| She talked about it; she dreamed about
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| | a small female black bear just crossing
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| it, she never let it go. This was how a
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| | the path about 50 yards in front of us.
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| friend of mine regarded her fear of
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| | My good friend screamed, grabbed a hold
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| coming across a bear when we would go
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| | of me and started to shake. I joined in
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| hiking in the wilderness areas of Idaho.
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| | with the screaming part because the first
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| Her character is strong in all other
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| | thing you do when you come across a bear
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| ways. She is kind, hard working,
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| | is make a lot of noise to scare it off.
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| intelligent, prosperous and loving. But
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| | So I figured, what the heck, I might as
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| when the word "bear" crosses those ears
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| | well scream too to make her feel better.
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| of hers, she turns to Jell-O. In other
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| | Well, the bear scurried off, my friend
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| words, her life is somewhat Un-Bear-Able!
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| | almost fainted and I laughed till I
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| We were hiking last spring in the Coeur
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| | cried. I gave her a few minutes for her
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| d'Alene mountains going for a 10 mile
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| | heart to slow down from it's 160 beats a
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| excursion to visit one of the beautiful
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| | minute and then I calmly and gently said
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| alpine lakes that are plentiful through
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| | to her, "You see, bears are not going to
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| out this part of Idaho. We packed a
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| | hurt you". She calmly said to me, "We
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| lunch, threw on our backpacks and set off
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| | got lucky this time buster". Well,
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| for a glorious day of exercise and
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| | needless to say, this experience did not
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| becoming one with nature. My friend,
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| | help her fear of bears but only increased
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| however, was nervous and carried a
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| | the intensity of her phobia.
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| canister of bear spray (kind of like
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| | We still go on hikes together and now my
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| pepper spray only for bears) with her
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| | friend is more at peace in the wilderness
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| just in case. I assured her that bears
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| | like never before. No, she did not get
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| were harmless in this area. Only black
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| | over her extreme terror of bears. No,
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| bears roamed the woods here...no
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| | her dreams have not stopped. No, she has
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| grizzlies I told her. Yet she was set
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| | not made peace with this precious animal.
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| out to believe that a bear was a bear and
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| | When we returned to our city dwellings
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| in her mind, they were all very very bad.
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| | after that last hike, my dear loveable
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| After about an hour of vigorous hiking we
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| | sweet caring friend immediately called up
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| sat down for a minute to take a drink of
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| | a shooting gallery, enrolled in a class
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| our water and take in the natural beauty
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| | to learn how to shoot a gun, and now
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| that surrounded us. SNAP! went a tree
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| | carries a pistol on her side whenever we
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| branch just up the trail and there it
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| | roam the hills and valleys of bear
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| was...everything she ever imagined in her
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| | country (just in case, she says). My
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| worst nightmares was in front of her. It
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| | friend feels less nervous and seems to
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| was, you guessed it, a big black 10 foot
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| | enjoy our hikes like never before. Me,
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| growling snarling bear! Actually, that
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| | I feel sorry for the poor bear.
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| is how she remembers it. It was actually
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