Monday, August 18, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
just in case you didnt know.....
i'll be home in less than a week!!!!!
[and this is what happens when you let people pick your accessories at target. i blame the long day at waterworld.]
thats all for now. love.
[and this is what happens when you let people pick your accessories at target. i blame the long day at waterworld.]thats all for now. love.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
and i didnt even have to stay up all night!
I SAW A BEAR YESTERDAY!!!!
it was so exciting. little fella was just chilling in a tree down by bennett [another day camp building- for 2,3,4 year olds- about 500 yards from my building]. he was probably about a year old and he had climbed the tree to get away from the stupid buildings and grounds [b&g] people that had been chasing it. poor guy. well, i guess they cant have bears breaking into cabins or whatever, but still. he was so cute with his black body and his little brown snout. we had to leave eventually because they wanted the bear to come down so they could chase it off. apparently the new department of wildlife [dow] rule [which used to involve three strikes] says that if they have to trap a bear, they kill it. so our director of outdoor ed convinced b&g not to call the dow and let her chase it off when it came down. that way it wouldnt have to be killed. then when it finally did come down, several of my friends got to go help chase it across the river.
so here's the lesson to be learned, friends. bears are wild animals. they cause a lot of ruckus when they come around camps like ours and leaving food out where they can get to it only causes them to come back. this one happened to be little and scared and easily taken care of, but it easily could have worked out differently. this could have been a mama bear protecting her cubs. she could have hurt the 10 five year olds she ran past on her way around bennett and up a tree. and she could have been killed. so dont feed the bears, people.
[p.s. i sadly do not have pictures. he was way up in a tree. it had to be seen, not photographed. i guess i still might have to camp out at leggett anyway.]
it was so exciting. little fella was just chilling in a tree down by bennett [another day camp building- for 2,3,4 year olds- about 500 yards from my building]. he was probably about a year old and he had climbed the tree to get away from the stupid buildings and grounds [b&g] people that had been chasing it. poor guy. well, i guess they cant have bears breaking into cabins or whatever, but still. he was so cute with his black body and his little brown snout. we had to leave eventually because they wanted the bear to come down so they could chase it off. apparently the new department of wildlife [dow] rule [which used to involve three strikes] says that if they have to trap a bear, they kill it. so our director of outdoor ed convinced b&g not to call the dow and let her chase it off when it came down. that way it wouldnt have to be killed. then when it finally did come down, several of my friends got to go help chase it across the river.
so here's the lesson to be learned, friends. bears are wild animals. they cause a lot of ruckus when they come around camps like ours and leaving food out where they can get to it only causes them to come back. this one happened to be little and scared and easily taken care of, but it easily could have worked out differently. this could have been a mama bear protecting her cubs. she could have hurt the 10 five year olds she ran past on her way around bennett and up a tree. and she could have been killed. so dont feed the bears, people.
[p.s. i sadly do not have pictures. he was way up in a tree. it had to be seen, not photographed. i guess i still might have to camp out at leggett anyway.]
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