My bear encounter (not for the weak)

[Kitsune06]

oh my god. *hug* CWR- that's scary! I'm so glad you're okay! I can't imagine two loads of bird shot and he wasn't even fazed. Scary, SO scary.

[Cassandra_Cain]

OMG - wow, how scary is that!

I'm glad you made it ok and even had the wherewithal to make chocolate cake. Good idea.

Stay safe

[Denise223]

That's just too scary for me -- I'm happy to hear that you & your BF kept it together!

Stay safe.

Peace & Love,

Denise

[Duck on Wheels]

Guess the bears don't get to the corner store all that often either. Worked out how to use you guys as the duck delivery wagon. I'm glad you handed over the birds and didn't wait for a tip.

[Thistle]

omg you are amazing!!!!

[snapdragen]

See CWR? You are the president of Team Danger! Amazing and scary story, so glad you kept it together and got away safely.

[Fledgling]

Sheesh! That's extreme! Way to keep collected. Glad you both walked away unharmed.
Hope that the cake made you feel better.

[caligurl]

HOLY SH!T!!!!!!!!!

glad you are OK!

[chickwhorips]

yup very large grizzly. they are mean buggers.

i have heard of the story of treadwell. BF said that's all he could think of with that bear coming at us.

snap you had to wait a bit but you did get your bear story. at least it was a good one with a happy ending.

[Kitsune06]

Treadwell WAS nuts. DGF and I watched 'Grizzly Man' and the whole time she was shaking her head, saying "He's gotta be bi-polar. He must be. Oh my god."

Anyone willing to get that close to grizzlies *on purpose* has to be on the shallow end of the sanity pool.

... and yeah, there is that audio. it's actually more sad and scary than gross.

Chick Who Rips: a woman who can make the effort to scare a huge grizzly bear off with a shot gun, then go home and make chocolate cake to calm down.

I *told* you you were my hero. You don't *have* to prove it!

[chickwhorips]

I *told* you you were my hero. You don't *have* to prove it!

oh so now you tell me that. could've told me that before.

[Kitsune06]

oh so now you tell me that. could've told me that before.

Pff. I did tell you, but I forget what it was in reference (reverence) to. I think it was when you were telling me about work.

[Xrayted]

and... !!! You WOMAN you! And I thought it was rough getting chased by a dog! So glad you are both o.k. I totally understand the cake baking thing. Total comfort food, divert the mind for a while... (It's got it's own food group and healing powers in my life. )

Treadwell WAS nuts. DGF and I watched 'Grizzly Man' and the whole time she was shaking her head, saying "He's gotta be bi-polar. He must be. Oh my god."

Exactly what I was thinking when watching it. The dude was a ka-razy SOB! I've never quite decided in my own mind if he was truly out there for the bears or for celebrity/shock value. SAD that his GF paid the price too.

[cherinyc]

whoa chickie!!! I've always played things like that out in my mind, but I have no idea how I would react if it actually happened. BF and I went for a hike on the Appalachian trail back in May, and some hikers while passing, told us there was a bear up ahead. (In the NE we have black bears, not as big as Grizzlies). I couldn't wait to see it, but was of course a little afraid.
and...then I was disappointed when we never saw it. I was looking over my shoulder the whole rest of the time - thinking that maybe it was stalking us.
Sheesh.....

In my trully honest opinion, you should tweek your story a bit - and send it to Backpacker Mag or Adventure or something. I LOVE that part of the magazine where people tell there adventure stories, and the fact that you are a woman makes it even better. The stories that are in there most of the time are from men. Let me know if you want any help finding a magazine's contact name or anything (if you decide to submit it).

SOOOO glad you are both ok!!!!!! I am raising my glass of Merlot..to you.
BTW - maybe there are ways to ship veggies to you?

[Lise]

Come to think of it, I'm really impressed that the cake even made it to the oven. I probably would've eaten the whole thing in batter form at that point! How're you feeling now that a few days have passed?