Last night on Denver 9 news there was a video of a bear visiting the Rocky Mountain Candy Shop in Estes Park, CO after hours. Evidently their door latch wasn't catching and Mr. Buin came in got his favorite candy bar several times and either ate it outside or in the shop, leaving behind the wrapper. Nothing disturbed but missing candy. After the lock was repaired they found muddy paw prints on their door. I will be doing a show in Estes Park Labor Day in Bond Park, a few blocks away from the candy store. The bears are hungry and the drought and fires have done a number on their habitat at a time when they need to be adding fat for the winter. Just a reminder, if you do shows in the mountains not to leave food or goodies in your tent overnight.
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Wow Ruth that is really neat. I havn't seen any bears at Estes Park but yesterday evening as we walked back to the truck from the show we saw a cow elk, two calves and a young bull bugling on the hillside. The police chief came by my booth Friday when we were setting up to buy some stuff. The biggest problem he has now is bears. Also spoke with a woman from Glen Haven over the hill and down a canyon who had a bear in her house. It was a polite one.
Richard - I love Estes Park, we spent our honeymoon and 6 additional vacations there while living in Dallas, never saw any bears. Best of luck on your show in Estes Park CO, Mammoth Lakes CA is beautiful, despite the bear problem they have. Gourmet Food vendors left some trash out last night and we saw the evidence of bears coming through the show site last night, and now we see them this close to our overnight parking site and it's a bit unnerving. Really hoping for a good night's sleep, but I think that's doubtful after feeling our RV being bumped last night and seeing this bear tonight!
We're in Mammoth Lakes, CA for the Labor Festival of the Arts, went for a short stroll after the show and look what we saw on the golf course next to the show area on our way back to our travel trailer ~200 yards from where we are spending the night! Now, no photo critique is necessary, this was low light with my zoom lens, I'm sure all of the photographers on this site could have gotten a better photo.
It's Thursday evening 8/30 and we got into Estes Park, CO for the three day show put on by the local Rotary over Labor Day. The cabin we rented is about a mile up the hill from the park where the show will be set up starting at 9 am tomorrow. I was reading the guest book, and the people who stayed here over the weekend had a bear at the cabin door. Instructions are to close all doors and windows so bears don't get in when you are gone. I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't the candy store bear as that place is also just down the hill. Jean is getting ready to grill some steaks, aka calling all bears. I wonder if she will jump if I sneak around the corner and give a bear snort. Oh forgot, fresh snow fell on Longs Peak this afternoon. It is in Rocky Mountain Natl. Park just up the road. Looking forward to a good show. Great to be out of he studio.
On two occasions while hiking, I had to step over a pile of steaming bear crap. Needless to say, we started whistling and speaking very loudly along the trail. Never did see a bear.
I'm afraid that we are not thrilled when we see deer in our backyard in NJ. They eat our vegetables and flowers, one dog will eat their crap and the other will roll in it, and then the ticks that fall off give us lyme disease.
Now, we get turkeys.
Alison Thomas > 28uqozonqtmm8August 26, 2012 at 3:29pm
I do have to admit they can be aggravating at times. They ate the tops off all my lilies and decimated some other shrubbery. I am growing potted tomatoes on my back porch and I caught one with its front foot on the first step. But they are so beautiful, especially when they bring the babies around. I'm just going to put in shrubs they don't like and put a fence around the vegetables.
Jim Parker > Alison ThomasAugust 26, 2012 at 10:36pm
We had to put a seven foot high fence around our tomatoes and peppers to keep the deer out. For lilies and ornamentals, you can spray them so the deer won't touch 'em. Deer love our hostas and our day lilies.
My cousin HJ had me out to his folks' cabin on the West Boulder River this past week (that's Montana), and they have a resident black bear. We caught her sitting under a tree, gorging on wild apples, about 500 yards from the house. The dog went crazy, but didn't rush down to confront Mrs. Bear. Good thing, too.
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Richard - I love Estes Park, we spent our honeymoon and 6 additional vacations there while living in Dallas, never saw any bears. Best of luck on your show in Estes Park CO, Mammoth Lakes CA is beautiful, despite the bear problem they have. Gourmet Food vendors left some trash out last night and we saw the evidence of bears coming through the show site last night, and now we see them this close to our overnight parking site and it's a bit unnerving. Really hoping for a good night's sleep, but I think that's doubtful after feeling our RV being bumped last night and seeing this bear tonight!
We're in Mammoth Lakes, CA for the Labor Festival of the Arts, went for a short stroll after the show and look what we saw on the golf course next to the show area on our way back to our travel trailer ~200 yards from where we are spending the night! Now, no photo critique is necessary, this was low light with my zoom lens, I'm sure all of the photographers on this site could have gotten a better photo.
On two occasions while hiking, I had to step over a pile of steaming bear crap. Needless to say, we started whistling and speaking very loudly along the trail. Never did see a bear.
I'm afraid that we are not thrilled when we see deer in our backyard in NJ. They eat our vegetables and flowers, one dog will eat their crap and the other will roll in it, and then the ticks that fall off give us lyme disease.
Now, we get turkeys.
I do have to admit they can be aggravating at times. They ate the tops off all my lilies and decimated some other shrubbery. I am growing potted tomatoes on my back porch and I caught one with its front foot on the first step. But they are so beautiful, especially when they bring the babies around. I'm just going to put in shrubs they don't like and put a fence around the vegetables.
We had to put a seven foot high fence around our tomatoes and peppers to keep the deer out. For lilies and ornamentals, you can spray them so the deer won't touch 'em. Deer love our hostas and our day lilies.
My cousin HJ had me out to his folks' cabin on the West Boulder River this past week (that's Montana), and they have a resident black bear. We caught her sitting under a tree, gorging on wild apples, about 500 yards from the house. The dog went crazy, but didn't rush down to confront Mrs. Bear. Good thing, too.
I shared this on my facebook page but it also seems appropriate here.
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