Monday, August 30, 2010

Babysitting the Bear

Remember back in the spring when we had bear "evidence" but no bear? And how we've lived here for 2 1/2 years and have yet to see one of the 4,000-5,000 black bears that live in the Adirondack park?

Well ... now we've seen one! Sort of!

Through Wayne's work, he was asked to deliver a ... hmmm... how shall I say this?.... preserved baby bear to one of the job sites. Unfortunately, a torrential downpour made this impossible and necessitated our hosting an unexpected B&B guest overnight!



Because baby bear was mounted on a lovely tree branch complete with a very delicate hornet's nest, we couldn't just throw him in a corner somewhere. He spent the night "hanging out" in the corner of our TV room/library ... much to the amusement of most of our guests and the horror of one dear vegan guest!


The next night, the rain stopped and Mr. Bear Jr. was on his way home. Trust me ... this picture does not even come close to showing how happy Wayne was to have his young charge exit the premises! We have no idea what something like this costs, but we didn't want any disaster happening on our watch!

If you like this sort of thing, you would enjoy a visit to the amazing taxidermist here in Keene, NY. They preserve animals from all over the world. Check out their website at: http://www.northcountrytaxidermy.com/. (Ok... I just checked out their mounted black bear section and I'm really glad the little guy made it through the night $afely!)

2 comments:

Wesley G. Schock said...

There's one you can add to your list of overnight guests the other B&B's probably have not had the privilege of hosting. On the bright side. He didn't eat to much. Nice story.
Thank you.

robstop said...

You never get bored do you!