Advice from a Bear

Live large * Climb beyond your limitations * When life gets hairy grin and bear it * eat well * Live with the seasons * Take a good long nap * Look after your honey!

Spring is definitely here! The warm weather has arrived and with it the bears.  Bruno’s return was later than usual this year and there were many tense moments. Other regulars made their appearance and still no sign of our “special” boy! We were beginning to fear the worst and then through the woods came our big fat, pig bear!! What excitement!! He looks healthy and refreshed after his long winter’s sleep. He doesn’t appear to have been affected too much by his gun shots wounds from last year. Soon he will be leaving on his “walk of love”, hopefully finding some pretty girls to produce many more baby Bruno’s. We’ll, of course miss him for those few months but a boy bear’s got to do what a boy bear’s got to do!!  Unfortunately there are no new cubs for our old girl Bonnie this year. She seems to have been affected a lot more by her gun shots than the boys, she is looking pretty tatty! No sign of Knock and her three yearlings yet, we still hope she will return. Maybe when the boys leave the area?

With the start of spring comes the maintenance. Oh my, living in the woods has its down side. Once the snow melted, all the broken branches, fallen trees and leaves, leaves and more leaves were exposed. Much of our time has been spent starting on clean up but thankfully we’ve had pretty weather to do it. We’ve started washing and staining the decks so slowly but surely things are returning to normal.

Our old dog, Squib is now 22 years old!! She is starting to show her age. Some days she runs around like a puppy chasing Scuddy, the male JR but other days she’s quite content just passing the day sleeping in her basket. Her eyesight is starting to deteriorate and her hearing is limited but apart from that she’s still quite frisky. She still rules the house and has no qualms about letting the bears know she doesn’t really like them.

We look forward to welcoming everyone to our “little piece of Heaven”.  Keep an eye on special events, trains to ride, festivals to attend, mountains to climb, rivers to swim, so much to do! Start your day with a hearty Wildernest breakfast and end your day enjoying the spectacular views, the wildlife, a drink and a delicious dinner. A warm West Virginia welcome awaits you!