And The Horse You Were Hauling, Too

So this morning on my walk, I was at the part where I've been seeing the bear tracks but was bravely striding on, determined to work through my unreasonable bear-seeing anxiety when a truck pulling a horse-trailer came up the dirt road behind me.

I stepped aside so the truck could get by me and the woman driving stopped.

"Hey!" she said from the comfort of her air-conditioned truck with her cell phone to her ear. "You need a ride or are you just trying to get skinny?"

You know. I think I would have rather seen a bear.