Marehaven Farm
Longmont, CO
We saw a bear!
October 11 / 2007 09:11 PM Filed in: Trail Riding
| Belle
My friend Donna and I
went riding today, as we're trying to do every
Wednesday, but today we saw something neither of us
had ever seen on a trail ride: a bear! We were on the
Big Bluestem trail, which is southwest of Boulder and
is part of a large network of trails through the
foothills. We were up in the pine trees, moseying
along, when Donna spotted the bear about fifty yards
to the right. It was looking at us but didn't look
concerned.
For a second I thought about whipping out my camera to take a shot (and now that Belle and I have not been made into Bear Snacks, I wish I had). But what we did instead was get off the horses and start walking away quickly while making lots of noise (Donna was singing "Old McDonald Had a Farm" and I was reassuring the bear that we had no interest in bearskin rugs). After a bit, we decided we were out of harm's way, so we got back on.
The horses were never bothered, even though they could see (and presumably smell) the bear, so maybe they can sense when a bear is having aggressive thoughts vs. "where should I take a nap" thoughts?
For a second I thought about whipping out my camera to take a shot (and now that Belle and I have not been made into Bear Snacks, I wish I had). But what we did instead was get off the horses and start walking away quickly while making lots of noise (Donna was singing "Old McDonald Had a Farm" and I was reassuring the bear that we had no interest in bearskin rugs). After a bit, we decided we were out of harm's way, so we got back on.
The horses were never bothered, even though they could see (and presumably smell) the bear, so maybe they can sense when a bear is having aggressive thoughts vs. "where should I take a nap" thoughts?
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