Standfield Marsh is a wildlife and waterfowl preserve and if the area gets enough snow and rain it will be filled with water in the winter, spring and summer months. Usually by fall the water has evaporated and just a small amount around this little island in the middle still remains. It's weird to think that just a few months ago in summer helicopters were coming by to scoop water out of the marsh to fight a fire somewhere in Big Bear Valley.
So before we got there the other day I said I wanted to walk out to the island and Mike said, there will probably be some water left and your shoes will get wet. Sure enough there was.
I had Mike take photos of me so I could prove I almost walked on to the island. (as if it's some far off island, lol) The bottom two photos are when it was almost full - when it's full it goes on both sides of the footbridge.
So I'm in blue and I am standing at the edge of the water. He zoomed up some because he couldn't see me at all if he hadn't.
All of this to say I always feel so good as soon as we drive in to Big Bear. Maybe I'm meant to live here for awhile. There are a lot more options to hike and walk around here that aren't all up and down hills.
