Thanks Snake. My Mother-in-Law called me "brave". I told her that I got over being a scared woman in the woods a very long time ago. I was a little nervous going solo the first time but after I faught my way back into my car to get my keys out, I was so tired that I slept like a baby. The mom in me took it one step at a time, based more on Jr's competence level, and an encounter with a black bear a few years ago on a family trip gave me a much thicker skin.

My three rules are: be smart. be safe. have fun.