That’s one of those other matters about living in the north Georgia mountains, I had one of those huge spaceship-looking things in the house yesterday. I guess I left the porch door open while I was walking around talking on the phone. There was a snake in the road at the end of my driveway, too…Gotta remember not to leave car windows down!
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Tim and I are not about to let our kids get the best of us. If they can blog, so can we. Thanks so much to Scott K. at Transformatum for getting this up and running for us. He and Pam are good people and good friends. Thanks to Barb C. for the inspiration. She is all that.
We live off Aska Road near Blue Ridge in Fannin County ..not too far from the Rich Mountain Wildlife Management Area. We don’t have many neighbors, at least not full time..well except for the bears, deer, wolves, woodpeckers. Yes, I said bears. You sure can’t put your garbage out here. We try to take it off daily.
Our dog, a rescue black lab named Daisy, usually is the first to let us know if there is a bear in the immediate area. They get her adrenalin rushing. One day last summer, Tim went to take her out for a walk around dinner time. It had been raining so it was overcast and misty. They went out the door on the downstairs deck and took off down the driveway…but they didn’t get very far because at the very end of the drive was a monster- size bear….Tim and Daisy froze…the bear turned its head and stared….well, according to Tim, an ex-forest service employee, that is a threat…They came flying back in the house so fast! It was like the scene in “The Great Outdoors” where John Candy rushed back in the cabin nearly strangling on the word….”BEAR!!! BEAR!!!” 
I don’t know who was more frightened…the dog or my husband! Both of them had their eyes bugging out. Yogi took off before I could get a glimpse, but it was a little too close for comfort. We’ll keep our eyes open and let you know of anymore sightings.
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