Life of Dave

Life of Dave

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Bear Sighting

Yesterday was our final group training session before next weekend's Scotia Bank Half Marathon in Vancouver. In recent weeks we've been training in the vicinity of False Creek and Stanley Park. A very picturesque venue to be sure, but since this week was a shorter run (only 12 km) we decided to switch locales to another favourite, Mount Seymour Demonstration Forest park.

At the 2 km marker, a rare straight stretch, we came across a cyclist signaling us by waving his arms above his head quite some distance ahead. A few seconds later the source of his concern ambled out of the underbrush; a black bear!

Our record of no wildlife sightings (except for chipmunks) has officially come to an end.


The image is a bit pixelated but it's the best my iPhone would accommodate based on the distance we were away from the bear. I couldn't confidently gauge the bear's size but I don't think it was full grown; which was another reason we kept our distance as Momma Bear was probably close by also.

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