Bears.
Yesterday Jane and I were in N. Woodstock, NH hiking the Mt. Hancock
peaks. After the hike we were headed to Rt. 93 to go home and a black
bear ran across the road in front of us. At least I didn’t see it while
on the hike. The fiercest animal we saw on the hike was a toad.

This bear was jet black and caught me off guard since we were so close to the entrance ramp to the highway. It scampered across the road, stopping traffic and then dove off into the woods. It was probably coming into town near nightfall to check out the restaurant dumpsters for food scraps, which means it is headed for a troubled and possibly short life.

Hopefully I can soon get back up there into the woods and spend some more time there.

Dennis