Last night I was on our back deck talking with my wife. We were
talking about where we might plant some sunflowers. As I was
looking around the backyard, I saw something in the corner of my eye,
that was just over the fence in the back corner of our property.

My first thought was that a big brown dog was slowly running up the mountain … and then I realized it was a big brown bear!

It turns out that my neighbor called the county sheriff when this bear
chose to walk through his back yard … then crossed the street …
then went though the yard next to mine … and then we watched it amble
up the mountain towards my Internet communications shed. The bear
quickly crossed over the top of the rise near the shed and we lost site
of it.

This is the first time that I have seen a bear that close to our house
…. it was fun and a good reminder about the presence of wildlife!