A good sign!

BEFORE

This is Skunk Cabbage. It grows in the spring and is the main diet of bears when they first come out of hibernation. They eat the tops off of this stinky flower and it causes a chemical reaction of some kind that acts like a laxitive. It is their version of Activia I guess! The picture above shows what the plant looks like before th bears eat it.

AFTER

We love to see bite marks in these plants. That means that bears have been through here!

There was also a HUGE, fresh pile of bear crap on the trail we were walking, but I didn't think you would appreciate seeing a picture of that so you will have to use your imagination.