august 18

this morning we awakened to the aftermath of a bear in our neighborhood.  there are constantly bear sightings in and around our community, so it's always something that's in the back of my mind.  last night the kids and i took the trash out, and i very intentionally used the bungee cord to strap down the lid on the garbage can "just in case" bears came by.  it's never happened before, but sure enough, i awakened this morning to something white out on our lawn.  i looked closer and immediately knew a bear had been here.  it knocked down only the garbage can and opened the lid despite the bungee cord still being in place.  it took every bag of garbage out of the can, tore into them and clearly ate some of the food.  i looked down the street, and i could see 3-4 other garbage cans knocked down with bags torn open.  such a smart animal to only knock over the "garbage" can with the food in it and find a way to get the lid off and all the bags out even with something in its way to prevent just that.  i think that bear sure was hungry, and i sure am glad i was not around when he came by.  the kids were so taken with the story of the bear, and they shouted the news to everyone they saw including the first garbage man to roll through :)  a bear got into our garbage! a bear got into our garbage!