We all go through life operating on some very basic axioms and assumptions. One of my personal paradigms is (was?) that bears are imaginary. (If you have not read it already, you may want to read my May 9 entry entitled "That Bear Thing" for background.) As much as anything I based my belief on the fact that I had never seen a bear in the wild in lo these.......uh, a whole lot of years. Until now. Let it be recorded that today, May 31, 2009, this paradigm was permanently shattered when, at about 8:00 AM PDT I saw an actual bear with my own eyes! Imagine my surprise! I truly thought that seeing a bear was about as likely as seeing a unicorn. Later in the day that sighting was followed by 5 more, so I have to guess it wasn't a hallucination. To all my friends who have, for years, pointed out the fallacy in my belief I apologize. I humbly confess to the entire world, BEARS ARE REAL!!!
The very best part about seeing a bear is that my friend Anthony Bucci of RevZilla Motorsports has posted a "bounty" for documented bear sightings on my trip. He made a commitment to donate $10 per documented bear sighting to The Austin Hatcher Foundation
Let's see, 6 bears today and I'm not even in Alaska yet. Get that checkbook out buddy!
A regular Day 11 entry will follow later this evening. I just wanted to get this big news out there!
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