I wake up feeling fluey today. The signs were there yesterday and it is worse today. I hope it’s very temporary. I have another easy day to speed up my recovery so I spend it walking amongst the sequoias. Another bear experience! This medium sized bear walked across the path from the woods to and open marshy area. It was happy to feed on the swamp grasses and plants within meters of me. They are handsome looking animals. They don’t have much to worry about. They are at the top of the food table with only annoying humans to put up with. They mainly eat plants and insects but will eat carrion, and yet they have the most carnivorous of teeth.
Oh, and I’ve just heard that a bear with two cubs passed by my tent at five o’clock this morning. I seem to be camped on some sort of bear highway!
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