Bear

I almost didn't want to post anything about yesterday's ride.  It was very hot, we were going slow, it was the "Mario" ride-a nice ride, but nothing remarkable about it--until the very end.  We got to see the bear!  We were almost back to the road, on a small trail going back to FLEC.  There are blackberry bushes and a small creek, mostly dried up now, that parallels this trail.  The bear must have been eating the berries and we came up on him.  He was more scared of us than we were of him, so he was busy scrambling over the rocks on the other side of the creek to get away from us.  The horses, Sky in the lead, just stopped to watch.  Zoe gave the trail in a certain area the "head tilt with cocked ears", she must have smelled it too.  Anyway they just walked on, back to business.  These horses have seen bears camping so I guess that helps.  It also helps that the "odd" animal was moving away from us.  He was fun to watch as he scrambled over the rocks, very agile.