Bob and I truly love the Mountains -- in Summer and Fall. We spent a few days in Vail recently, had some great hikes and just great time. The weather was awesome and the leaves were just starting to change, it was so beautiful.
Well, on one of our hikes just above Vail, we were hiking the 'Berry Picker' path. It would take you into heavy wooded areas, then out in the valley.... we were walking along the path and noticing fresh 'waste' along the path. We were just about to get into a heavily wooded area..... Bob says - I'm no expert, but maybe we want to turn around? Yep, not wanting to run into a bear or whatever was leaving the waste, we turned back. On the way back we found a more open path and decided to try that route. This path took us by some small waterfalls, which left some muddy patches. This was not a problem - until we saw some fresh, large paw prints from some type of cat (mountain lion). So, this time we decided just to head back to Vail and have a beer. We mentioned our adventure to the bar tender, and she said that for sure there have been recent sightings of both mountain lion and bears in the neighborhoods. I'm glad we took the safe route!!
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