Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Wonder what it's like!



We're here by the red spot. Hope we're seeing grizzlies. Hope we're not falling into the water. Hope my camera works and I can show you wondrous bear pictures next week. Have you ever seen a bear in the wild?

7 comments:

Namowal (Jennifer Bourne) said...

I haven't seen a bear in the wild, but I sure hope you do (assuming said bears are mild mannered).

Anonymous said...

I've seen full-grown black bears in my backyard. Does that count?

Linda Davick said...

Once Larry and Debbie and I went on a hike in the Smokies. We heard something crashing through the woods. 2 bear cubs crossed the path. We didn't even realize (or I didn't) that that probably meant the mother was nearby. But Larry had a can of tuna, so maybe he could have offered it to her had she been angry with us. Tourists in the Smokies were always trying to feed bears from their cars--not so good for the bears and a little dangerous for the tourists (?)

p.s. Mean Jean, Did the bear climb up your stone steps?

Anonymous said...

All right. I exaggerated. I just talked to Larry and he said it was only one bear. And that the bear looked skinny and that's why we thought it might be a youngster.

Anonymous said...

The bear has been here since the steps were built but I didn't see any evidence that it was on the steps. It did destroy our Droll Yankee Twirl-a-Squirrel feeder.

Anonymous said...

Hiking (alone, stupidly!) once in the Smokies I was heading down a mountain trail when two women were walking up. They warned me they thought they'd heard baby bears. I RAN all the way down.

Sally said...

I didn't realize that bears were seen so frequently in the South.

You Southern ladies are so experienced!