[Jamo]

Ronbo...yup re Vette application.

I ran into a bear Sequoias (a yearly thing) whaen I was 13 or 14. All of my cousins and I were running back to our camping area from the Camp's nightly bonfire. I was winning by a small amrgin, and I could hear my folks, uncles and aunts yelling. Thinking they were urging us on, I put my head down and picked it up. Bam! Ran right into a momma bear who was scrounging the Camp garbage cans. She grunted when I looked up at her. I ran into the cabin and slid under the cot...she and the cubs evidently ran the other way.

To this day, the distinctive smell of bear fur at a zoo makes me a bit nervous.