Oh Wow! A Bear at the Cabin!

We went up to Jay’s family cabin this weekend.  It’s hidden high in the Utah mountains, there’s no electricity and the drinking water comes from a natural spring.  It’s amazing.  I love it there.  It definitely seems like it would be bear country but over the years I’ve only heard a handful of stories about actual sightings.  I think the last time I heard about a bear sighting was Jay’s grandpa telling us about how he was horse riding with his brother back in the late seventies and they came across one.  So, we’ve never been too concerned.  When Al (Jay’s dad) called to reserve the cabin for the weekend his cousin told him about the bear that left paw prints all over the wooden bench in the front of the cabin.  Sure enough, the muddy paw print and a big slobbery print were still right there on the window.  Crazy!

With all the bear talk Ashleigh was growling around all weekend pretending to be a bear.  I came around the corner and found her and Grandpa Al doing this:

And then there was lots of this:
“Mom, we’re being bears.”
“Look Mom, we’re turning into bears.  grrrr”

I’m honestly not sure who was having more fun haha.  I’m kinda glad this was the only bear sighting this weekend.