A bear in the woods . . .
Three actually!
BF and I ventured up to Tahoe for a weekend get-away. As always, we brought the dogs – two full size labs. The weather was perfect. Warm during the day and brisk at night. The dogs swam in the lake; we shopped at Christmas Tree Village for ornaments and other chochkis and ate at our favorite pub- Crosby’s, which provides outdoor seating as to accommodate the dogs.
After a long day, we snuggled into our cabin and drifted off to sleep. Suddenly, we were awoken by the growling and barking at the sliding door. Through the curtains, I made out the outline of some sort of animal head. Hmmm . . .
We called off the dogs, and I got up to investigate. Much to my surprise, and fortunately on the other side of the sliding glass door, we two bear cubs and one really, big mother bear. The cubs had climbed up on the deck and were making their way up an apple tree at the edge of deck. Mom stood patiently by as the cubs climbed and played. I thought of grabbing my camera, but didn’t want to miss the show nor cause Mom any alarm.
After a few minutes and apparently filled of apples, they moseyed on. I am guessing the cubs weighed in about 200 lbs or so – at least twice the size of the dogs. According to the locals, the bears have been pretty active this year suggesting it is going to be a long, cold winter.
I’ve met a lot of bears in my day, but these two may have been the cutest, yet!! Well, there was Brian in Chicago, but that’s another story.