Topic: Went Where? Did What?
Remember the other day when I told you I had numerous ways I choose to drive to and from work? Well today I am ecstatic because I choose the perfect route, creating a once in a lifetime experience for me. The road or the mountain (not sure which) is called Fischer's View, it's a mountain dirt road that begins at the top, with an elevation of about 1800 and drops to about 1200 in the span of just a few miles. Picture this road here:
Only, now picture it without the dirt bike and twice as steep. It's fun to drive, but also slightly scary. There are no guard rails with a 90 degree drop off on one side, the dirt on the edge of the road looks like it could cave away at any second, it's only wide enough for one car so if you bump (not literally, knock on wood) into someone coming up or down opposite you, you'll have to make some pretty imaginative maneuvers and the wild life is very abundant. Which brings me to this afternoon. Guess what I saw crossing the road and heading up a valley about half way down the mountain? A BEAR. A true to god wild black 
bear!!! The worst part was that there was no one with me to see it. I wouldn't have believed my eyes if he hadn't crossed the road about 20' in front of me. I could have reached out and touched it! He crossed and then labored up the valley on my left, as I drove by, using his hands to climb. My first sighting! Sure, I have heard we have them up in these Blue Ridge Mountains, but until you witness it, you really don't think twice about it. He was truly AWESOME~!