We see Bear!

For four years on our travels we have seen all sorts of animals, except bear. Well now we have seen bears.
On Tuesday we drove up to the Zumwalt Meadows, a very pretty area at the head of the KIngs Canyon. On the way I saw what I thought was a tree stump about 10 yards in from the road, but it moved! So I slammed on the brakes, reversed up and there was a large brown bear, although it was actually a Black Bear. It was moving quite slowly through the tress at the side of the road, we were able to follow it in the car (going backwards), as we followed it if moved further into the woods and eventually we lost sight of it, though we did get some photos of it. We were very excited by this.
Next day we drove down to Azalea Campground to be nearer the really big trees of Seaquoia National Park. On the Thursday we drove deep into the park to visit the largest known tree in the world. A sequoia called General Sherman, siad to be more than 2500 years old! There are several asphalted paths which lead to the giant tree, as we walked along one path to the tree a bear came out of the woods, right acros the path in front of us and then back into the woods. Even though they seem to move quite slowly they do cover a lot of ground quickly, too quickly for my liking, stil I always made sure that sally was between me and the bear. They say that the best protection against attack by bear is not to be able to run fast, just faster than the person you are with!