A Writer Afoot » bears http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog Writing, reading, walking Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:29:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Meeting bears up close http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/ http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:55:19 +0000 Barbara Samuel http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/?p=612 Anyone who has read here for any length of time knows that I have bear worries when I hike.  I even have dreams about them sometimes, but I’m not willing to give up hiking. 

Today, to celebrate my birthday, Christopher Robin arranged a surprise: he took me to the zoo for a “Grizzly Bear Encounter.”   [...]]]> http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2009/06/02/meeting-bears-up-close/feed/ 0 Local pleasures http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2008/08/18/local-pleasures/ http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2008/08/18/local-pleasures/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:06:07 +0000 Barbara Samuel http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2008/08/18/local-pleasures/

Yesterday, CR and I went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo to see the new Rocky Mountain Wild exhibit. This is a zoo worth visiting, truly–not large, but built along the mountain overlooking Colorado Springs, and the exhibits are more and more animal friendly.   We were anxious to see the baby tiger that was [...]]]> http://www.barbarasamuel.com/blog/2008/08/18/local-pleasures/feed/ 1