean and minimal, with pictures taken of the Crestline area by a local photographer on the walls.
So if you are ever up here in Crestline, or if you currently live here on the mountain and have yet to stop by this great place, make sure you do! Click on the link to the Look Tantastic website for more information on the salon services!
And as always, if you have questions about moving up here to the beautiful mountains to the Crestline and Lake Arrowhead areas, please email me at steeleofalifetime@gmail.com and make sure to visit my websites!
I thought that my post is appropriately titled as What? The BEHEMOTH bank is doing what? because honestly I can't understand what they're doing and neither can the mortgage broker(who failed to tell me that they were farming the loan out to the BEHEMOTH bank.
Offer was written on May 5th on a bank owned home. The home is in the Lake Arrowhead Woods, and was a fixer for sure, but has so much potential for future resale. The house had a wood shake roof, scuff marks on the walls throughout, water damage on the basement area drywall and ceiling tiles, plumbing leak in a shower, an unpermitted toilet and sink, and some termite and dry rot issues. Termite was in the vicinity of $4100 and the bank agreed to give an additional $5000 to help replace the roof, in addition to the termite. The home is in an area with some really nice homes, many that have fabulous views of Lake Arrowhead. This one has a panaoramic view of the high desert and surrounding ridgelines. Nice parking, and you could walk to the marina and launch your boat if you wanted to.
Buyers are well-qualified and purchasing the home with their parents, who have a W2 job as well as an active partnership in a pretty high tech company that makes a lot of dough. THESE BUYERS COULD BUY THE PROPERTY OUTRIGHT FROM THE BANK. The initial buyer is the son though who will be living in the home and making the payments. In the interest of leverage and OPM, the buyer's wanted to put money down and then get a loan on the rest. The buyer's parents own several rental properties already, which has caused a problem too, but the mortgage broker said that that wouldn't be an issue.
So here we are, almost three months later from the date of when we first wrote the offer on this house, all work has been done, escrow has been extended 3 times because:
THE UNDERWRITER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
They have asked for so many things that the next is a blood sample and full-spectrum DNA analysis to make sure they are in fact human. These are all things that should have been asked for MONTHS ago, such as verification of employment(asked for twice and given twice), all W2s and tax returns and etc. There was a committee loan approval a month and a half ago, whereby they then sent everything to the underwriter and processor to get in order. This then turned into, "oh, we're getting loan docs now." We've been waiting on loan docs now for 2 1/2 weeks. First reason we didn't get them was because the BEHEMOTH bank was having technical glitches and docs couldn't be drawn. Corporate sent an email saying that "the buyer's should understand that technical glitches occur and that the corporate IT department is working on it to the best of their ability and after the glitch is fixed docs should be punched right on through." This was 1 week after saying we were going to doc.
Then the next day, the corporate department(in the void somewhere in the land of all that SUX) claimed that their employee, the branch underwriter, didn't have the authority to make the decision to approve the file and so it needed to be sent to the corporate underwriterfor their signature. OK, that was on last Friday. TODAY, the BEHEMOTH bank sends their "approval" to the branch underwriter to the mortgage broker to the buyer and to me, that there are FURTHER prior to doc conditions. They want more tax returns, something called K-1s(?) they want the selling bank to take off the money given to the termite and the roofer that did the re roofing(already done) and another list of 10 more conditions.
HOW CAN YOU GIVE AN APPROVAL AND THEN STILL HAVE MORE CONDITIONS THIS LATE IN THE GAME THAT SERIOUSLY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR AT THE LAST MINUTE? The mortgage broker said that if they try to deny the loan that my clients should bring a lawsuit against the BEHEMOTH bank, but what good is that going to do?
This just goes to show you that BEHEMOTH bank is in hot financial water if they are being this picky about someone who could have just bought the property for cash, and that they have people that do not know what they are doing because they have asked for about 30 conditions to be met over the course of 2 months, which should have all been taken care of in the first 2 months.
DO NOT USE THIS bEHEMoaUTH BANK FOR ANY OF YOUR DEALS. This is the second time that they have done this to people who are over qualified. I still do not have full approval, and the selling bank is getting tired of extending and waiting and want the buyer to release their depost as non-refundable if they don't close by next Friday. Can you sue a bank this big for financial harm?
