First.... our pose shot in the trail...
And a log we had to step over...
And a lady ponying a little appy colt.
OK - here we are in the middle of a clear cut... Lisa had pedaled about as far as she wanted to go here... She was actually going to stop here and wait till we went up to the falls and back, she was tired. By way of background, Lisa's a hunter, got a deer last year and wants to be a bear hunter... and we thought she'd have the best chance of seeing some wildlife here.
Now, right after I took this picture, I put the camera in my pack to leave....
and then I pointed up the hill behind and to the left of ecurbh.... and there, on the hill, was it a black stump? Something standing very straight and very still... a little something moved in the brush next to it and she turned... it was a black bear and at least one cub.
Wow! Crap! Lisa said, we're too close, we're too close! And the bear was coming right on down the hill toward us. That bothered us a great deal, that she was not moving away. So Lisa got on her bike and started pedaling, back the way we came.
I went off too, and then said.... DAMMIT! we need to get pictures! So I went back a bit... and tried to get a picture from the edge of the trees. Bay wouldn't stand still, the bear was moving in and out of sight and this is all I got. I tried to zoom in which makes it hard to focus, but I got a black smudge. ;~D
We went on a short distance and then stopped to talk about it. I was thrilled for Lisa... She talked about wanting to scout for bear, and I never dreamed she'd get to see one. I'd thought I'd already seen the one bear I'd see in my lifetime.
