Chapter One Warden McKay The radio on the truck’s dashboard crackled There’s a bear jam on Crandell Mountain Road Can you help Over Ten-four How far down the road is the bear It’s in the berry patch two miles from the campground I’ll take care of it Warden McKay out He turned to his daughter Cricket 1
sitting in the passenger seat I bet old Samson is posing for the tourists again Are you ready for a little adventure Cricket A bear jam could be a big problem Tourists loved spotting all the wildlife in the national park Deer and goats wandered through the village every day Moose crashed through the campground And a single bear beside the road could stop traffic for miles Warden McKay slowed down when they turned onto Crandell Mountain Road It was a skinny rough road that twisted and turned through the hills There were places for drivers to pull over to take pictures of the scenery But in a bear jam people parked anywhere in the ditches on the grass and even in the middle of the road 2
