This week has been our Spring Break and the weather has been beautiful. We took advantage of the weather to do some bear scouting and see if any have come out of hibernation yet. In a warm winter, they will venture out of their dens as early as February, but given our unusually colder temperatures this winter, they're taking a little more time to wake from their slumber. Having seen last fall a good number of bears that will look very nice hanging on our wall or laying on our floor, Mike is well beyond ready for them to start wandering down from the mountain. We would hike up the side of the mountain and look a little closer to their dens, but there is still at least 3 foot of snow still on the ground. It's been melting in the sunshine, but it is still difficult to trek through - place foot on ground, make sure you have good traction before making any movement, shift weight to that foot, pause a moment while your weight causes that foot to sink through the snow, pause another moment to make sure you're finished sinking, find a place to plant the other foot and begin the process all over again. So today we stuck to the trail between the village and the lakes everyone has been using to get firewood through the winter. It's not as close to their dens, but it's packed down so we don't have to fight an ongoing battle with the snow. We saw a few tracks so we know the bears are starting to wake up and venture out in search of food, but they're just getting started so Mike may have to wait a little while longer to get one in his sights.
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