I totally forgot that I had not shared this photo! What a shame. It was such a cool thing to happen.
I was camping at The Shack in June. I was trying to do some weeding, clearing of the brush pile/poison ivy patch, and just hang out and relax. One late afternoon, I went to the top of my hill and sat to relax, birdwatch, and hopefully snap a couple of photos of the Cedar Waxwings. Initially, I had my nose buried in a magazine about planting habitat for birds - making a wish list for shopping at the nursery.
The breeze was cool and felt great after the busy warm day. I closed my eyes to relax and thought of how thankful I was to be there. I intentionally tried to clear my mind of all of my usual negative thoughts. I began to mediate.
I opened my eyes and immediately, out of the corner of my eye and over my shoulder, noticed a black blob in motion. I realized what it was just in time to snap a couple of photos. This bear came up from the corner of my yard, crossed the road, and disappeared. Thank goodness my camera is usually set on a burst of photos!
It had to have been more than just coincidence that made me open my eyes at that moment and see that bear. It gave me goosebumps thinking about how statistically lucky that was. Or was it some sort of divine intervention.
What a wonderful experience.
Initially, I watched to see if the bear would come back. Then I decided that it was time to go back into The Shack and watch from the windows just in case it did come back! Yes, you can laugh. I laughed at myself while I kept watch from inside.
What a wonderful memory. That was an extra special day at The Shack.
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Amazing, yet a bit scary if said bear decided to raid your Shack! I lived in the mountains in western South Carolina for a bit, with woods all around me, and my landlord/neighbor found bear paw prints near his house about 300 yards from me. Eeeks. And we visited Issaqueena Falls nearby one day and a half-grown bear sauntered across the road right in front of our car. Wish I'd had a camera with me that day! Neat photo!
ReplyDeleteI'm not laughing! Bears know you are there long before you see them. I'm sure glad he was not interested in getting to know you better. I think I remember that you caught a photo of a bear on your game camera before. I would imagine it was exciting to see him in person, for a moment. Great photo! Is that a building on the other side of the road? If so, he was a pretty big bear!!!
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