Black Bears

When I grew up in the 40s’ and 50s’ I listened every Saturday morning to the Big John and Sparky show. The theme song (The Teddy Bear’s Picnic, see below) blasted from my radio as I lay in bed and waited for the current week’s show to start. I listened to the song and dreamed of bears. Black bears are very common on the Mendocino Coast . We’ve seen a few on our property every year over the fifty…