Tuesday, July 8, 2008

4th of July Camping with a Special Guest

Max had the most mosquito bites out of all of us. He must be the sweetest!
I liked the privacy of our campground. I wonder if any of the 4 wheelers thought we were having a nudist colony?
Mommy, Daddy, and I went for a hike on Thursday morning. All of a sudden, Daddy said, "Dana, there's a big, brown bear." Mommy couldn't remember what you were supposed to do--climb a tree or walk away slowly. :) Daddy said we would just walk away slowly. At that time, I spotted the big bear and started to roar loudly! Mommy and Daddy always ask me what a bear says, so when I saw it, I naturally tried to talk to it. The bear looked at us, but was involved in his eating, so he didn't seem to care that we watched him. Mommy called Grandpa to tell him and told him that it was up to him whether or not to disclose the information to Grandma. She tends to worry.
Daddy wanted Mommy to go and get him a tag, but the season doesn't open until later this summer. Mommy went into town on Thursday afternoon to get Danette, so Daddy told her to grab his gun and pistol just in case the bear decided to come into camp or if we snuck up on it unexpectedly. Mommy came back with a pistol, a shot gun, and a variety of bullets because she didn't know what went with what. Daddy said that Mommy needs to learn the difference between a shot gun which will just make a bear mad and a rifle which could really help us out. Luckily, but a little disappointedly, we never saw the bear again.

2 comments:

nickandhil'sfamily said...

Are people not supposed to post comments? Just wondering. Nick wants to know where you guys were camping, it looks exciting.

Kerri said...

Wow! It looks like there are a couple of bears/bares in camp!