Lucie Goes on a Bear Hunt - Our Vacation Continues

On Friday, July 23 Lucie and I spent some quality time together while Ron went trail riding on Engineer Pass, Cinnamon Pass which makes up Alpine Loop. We decided to go on a bear hunt starting with our morning walk.

The morning view from our dirt road.  Actually...this could be any time and any day and you really wouldn't know the difference so suspend your disbelief and come along on a magical journey of discovery as a young girl finds herself and her place in the world.  (and Ron said those creative writing classes weren't worth it....suck it dear!)

No bear here.

Wonder what Bella was up to this morning? She looks like a bear!
The woods around here are so thick that there could be anything out there waiting for us.

Oh look! It's some tall weeds!

Got to go through them to find that bear.

We had a lot of wild flowers around our house.

This one looks yummy!  Om nom nom.  The puking came later...no pix ;)

The mountain view from the cliff.

No bear here.

We were as careful as we could be to avoid the cacti that were camouflaged all over.  They were cleverly disguised as cacti, mother nature is tricky like that.

"Glad all we found were these cacti!  Jerk"

Later in the morning, we were relaxing in our house.

"What's next??!!"

We are going to try to find this guy again.  You know...it must have been the altitude affecting my thought process.  I actually was out looking for bears.  Bears.  Yeah let that sink in, what the heck would have I done if I found one?  Oh I know...I would have been attacked and eaten probably, leaving a husband to wander the mountain with the rescue teams to look for the remains of a sweet innocent dog and her dingey owner.  I'm not sure if I thought my cunning plan through.

"We are going to do what now?"

After our hike, we were relaxing on the deck...

when we saw this guy flying around.

Lucie kept a close eye on him.

Then we headed out again to try and find that bear.

We didn't expect to find any of these here (Komodo Dragon).

No bear here.

 Looks like rain is coming.

This tree thing looked interesting.

This was the end of the deserted road near our house. It was strangely quiet down here. We both realized how far we were from our house and how secluded we were. Then we saw this...

...and quickly started back up the hill.

This hill was not this steep coming down it!

Pant, pant, pant, pant...
we recently found out from our new Wildlife Field Biologist friends that the poo was most likely from a bear and now we know what to look for in case we run into anything like this again.

"That was close! No more bear hunts for us."

We enjoyed the view from our deck for the rest of the day and were lucky enough to catch this little guy.

Well, we did until our next potty break.

"A little privacy please!"

Coming Soon - Beautiful Trails and Sunsets