Holcomb Valley
Wejust got back from two nights at Holcomb Valley, just north of BigBear 9 lake. Legend has it that in the 1850’s Bill Holcomb was outhunting and wounded a grizzly bear in Polique Canyon. He trackedthe bear over the ridge where this photo was taken, and whilelooking for blood tracks, found valley in the gold that would soon”bear” his name.
The Boy Scouts have a camp in the valley, and our goodfriends Paul and Linda run the place. We went with our friendsWendy, Jana and Robert, and the six of us had a real good time.Paul and Linda treated us like royalty all weekend, and we got totour the 400 acres on quad-runners, shoot rifles and shotguns, hikeand stay in one of the cabins instead of camping in the cold.
Riding the quads was incredible fun, but it did kind of goagainst the environmentalist in me. While we were out, we sawseveral deer, and the sun-bleached bones of several horses who hadspent their last summer in the valley. We also poked around theremaining buildings of the Hitchcock Ranch, the predecessor to theScout Camp.
Iput together a short, three-and-a half minute video of our weekend,but it doesn’t even come close to showing how much fun we had.Never the less, enjoy.
By popular demand, here is another three-minutes of video from ourtrip.
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