You cannot out run a bear!

Our most recent hike was awesome....and long (5.5 miles of continuous streams and waterfalls), but maybe too long for JJ who grumbled alot...and accused us of tricking him into 'doing a marathon'! He also told us that it was a 'complete waste of his time'! that was right up until about 1/2 mile from the end, where we encountered a BEAR on the trail. Luckily, we received valuable advice from a fellow hiker.....'Bears can run 35 miles/hour, so you cannot outrun a bear' And, we do not have proper equipment for climbing trees, so we better be quiet and call the park rangers to have them tranquilize the bear." Mickey had another idea....he and our brave warrior dog scared the bear off (much to the disgust of said fellow hiker)....later, we all had the same idea. Fellow hiker guy was right....we could not outrun the bear, but we all agreed we could have outrun him:) At that point, the hike became a great use of his time because he could then tell his buddy, Sir Lance-A-Lot all about it at school the next day!