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June 12, 2008

Yosemite 1 - The Teddy Bears' Picnic

After my four weeks travelling the US to speak at various churches, I met up with my brother David for a week's holiday. We had four days in Yosemite, which was great.

On the second night we were woken by Mummy Bear and Baby Bear breaking into the "bear-proof" lockers outside a neighbour's tent just a few feet away. The lockers apparently have a slight fault, and Mummy Bear had found out how to open them - ie, get a paw underneath to un-latch it, then rip the door open, breaking the padlock in the process.

The photo was taken by Bruce Johnson, a fellow Brit who was biking his way around the west coast. He was part of the brave/foolish crowd gathering outside to watch the bears from a safe-ish distance while I peered out from behind the door of my tent.

Interestingly, with fruit and drinks and all kind of other goodies, the bears just wolfed down the pizzas and left the rest. Mothers just don't know how to feed their kids properly these days...

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Posted by Keith at June 12, 2008 06:42 PM