I did think of the make-yourself-big thing before I knew the bear was there, but all we were wearing were t-shirts <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> After the bear showed up, it didn't even go through my mind. Actually, very little was going through my mind. My brain was like a needle skipping over a vinyl record, having real trouble catching on anything. The one thing I remembered, I couldn't remember: fight a black bear and play dead for a grizzly, or the other way around?

One thing I really did appreciate, and I told her that today, was the fact that my friend didn't panic to the point of running or doing something stupid. She's from LI/NYC, and I didn't have any idea if she had had any experience with bears.

Let me tell you, I was WIDE AWAKE all night long. And it's really true that fear can give you the runs!

Sue