OK, that's it. I'm getting cable TV to occupy my time. I went to the glacier today to hike one of the trails - get there and the trail's closed for maintenance. I was all psyched for a nice hike - absolutely gorgeous day. I walked all around the glacier instead - closest I could get to it and a grand waterfall. There were more tourists at the Glacier then I've seen yet. I bushwhacked uphill just a little bit to sit beside a rocky stream for a while and look for gold. About 20 min later, I hear a woman yell "Bear! There's a bear coming right at you!" I look up and sure enough there's a bear not 15 feet away coming right at me - not intimidated at all. I freaked - couldn't say a word, just flew down the rocky stream channel to the area by the water. I was terrified. I left stuff next to the creek but was too afraid to get it later. I might try to drag Sadie with me there tomorrow to retrieve my book. When I got to the path, the woman told me that the bear followed me as I came down the hill. They say you're not supposed to run from a bear, but are supposed to yell at it. I did the exact opposite - I couldn't open my mouth and wanted to run like hell but I did manage to try to go slower than a terrified run. I thanked the woman for alerting me. Like I said... I'll watch nature shows on cable T.V. like the rest of the sane world.
