You may have seen photos already of this "minor incident" in Glacier National Park recently. I say minor because, 1. the fellow involved wasn't hurt; 2., It wasn't me, and 3, my wife only said once to me....."See!! You'r not the only one to go eyeball to eyeball with a Grizzly and survive.

Check out www.wbtv.com/story/26174688/photos-nc-hiker and check out the photos.

We were up in Glacier all day yesterday and walked that same edge-clinging trail. I was hoping that bear would come along so I could test out my new UDAP Bear Spray. Alas, the only thing that scared dozens of us was a Momma Mountain Goat and her two babies. This gal was a pro at begging. She lays down on the trail 30 feet in front of us and when some guy holds out some carrots.......Carrotts in you pocket? What the F???.......she boldly saunters up to us and gets that "I'm here dipshits. Drop the carrotts!" look! He drops them, she takes them back to her dining area and proceeds to share them with her moocher offspring.

One guy got some pictures but none of us old farts thought to ask him his name or if he would send us copies. I was too busy trying to gauge how far down the drop-off was just 2 feet to my left and how messed up I would be when I hit bottom.

Lets see, about 250 feet down from where we were, then Going To The Sun Road stops your fall, you roll across the road and proceed to drop straight down another 2350 feet before you hit......guess what? Going To The Sun Road....again.

Wow....this was my lucky day. If I fell, at least I'd end up on the road for the emergency crews to tend to me.

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