i went for a walk in gatineau park with jen this weekend.


it was my first time in the park; i wasn't sure what it was going to look like.


we walked past some kind of hawk, and i didn't get a good pic. he took off quickly.


so then i took a pic of jen.


she pointed out this spikey tree.


a few minutes later we came across a bear above us on a ridge. he wasn't interested and walked away.


as we continued along the path a woodpecker flew right at jen and buzzed her head. 3 followed it and they had some kind of fight.


we found a spot to sit.


i closed the pepsi i drank when i squished it to carry back. skills.


we found a hollow tree that had fallen over.


i turned around and snapped a pic of jen.


on the way back to my truck i noticed these trees overlapped well. a lot of trees were arched.

[JCSullivan]

My nephew lives in Gatineau where I stayed way back in the early '70s but never visited the parl. One of these days I'm gonna make it to Gatineau Park.

Thanks for letting us join your walk.

[k100d]

if i saw a bear, i'd be more worried about getting some distance rather than taking a picture of it!

[dws1117]

if i saw a bear, i'd be more worried about getting some distance rather than taking a picture of it!

I'd probably mess myself. Very good series.

[dws1117]

oops double post.

[codiac2600]

I'd probably mess myself. Very good series.

I laughed so friggin hard after reading that! My puppy just messed himself I laughed so hard while he was sleeping.... time to go clean up the mess.

[dws1117]

I laughed so friggin hard after reading that! My puppy just messed himself I laughed so hard while he was sleeping.... time to go clean up the mess.

What can I say. The only bears we have here are in zoos.

[ManWithCamera]

if i saw a bear, i'd be more worried about getting some distance rather than taking a picture of it!

the last time I saw a bear was early one morning at a summer camp. I followed it to a dumpster and shot a couple pics with a disposable camera :-)

[roentarre]

A pleasant series. Like a photography journal.

The shadow of the bear does look scary. I would not even bother with the idea of producing a click sound to abstract unncessary attention.