lives or worse. Bear looks like “yeah, go ahead. Take my pic. Good looking ain’t I.” He seems to be maybe too familiar with civilization. Beautiful photo.

And, this happens more often than you might think. One of the primary reasons officials tell folks to lock their doors is to keep wildlife from coming inside. We had a bear enter our shop building behind our house a few years ago. He raised all kinds of hell before he found his way out. He left a pile of bear poo on the floor and a nose print on the door more than 6 feet up which was a good indicator of his generous size. Homeowners insurance would not cover the damage he left in his wake...apparently one needs a wildlife damage rider on their policy for insurance to give a damn. Who knew? A week later that same bear got his head stuck in a dog door at our neighbor’s house.

So here’s another one...I was driving to the grocery store one evening...and I’m passing a little house with it’s garage door open and I see a bear on its hind legs working the door between the garage and the house like he’s a person and he’s done it before. Bad idea to leave the garage door open...ever. He looked just like a person trying to get into the house. Crazy! I didn't think the people were home so I just kept going. I live in a busy wildlife corridor and most of us live with bears without issue. When I came home from the store, Mr. Bear had moved on and the house looked intact.

Nice to see you GD. Hope you got moved okay.

I had a friend come visit for 10 days so I broke up the packing and moving part. I packed half of the house before she got here so while she was here I was on vacation with her. She left early yesterday and since then it has been balls to the wall.

Nice to see you too MM.