SHHHH!, Be quiet. watch out, and for Gods
sake, hide. OK, so a few months ago when I was in California I
ran into a bunch of really big
bears.
Now, bears can be really mean if you get in their lair and root
through there stuff, which I…kinda...did. Needless to say the
bears showed up just as I was leaving, I bearly made it out with
my life. I ended up spending several weeks running and hiding in
the woods with just the bear necessities to keep me alive.
Through sheer will I was able to make it back to Texas. I hid in
my house for a week because I couldn’t bear the thought of going
outside. But now it seems that they have followed me back home
and are holed up in Hermann Park just waiting for me to let my
guard down and bear my neck.
OK, that’s enough of that. And I quote:”
The Portable Trojan Bear is an interactive sculpture and a
functional playground item for climbing that is constructed from
Wolmanized wood (pine) and painted steel.
This piece is an approachable, schematic
representation of a bear. It is featureless, except for its
pronounced ears and pointed wooden nose. It has a steel wheel at
each of its four legs and steel ladder rungs at its rear, for aid
in climbing. A semicircular steel pipe is placed in the center of
its back.”
This sculpture in Hermann park has long been
a favorite spot of mine. The bear appeals to both the kid (Kewl,
big bear I can climb on!) in me and the engineer in me (Cool,
big bear I can climb on!). I have drug many friends and family
members up here just to sit and chat because I find the spot to be
both interesting and very relaxing. The combination of the fresh
pine air and the cool breezes that blow through here seem to sooth
my tortured soul. If you go around dusk, the bear seems to be best
in the gloaming.
This is a camouflaged 35mm film canister
with a pen taped to it. You may still want to bring your own
writing utensil though. Parking is easy to the south in the Zoo
lot. And there are quite a few things to see and do within easy
walking distance of the bear so take the family and enjoy the park.
The Cache is just about wheelchair accessible.