I have never seen so heart throbbing view like Big Bear Lake. It takes away your breath with the fist eye view.
I visited Big Bear Lake with my family in summer, 2007. And it was a fabulous decision to go there.
Although driving the car was one tough thing, which my husband was doing :), I sitting beside him was having nausea because of the pin size turns. We were almost travelling in circles....yes...you are thinking right...it is on top of the mountain.
My daughter almost threw up because of the continuous circles :)) She was more happy when she saw the open ground and geese and ducks running all arround her.
The people were fishing. Some parents were training their children how to fish. Lodges were booked. People were enjoying the summer vacations there. I remember a couple was sitting on one these rocks in the picture I have attatched. They were sun tanning :) and it was really the ideal place to do that.
We took photographs with the Big Bear Statue. It was so nice toonly sit in the bench and see the water flowing and the waves striking the stones...Ohh! and I remember from that I picked up few stones from there.
You guys should plan a trip to Big Bear Lake. It is wonderful in winter as well...this is what I have heard and seen but I will definitely go there in snow as well....
For more information see http://www.bigbear.com/
Best of luck ;)