Valley of Enchantment in Crestline Ca and the homes in Valley of Enchantment really show the history of our mountains and how our community first began. There are several ways to get to the Valley of Enchantment, depending on which side of the mountain you are on. If you are already in Crestline then you can come down Knapp's Cutoff to the 138. This drops you onto Water's drive or you can stay on the 138. If you drive down Water's drive, that takes you to "downtown" Valley of Enchantment.
Downtown VOE there is a post office, Johnny's Market and UHAUL rental, church, laundromat, a restaurant called Madeline's, the new professional building and a repair shop. One of the mountains' two elementary schools is located here in Valley of Enchantment. The other is just off of the shores of Lake Gregory. If you stayed on the 138, you run into the other half of this area where there are more homes and cabins, a self storage and eventually you will run into the San Bernardino National Forest. If you stayed on the 138, you will pass by Silverwood Lake, which is a recreational lake that allows boating and camping, and the turnoff for Hesperia and Victorville and the 15 freeway, about halfway up the Cajon Pass. This is the backside to getting to the 15 freeway if you were going to go to the high desert or Las Vegas.
The Valley of Enchantment, indeed the rest of the mountains, have a rich Native American history. They used these mountains as their summer grounds because of the temperature difference. The first white settlers were the Mormons who had a colony down in San Bernardino valley and came up here in 1852 to stay when the Seeley family built the first sawmill here along Seeley Creek in VOE. There are still Seeley decendents here today in our community, which attests to the pull these mountains have and the family atmosphere we try to cultivate! The mills were the only industry here in the mountains for a while, due to the virgin trees and forest here that was cut to provide lumber as far as Los Angeles, which helped build much of the Los Angeles area. Through the Valley of Enchantment and out Sawpit Canyon was a road named Devil's Canyon Road that much of this lumber traveled out of our mountains by. The road was opened in 1879 and began as a toll road.
Many of the homes right around Water's drive in VOE are smaller and are on smaller lots. Many of these lots were made into 2500 sq ft parcels to be used as camps for the sawmill workers and for vacationers. Much the same as Crestline Village, there are older homes from the early 20th century. You can find a great fixer here in Valley of Enchantment. There's a seasonal stream that runs off of Oak Lane and crosses under highway 138, and there are National Forest views from many of the homes here. Valley of Enchantment is surrounded by the National Forest, and you can find a great place not far from being able to hike out of your home.If you take highway 138 to Seeley Camp, there is a trail that meanders down along a stream that will lead you to Heart Rock. This hike is fairly easy and just over a mile in length. There is a parking lot to park in and make sure to bring your camera!
As you take Water's drive towards Cedarpines Park, the lot sizes and homes get bigger in some areas. In Valley of Enchantment, you can get a cabin anywhere from $40,000 on upwards of $400,000. It has a diverse range of homes, people, and is a nice place to call home!
The Mile High Park area of Crestline and homes in Mile High Park are unique. You drive up and away from town by taking Zurich to Wylerhorn to Wabern to Weisshorn and then a left onto Pine Ridge Drive. Yes, I know, it seems to be taking you to the middle of nowhere, but that is the appeal of the Mile High Park area. This community is set apart from the rest of Crestline, which seems to lend to it's exclusivity.
This small subdivision of Crestline borders on the San BernardinoNational Forest. You can literally walk out your door with a backpack and a tent(and supplies) and keep walking until you find a spot that looks good and go camping! You can do this from other places in Crestline as well, but none better than Mile High Park.
Mile High Park is a small community of just a few homes, but many are large places with large, level lots and garages! I think the most garages here in Crestline can be found here in the Mile High area! Each home is different and unique, and there is a superior pride of ownership. Most of these homes here have fabulous views of the surrounding mountains, the high desert, and lots and lots of trees! You can sit outside on your porch and literally hear nothing but the birds and the wind. There aren't too many cars that come out this way and everyone watches out for their neighbors.
