CA Traveler wrote:
Our biggest "bear jam" was a buffy sleeping on "his" road. We stayed in the car enjoying the scenery. Also wondered if he might decide to skewer one of the tourist out taking pictures!
You should follow them at 1 mph on a snowy road in January for 30 minutes in the dark on the hilly part out of Mammoth. As you finally inch by one or two they give you a dirty look and you know all they gotta do is swing their head and you gotta call State Farm...
My favorite way of dealing with them is the way they do it in Custer State Park in South Dakota. The ranger comes driving around all the stopped traffic in his pick up and runs right at them stepping on the gas and honking the horn. A couple turned to face him and he just backed up and came at them again, honking his horn and they all got out of the way quickly. They appeared to know the drill was my impression.
I guess the National Park Service is more "respectful.' We were laughing our behinds off in SD. Very efficient and didn't seem to really affect the Buffs except for their dignity.
