Bears and Drugs

No, not together. And I have no photos.

We have a neighborhood bear that goes through our place. Apparently he/she travels late at night as our dogs don't even notice. We do have bear poop though as does a neighbor. I hope to get a photo before Mr./Ms. Bruin takes off.

There was a major drug bust going on up in the Park, in the Mineral King area, that may or may not be over. Walking dogs this AM I saw a SUV load of Park Rangers coming back down, some of them in full camo gear. Then, 3 more SUVs passed us going up, these filled with more camo and those earpiece microphone thingies. Next, at the little fire station near us were umpty-ump more folks and a van with satellite communications gear mounted on top. So, I had to stop and ask what was up. The answer was a marijuana "garden" found on up Mineral King Road, and shots fired from the gardeners at a Park Service helicopter. So, all the good guys and gals were out after the bad guys. I was told there were a minimum of three bad guys who were trying to make their way down and out of the area. It was also suggested that it would be a good day to lock our doors. Didn't do that 'cuz of the dogs. And, don't much plan to try for photos of this one.

We did see a bunch of vehicles going back down the hill late this afternoon, but I don't know if that means that they got the guys yet or not.