Saturday Stories. #16 Hiking, Part 2.

Good morning everyone and welcome back to Saturday Stories and we are continuing our hike which we began last week. This story is from years ago when a friend and I went on one of our hikes. It was spring and a very nice, sunny and warm day. If you missed Part 1 just click on HERE, then click the tab box that shows up. So, we had made it to our destination and while we were having lunch a bear decided to join us.

Krissy and I got away to higher ground before he showed up however, but we left the remains of our lunch behind so that hopefully the bear would leave us alone. “At least we ate some of our lunch before the bear showed up,” I said. “But that is my chocolate cake he is eating,” said Krissy sighing, “I baked that for you.” “He is eating my cake?” I asked, “Okay bear, enough of you!”

Black Bear getting at my bird feeder.

I then tossed a rock down the hill hoping to scare him away. That rock hit a larger rock which then tumbled down the hill scaring the bear away. “You did it!” exclaimed Krissy. We went down to see if anything was left. “That big rock is sitting on the cake,” said Krissy, just staring. I pushed the rock aside and she was right, the cake had been right underneath the rock. “Amazing how it landed right there,” I said.

Krissy sighed again. We decided to start heading back since we had that big hill to climb again. Because of the direction the bear ran, I thought we should maybe go back a bit before climbing the hill. It was much steeper in this area however, but Krissy loved that part. She liked a challenge. We then hit a tougher area of that climb.

Another pic of him.

We had made it to a ledge but it was straight up from there to the next ledge about 10 feet higher. “That is not far,” said Krissy. “But there is nothing to hold onto,” I said. “Stand on my shoulders,” said Krissy. “I think it would be better for you to stand on my shoulders,” I said. “But I won’t be able to lift you up,” she replied, “you can lift me. And I’m strong enough to let you stand on my shoulders briefly.”

I was not so sure about that, but she was right, she could never lift me up once she was on that next ledge. She got down and I climbed onto her shoulders and she stood up, shaking a bit. This is not going to work, but I had to go fast or Krissy would never be able to hold me. I stood up, grabbed a small tree on the next ledge and I was soon standing there looking at Krissy.

Now he is on the ground munching on sunflower seeds from a hanging feeder that he broke.

This next part should be fun. I did have some rope which she tied around herself, and I tied the other end around a tree. Then I proceeded to pull her up. It worked quite nicely. From this ledge it was somewhat easier to make the rest of the climb. Once at the top we sat down to relax and enjoy the view. Krissy started sneezing. “My head is pounding,” she said. “You better not be getting worse,” I said. “If I do you will have to look after me,” she said, “remember what mom told you.”

“Yes, she did mention something about that,” I said. We still have to climb down this hill on the other side, and that was the steep side. We walked over to the other side and looked down. “Wow, this is going to be fun!” exclaimed Krissy. “It is going to be very a steep climb down,” I said. “That is what makes it so fun,” she added. Well, guess we will have to wait until next time to find out how that went. I hope you all have a great weekend and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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