8/2/2010 - Last Saturday I was following a ridge that had a grizzly bear just below it, two miles away.  As I approached within a quarter mile the great bear went and laid in some dead fall.  "Great"  I was thinking, now I can get into a safe position and wait for the bear to come back out into his meadow to feast.  Ten minutes later I found out WHY the bear had stopped in the first place and went into shelter..... BOOM, the first of a good long barrage of thunder claps right over my head, all around.  I backed off up the ridge and as the rain started pouring in sheets, dove into a small white bark pine (which proved a surprisingly good shelter).  I filmed the rest of the storm in comfort, enveloped in a  pleasant scent of pine boughs,  what a great way to experience a Saturday!