Gear Bear Adventures: As Told by Gear Bear
My name is Gear Bear and for the record, ''Gear'' rhymes with ''Bear''.
Life of adventure
I am a small, brown bear who has had the opportunity and pleasure of great travel, and these are my stories. I am a very lucky bear for so many reasons. I get to travel just about everywhere my friends and family go-but sometimes they get so excited about being someplace new that they leave me behind, forget me, or lose me.
I've even been bearnapped!
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But no matter what happens, I am always ready for a new adventure. I have a lot of miles under my belt and many stamps in my passport. I've traveled on a canoe down the Wisconsin River-through a nude beach, no less-on the back of a motorcycle to the Sturgis Bike Rally, and on the back of a horse through the Ozark Mountains. I've even had a ghost encounter at a local establishment and a search-and-rescue mission with the help of a US Marshal! I've traveled by plane, train, and automobile, and more.
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For some reason, Smokey Bear and his message work. He actually makes us WANT to prevent forest fires. He was short and overweight, with eyeballs the size of hubcaps. He wore green trousers and the type of pointy green hat that only looks good on Robin Hood. My dad, who worked for the Forest Service, had the height and stature to wear the Smokey Bear costume on the float.
A strong, tall and proud black bear like Smokey is cool.
He wears jeans and a stylish flat-brimmed hat, and he carries a mean-looking metal shovel. The girls all like him and the boys respect him. It may also help that he never says a word — not ever — no matter how environmentalists and other critics provoke him. But that is to be expected. Nobody can compare to Smokey.
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He has his own action figure and even his own ZIP code. All of this celebrity, and not once has he ever had to shade his mug in front of paparazzi as he lumbers off to rehab.
Yes, there are other famous bruins out there, but to Yogi Bear fans, I ask the obvious: Who would you take in a fight? His early messages promoted complete fire suppression, a policy that we now know does nothing but allow the buildup of fuel, which in turn makes the inevitable blowups more devastating. Happy 70th birthday, Smokey Bear. The author is solely responsible for the content. Tents, sleeping bags, pads, backpacks, and cookware for camping -- we review all the gear you need for the Great Outdoors.
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