Kenny Jowers wrote, “I was traveling over Mountain View from Manchester to Booneville about 9 o’clock in the morning recently, and spotted these two black things on the left side of the road. As I approached a little closer, one of them stood up, and I realized at that point that it was two Bear cubs. As I stopped in the middle of the road on Mountain View, they both went down the hill, but then this one climbed up a tree by the road, and I was able to get some really great photos."

"At first, I thought I would jump out of my car and go to the edge of the road and look down the hill for the other one but then it hit me that the mother had to be close, so I just admired from afar.”

Kenny was smart not to try to get closer to the cubs. American Black Bears are pretty mellow, but you never want to be between a mother and her cubs. Fun Facts: Black Bears are fast: they can reach 30 mph when running. And they are excellent swimmers.

Thanks to Kenny for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

Very foggy this morning but the sun has prevailed. It's sunny and calm this afternoon..