Maple Valley Has Visitor

Tuesday, we awoke to the sound of a helicopter  circling in the sky.  Usually in this area, that means a horrible accident or a loose fugitive.  In this case, a bear was seen by a King County Sheriff's deputy on the main highway, not far from my house.  According to the news report, the bear went back into the woods.  There was sighting a few days later.  I joke about it being "tourist season" for bears, but some would argue that we are in the Bear's living room.