4th of July weekend in Bear Valley Springs

Colorful hot air balloons getting ready for lift off.

Colorful hot air balloons getting ready for lift off.

Colorful hot air balloons flying over Bear Valley Springs.

Sunday's 4th of July celebration in Bear Valley Springs featured a classic car show. Nearly 50 entries competed for first place. Winner this year is Herb Martindale for his beautifully restored 1931 Model A Ford.

The Challenge the Bear family style 12 mile Baby Bear race was won by Laura Huntington, bib #586 with a time of 41:03. Second place and only 3 seconds behind was Mark Trunnell, bib #585 and a time of 41:06.

Challenge the Bear fastest time for the gruelling 58 mile Papa Bear ride went to Eathan Zehr, with a time of 3:39:15. Congratulating Eathan is Challenge the Bear organizer Jay Carlyn.

Challenge the Bear fastest time for the 35 mile Momma Bear ride went to Mark Carvell with a finish time of 1:48.57.

Finishing out a day of bike racing, ballooning, shopping and just hanging out around the coolness of Cub Lake was the "Firecracker 5-K Run" which looped around the lake and back to a finish line at the baseball diamond.