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The Bridge and The Bear

This bridge is on the Old Donner Pass Highway . It has a
spectacular view of Donner Lake and Donner Pass on Route 80.

A bear was walking
across Rainbow Bridge ( Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit ,
Truckee ) on Saturday when two cars, also crossing the
bridge, scared the bear into jumping over the edge of
the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge and
was able to pull itself to safety.. Authorities
decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday
night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear
sound asleep on the ledge..
After securing a net under the bridge
the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, lowered,
then woke up and walked out of the net..
There is a
moral to this story you know; this old bear made a wrong
move and found he was hanging by his nails. Somehow he
was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw
he was in a very bad, impossible situation and what did
he do? Yep, he took a nap and sure enough the Lord
took care of the situation while he was
asleep.
The moral of the story
is that when confronted with a bad situation, sometimes
the best solution is to take a nap and let the Lord take
care of the rest.