Save the Date! Please plan on joining The American Conifer Society for the Rim of the World Conifer Road Trip in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California. The three days at the Big Bear Lake Visitors Center in Big Bear, California is a no-cost event (lodging, meals and transportation not included) where you will see California native conifers, including Pinus contorta var. murryana, Sierra-Cascade lodgepole pine and many others. Easy access for all fitness levels. We have been doing these kinds of trips for a couple of years now and they are an absolute blast. More and more people from other regions are starting to join us. Get out and see the ancestors of some of your favorite cultivars. Oh yes, and take in spectacular scenery, too! Details at  http://conifersociety.org/events/event/rim-world-conifer-road-trip/ about lodging, transportation recommendations, etc. The closest town is Big Bear Lake, a ski resort in winter. It will change your view of the Los Angeles ‘suburbs’ forever!