While she has taken in as many as 40 refugee horses, on Wednesday, she only had three, Taylor said. Her ranch can board as many as 75 horses, with unlimited overflow permitted during emergencies, Taylor said. Many go to Shay Meadow Ranch, the largest horse boarding ranch in Bear Valley, according to Jana Taylor, the ranch’s owner of 28 years. With horseback riding being popular in Bear Valley, many evacuees are faced with finding a place to board their horses. “But we’re not losing business (right now).” “When we get a real catastrophe up here, which we sometimes do, it does ruin business,” Carlson said. Having been in business for 30 years, Carlson understands both the panic and precaution of impending wildfires comes with the territory of living and working in the San Bernardino Mountains, he said. “Anyone who is open is making money,” Carlson said as he laid some fresh ink on a customer’s back. Bill Carlson, the owner of Big Bear Tattoo, saw the temporary commercial vacuum as an opportunity for business. The tension caused by flame-flecked hills to the south of Big Bear Lake didn’t stop all business as usual.
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