Comments on: Meeting bears up close http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/ Writing, reading, walking Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:53:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Barbara http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4022 Barbara Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:26:29 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4022 Thank you, everybody. Thank you, everybody.

]]> By: Yvonne Erwin http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4031 Yvonne Erwin Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:52:47 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4031 Happy Birthday, Barb! May this year be the best yet!! My heart goes with you. Happy Birthday, Barb! May this year be the best yet!! My heart goes with you.

]]> By: Robin L http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4030 Robin L Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:45:32 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4030 Wow, three cheers for Christopher Robin! What an amazing gift! And ditto on everything you said about bears. We had two bear cubs for pets for a few short weeks when I was young (living in L.A., no less) and they were SO not tame. Cute, but decidedly not cuddly. Wow, three cheers for Christopher Robin! What an amazing gift!

And ditto on everything you said about bears. We had two bear cubs for pets for a few short weeks when I was young (living in L.A., no less) and they were SO not tame. Cute, but decidedly not cuddly.

]]> By: Yvonne Lindsay http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4029 Yvonne Lindsay Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:12:03 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4029 Big thumbs up to CR for allowing you to confront your fear and acknowledge it for something real and realistic and giving you the chance to accept that that fear is a natural part of staying safe. The man *gets* you. Big time. Big thumbs up to CR for allowing you to confront your fear and acknowledge it for something real and realistic and giving you the chance to accept that that fear is a natural part of staying safe. The man *gets* you. Big time.

]]> By: Peggy http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4028 Peggy Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:50:43 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4028 Happy Birthday Barbara! I don't blame you, whenever we go hiking in the wilds - Bears are definitely something I'm always worried about. What a great present! Happy Birthday Barbara!

I don’t blame you, whenever we go hiking in the wilds – Bears are definitely something I’m always worried about. What a great present!

]]> By: Barbara http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4027 Barbara Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:29:30 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4027 No grizzlies in Colorado, by the way. Only black bears. No grizzlies in Colorado, by the way. Only black bears.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4026 Barbara Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:29:09 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4026 Mel, you know, they didn't really like anything, now that you mention it. It was a damp day, too, so you'd think that would show up. My biggest surprise was how big they were, and these guys were only 4 years old, so about half their full size. Can't imagine meeting one in person in the woods. Gulp. Tapsi, yes, it was strawberries. There was chow, too, and CR and I filled some paper boxes with food to leave in the enclosure, a mix of peanut butter, rice, cheeries, garlic salt (!) and various other things. They're true omnivores. Leah, wasn't that wild? I was astonished at how he flattened the tongs, like they were butter. Eeek. Thanks, Kristen! Mel, you know, they didn’t really like anything, now that you mention it. It was a damp day, too, so you’d think that would show up. My biggest surprise was how big they were, and these guys were only 4 years old, so about half their full size. Can’t imagine meeting one in person in the woods. Gulp.

Tapsi, yes, it was strawberries. There was chow, too, and CR and I filled some paper boxes with food to leave in the enclosure, a mix of peanut butter, rice, cheeries, garlic salt (!) and various other things. They’re true omnivores.

Leah, wasn’t that wild? I was astonished at how he flattened the tongs, like they were butter. Eeek.

Thanks, Kristen!

]]> By: Kristen http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4025 Kristen Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:15:54 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4025 Happy birthday! What a neat surprise and present. Glad you enjoyed your day with CR. Happy birthday!

What a neat surprise and present. Glad you enjoyed your day with CR.

]]> By: Leigh Duncan http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 Leigh Duncan Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:10:31 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4024 Happy birthday, Barbara! Bear spray - YES! When the bear grabbed for the tongs at the end of the video and bent them, I thought maybe we should all chip in to buy you a CASE of bear spray. But maybe that was part of CR's present? Happy birthday, Barbara! Bear spray – YES! When the bear grabbed for the tongs at the end of the video and bent them, I thought maybe we should all chip in to buy you a CASE of bear spray. But maybe that was part of CR’s present?

]]> By: Tapsi http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/comment-page-1/#comment-4023 Tapsi Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:33:51 +0000 http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612#comment-4023 Happy birthday! It's so difficult to overcome these fears, and I don't think I'll ever be having a croc/alligator 'experience', that's for sure, which is why I really admire you for doing this. What were you feeding him? It looked like strawberries. Happy birthday! It’s so difficult to overcome these fears, and I don’t think I’ll ever be having a croc/alligator ‘experience’, that’s for sure, which is why I really admire you for doing this. What were you feeding him? It looked like strawberries.

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