Aug 27 2004
Lions and tigers and bears, oh boy
While searching for several arches in Jake Hollow near Escalante, David and I discover we are sharing the narrow canyon with fairly fresh bear tracks – a sow and cub.
The arches turn out to be minor Class D arches and hardly worth the hike.
As dusk starts to dim the deep canyon, it’s amazing what the imagination does when you know you can stumble across a female bear with cub at any moment. We don’t see anything though I couldn’t make myself stick my head in a deep rock cavern marked with a ‘bear cave’ sign.