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Rule number one of rural living, “Don’t leave stinky garbage on your porch unless you want a bear in your yard!”

In the middle of the day this past weekend my wife spotted this rather large bear in a yard on the way home. Luckily there was a pull off spot just across the street so we pulled over and took a couple quick photos of it tearing through these folk’s trash.

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We were at our camp in Benezette Pa this past weekend (7/31 – 8/02), and as usual we took several trips up to the designated elk viewing areas there. Here are some photos we took while at the Primary viewing area. (The one that has the visitors center, lecture area, benches…. If you are coming from the Benezette Store up Winslow Hill it is the second viewing area you get to and is located on the left hand side of the road.)

In this photo you can see the field off in a distance where you are most likely to see elk from this viewing area. On most days to get a close up look you will need a good set of binoculars or a spotting scope. On the good days you will have elk standing only a few feet away from you in the designated “Human Viewing Area” checking you out just as much as you are checking them out.

This is a photo from the right side of the viewing area looking back away from the lecture pavilion. This is actually only a small part of the actual viewing area where you can stand or sit, but since I had the wrong lens on my camera I could not get a wide shot. In any case there are several benches and picnic tables here  and along the rock wall there are informational plaques as well. All in all it is a good place to come and relax and see some elk.

This is the Visitors Information Center, where (when open) you can speak with a Game Commission officer as well as collect elk pamphlets and fliers and get an up close look at a Pa bull elk by checking out the huge stuffed one they have in there. (See Photo Below!)

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