Bear's Adventures with Horses

So, I've been living at this place now for a little over a month and the freedom is fantastic! Everyone leaves me and Toby in the yard ALL day long. We have walnuts to eat, birds to chase, and fences to dig under. Toby seems to excell in the hole digging, but I'm getting quite adept at using my mouth. I found a gopher the other day, but he was too fast. The other day I figured out how to dig under the fence and go visit the horses next door. They let me roll in stuff. But then when my mom got home at 930 at night, I had to get hosed down. I was not pleased. Pretty soon I'm going to get my teeth on Captain the Cockatiel. I'm working on my balance. Soon I'll figure out the lock on the cage. So give me time. I'll catch the bird. For now, the horses seem pretty easy targets with their constant eating and chewing. They'll never suspect.

The Office

So you may or may not have experienced the classic TV show, The Office. If you find yourself in the latter group I do suggest it. It is a humor that takes some getting used to and is full of awkward scenes that kind of make you squirm. Although I do spend my days mostly in an office now my experience is really nothing like that. But we did have a Black Bear wandering around outside our office the other day which made the time sitting at my computer a bit more exciting. One lady driving by actually flagged me down to make sure I knew there was a bear outside our office. Anyways you can check out the video of it all below. Oh yea and the newspaper reported that the dog you see in the video is actually trained to keep bears treed until they can tranquilize them. Clearly not playing the 'good idea bad idea' game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2PQVNkX5ls

So, this is fun?

Actually, its not too bad, saved by intermittent bursts of hilarity and the three legged wonder dog, who is funny doing just about anything. Particularly chasing his new doggie disc. Sometimes there is an occasional face plant, but he's getting better at it.

This week, I survived pepper spray. Oh, suck. I would rather be beaten, tazed, or made to run a marathon in Death Valley than do that again. It felt like I had sand in my eyes for 3 days. Not even living on islands for 2 years prepares you for that. But they're starting to focus again, and after rubbing my eyeballs with Johnson's baby shampoo, the burning did eventually subside after 55 minutes of excruciating pain. Mostly, it was sweet.

Today is drive fast day. Going okay. Made it through the course only hitting one cone. Wonder if that was the pregnant nun. Hear you get more points for those.

And a recreational triumph (who'd-a-thunk, in wine country...) Climbed my first 5.10a in 7 years. Yep, I'm bragging. It hurt and I was excited. My finger tips are still sore! I forgot how much I love climbing. Plan to do lots more in the next 4 weeks. Woohoo!

Thats this week's skinny. Missing snow. Wish I was skiing. :)

Photo is me with my eyeballs pried open into a fan to make the hurting stop. Neato. I love Ranger Academy.