The day after the marathon, I set off on a mellow jaunt up from the Moose Creek TH in Victor on the trail leading up to Taylor Mtn. After 2,000ft of moderate climbing, I turned around and cruised back towards the TH where I was stopped short by about a quarter mile by a guy standing in the trail holding a big stick. Good thing he was there or I would've had day 2 of racing, this time a panicky life-or-death steeplechase competing against an angry protective mama black bear guarding her three cubs.
Cute and harmless looking little buggers, but we kept our distance not wanting to get anything close to cozy with any of them. It took about ten minutes, but they finally wandered off the trail to quietly exist before their next human surprise encounter.
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