It’s a Bear! No, it’s Four Bears!

The coolest thing happened to me today.

We were driving back from a visit to the Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs, Virginia. My husband likes to take a short cut that we call the Goat Path because it’s so narrow. The road winds through a mountain of forest that is breathtakingly beautiful. Because I didn’t want to get car sick, I was looking out the window when I spotted something in the top of a tree.

When I realized it was a bear, I yelped for my husband to stop and started fumbling for my phone. Just as I turned on the video, the bear began climbing down the tree. I watched in awe as she got to the bottom in record time and disappeared through the brush.

And then, we spotted something else at the top of the tree. One, two, three cubs now climbing down after her! They were little, but since I have no idea how to gauge the age of a bear, I couldn’t begin to guess their age. They were just so adorable. They made puppy-like noises calling after their mama who had moved to the hillside to watch us with a worried look on her face.

I started thinking about the stories I’ve heard about people getting between a mama bear and her cubs, but she simply sat still and watched us watching them.

I actually felt guilty for causing any of them stress, but what an amazing thing it was to witness. It felt like this very special privilege we had for some reason been given.

I can’t express what a beautiful thing it was to watch them there like that. I keep thinking about her sweet face, her patience in waiting out our curiosity.

I pray that they will be allowed to live peacefully in their forest home and that no harm will ever come to them.

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