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Anoranaza<\/strong>, 24″ x 36,” Caseline, by Donna Lyons \u00a9 2016<\/p>\n

The almost forgotten about mountain cabin<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Marty Coffin Evans \u00a9 2025<\/p>\n

Recent stories told by friends about their mountain cabins seemed initially to bypass my experience. Then, I remember I too had a long-forgotten Lake Arrowhead area home in Southern California\u2019s San Gabriel Mountains.<\/p>\n

My memory about this cabin is a little fuzzy from its inception to ultimate demise. I do remember my late husband David and I had headed to Lake Arrowhead at one point, in the late 1960\u2019s, where, after meeting with a salesman (no name remembered), we purchased a lot in the nearby Cedar Glen area.<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t initially build on that lot; we let it sit for a year or so. Realizing that was a waste of money, we decided to build a two-bedroom mountain home complete with a loft.<\/p>\n

All went well until it didn\u2019t. With heavy rains one year, our property lines were blurred, which eventually made a difference.<\/p>\n

Whether it was a neighbor or someone else, we were told our nearly newly built mountain home was too close to another\u2019s property. There had to be a 10-foot space from the property line to our home.<\/p>\n

The choices were limited. The builder suggested he could move the home 10 feet away from the line. Of course, he\u2019d never previously done that! The alternative, which we took, was to purchase the needed 10 feet from the neighbor.<\/p>\n

This purchase might not seem such a big deal, other than the money, except we had purchased all the furnishings months earlier. Our furniture friend, David Armstrong, kept them in the basement of his store in Pomona, California.<\/p>\n

Finally, the home was finished and the furniture moved from David\u2019s basement in Pomona to our new place in Cedar Glen, about 60 miles away. All was good until it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Because of the remote location of many mountain homes and cabins, a security company, Rim of the World Patrol, kept a watchful eye notifying owners should any problem occur. One did for us!<\/p>\n

We received a call from Rim of the World Patrol asking about the furnishing in our place. Did we have a couch, chairs, drapes, and more in the living room? Yes we responded. \u201cYou don\u2019t anymore!\u201d was their reply! My exasperated husband, David, immediately jumped into our back yard pool!<\/p>\n

Apparently, someone or ones had been watching the moving in of the furniture to our vacant place. Before we could get there and enjoy the blue sofa, chairs, and drapes, all were taken!<\/p>\n

I thought of becoming the area Welcome Wagon Lady where I could go around looking for my sofa, chairs and drapes. I hope whoever furnished their place with our belongings enjoyed them since we couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

You could see why my memory of this mountain place remained lost to time. After our little black poodle Bippy survived getting hit on the head by a shovel or broom or something as we were loading the car to return to our Claremont home in the Pomona Valley, we decided \u201cenough was enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether that was the final blow or not, it prompted us to sell this mountain home and find a place in the desert! Did we ever spend a night in our mountain place? I don\u2019t remember!<\/p>\n

June 2026<\/p>\n

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