On our drive back from OBX we were going through VA and as I screamed and scared everyone in the car I saw a toddler age black bear coming upto the guard rail!!!!!! It was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen.
It must have been awesome!!
We were near Mammoth Lakes one spring. It was late in the afternoon, we were parked near a coffee shop and a bear appeared not 10 feet away from the car. It looked at us, opened a trash container and started to rummage the content. It had such a human-like attitude! I took a pic but somehow the damned photo was lost (pre-digital camera days). My husband still laughs at me when I tell this to friends and says "Nope, there aren't any pics, it didn't happen!"
You have a long way home from OBX, haven't you OC1?