Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for September 14, 2021

Just watch out that you don’t get whacked by the stick.

The dreaded Ursa Pinata.

Well … at least we made it a challenge for them.

It should keep them busy and entertained for awhile.

Now, if he had only put a bee’s nest in the bag…

Beware, the woods are full of party animals!

We did this once in the Smokies. No bears, but the next morning the field mice had chewed into the backpacks and eaten half a pack of peanut butter nabs.

It was just their bad luck that brought them some Mexican bears.

When they finish, they’ll have two S’mores. (Campers in a sleeping bag. also known as burritos)

The Grizzly Addams Family.

Don’t worry. Without thumbs, they will not be able to exert enough force to break it. The stick will just lever in its paws.

Los osos juegan con la pinata. Mal suerte.

Ursus Ole’

the bears were at a loss about how to get to the bag of food, but then ted said he’d take a whack at it…

In Yosemite, we had a bear cub wander into our camp one evening, climb the tree, turned a backpack around to face him, Unzip the Zipper(!), take out what he wanted, and leave. We didn’t dare try to stop him because we just knew that mama had to be watching from the background. Ah, camping!