The natural beauty of the mountains of Crestline are what drives most people to buy a home here. We get the full four seasons, but Southern California style so not as badly as the rest of the country. Particularly in Mile High Park, the weather seems a bit warmer on this side of the mountain so snow melts a bit better. With the pride of ownership seen here, homes retain a good value. There are some fantastic gardens and landscaping here in the Mile High area, and several of the homes have been on the Crestline Community Development Alliance's Home Tour and Garden Tour, each held annually here in Crestline and it's surrounding subdivisions.
The homes here in Mile High Park are a little newer than the rest of Crestline, with several that were recently built in the last 10 years. Again, most of the houses have completely level lots and are large enough for RV and boat parking. Living in the mountains if you have these kinds of toys then it's nice to have a lot of parking for them, and you can find that here in this area. There aren't any restrictions on parking here as there are down the hill on city streets. There are also several lots for sale here in Mile High if you are interested in building your dream home. This would be a great place to live!
You will most likely see bears here in Mile High Park, as well as other mountain wildlife. Coyotes, mountain lions, squirrels, racoons, birds...so make sure you respect that this is a wildland forest. As with all homes up here, you need to secure your trash and other belongings, and make sure your pets are adequately provided for with shelter that is secure and can withstand these creatures. A mama bear and two cubs has been fairly active in Crestline for the last couple of weeks, even venturing into the Top Town area of Crestline as well as other streets closer in to town, looking for food and water. A doctor's office receptionist took pictures of a bear that came up onto their deck and gave her a great scare. The bear was on their property for a little bit, being inquisitive and mainly trying to find food.
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Attention all Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, Blue Jay, Running Springs and other mountain communities! Go to the Local's Night Dinner at the UCLA conference center in Lake Arrowhead this coming Thursday October 22. It promises to be an extraordinary event at the beautiful center at 850 Willow Creek Rd off of Highway 173. 
beautiful landscaping in the woods. Spend a gorgeous fall evening with your friends, neighbors and mountain community members enjoying a four course dinner served in the main lodge. There is a no host bar available(which means pay for your own) with socializing hour beginning at 5pm. Dinner starts at 6:30pm.
Look Tantastic Salon and Tanning opened its doors in November of 2008. It is a bustling salon that is kept super clean and a really a great experience! The shop was opened in two stages as the salon was the first to get up and running and with some delays for the owners to get the space ready for the tanning beds, the tanning was fully operational in February. The salon is located at 23875 Lake Drive in the Crestline Village, next door to the Stockade restaurant. 
Valley of Enchantment in Crestline Ca and the homes in Valley of Enchantment really show the history of our mountains and how our community first began. There are several ways to get to the Valley of Enchantment, depending on which side of the mountain you are on. If you are already in Crestline then you can come down Knapp's Cutoff to the 138. This drops you onto Water's drive or you can stay on the 138. If you drive down Water's drive, that takes you to "downtown" Valley of Enchantment. 
If you stayed on the 138, you run into the other half of this area where there are more homes and cabins, a self storage and eventually you will run into the San Bernardino National Forest. If you stayed on the 138, you will pass by Silverwood Lake, which is a recreational lake that allows boating and camping, and the turnoff for Hesperia and Victorville and the 15 freeway, about halfway up the Cajon Pass. This is the backside to getting to the 15 freeway if you were going to go to the high desert or Las Vegas.
This small subdivision of Crestline borders on the San Bernardino National Forest. You can literally walk out your door with a backpack and a tent(and supplies) and keep walking until you find a spot that looks good and go camping! You can do this from other places in Crestline as well, but none better than Mile High Park.
You will most likely see bears here in Mile High Park, as well as other mountain wildlife. Coyotes, mountain lions, squirrels, racoons, birds...so make sure you respect that this is a wildland forest. As with all homes up here, you need to secure your trash and other belongings, and make sure your pets are adequately provided for with shelter that is secure and can withstand these creatures. A mama bear and two cubs has been fairly active in Crestline for the last couple of weeks, even venturing into the Top Town area of Crestline as well as other streets closer in to town, looking for food and water. A doctor's office receptionist took pictures of a bear that came up onto their deck and gave her a great scare. The bear was on their property for a little bit, being inquisitive and mainly trying to find food.
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