Panorama
This picture was stitched with 4 pictures to show the view of mountain roads.
05-SEP-2006
Off the beaten path...
There is no more yellow line divider here and the road is barely wider than a car.
After I finished taking some pictures here, I continued. As soon as I made the right turn as you see in this picture, I saw a big black bear standing in the middle of the road and blocking the road, about 50 meters away, looking at me. He was just looking at me and didn't move. I was so scared that I turned around and accelerated away, as I know bears can outrun any human beings and I was afraid of dropping my 500-lb motorcycle when turning around on this narrow road...
After I ran away, I thought, why didn't I take a picture and I was thinking of turning around again. But I was also afraid that the bear now knows that I was here and I was afraid that he was coming after me.