It is so hot Edward can't decide if he wants to drink ice tea or root bear - maybe he just wants both!


WOW! It has been a very strange year for Edward Bear and a strange hibernation during the winter of 2020-2021. Edward has lived in Washington for a year now, but he hasn't gotten used to it. In the first place, he was enjoying the early fall at Elliot, Emmala, and Eliza's house on Beaver Lake Road when all of a sudden the camper was packed up and hooked up to a U-Haul truck. It didn't go very far, just to a camper storage place in Clear Lake. Edward figured that it was time to hibernate Usually there is more warning and a bigger trip, but he was all alone in the dark camper, so he took a snooze.

Just before Thanksgiving, however, he was awakened by familiar sounds. He was being hooked up to the usual truck once again and after a short trip of about 45 miles, he arrived at the farm in Ferndale. Edward learned that this was going to be his new home. The camper was backed into the shop, where it was pleasant but dark. Edward was just settling into a long winter's nap a couple of weeks later, when he was hooked up again and moved to another place in the same barn. There was some more coming and going and things were taken from the camper to be put away and a couple of times the children came to visit and gave Edward a squeeze and played with some of the toys.

Edward didn't sleep too well for the rest of the winter. In the first place, it wasn't cold at all and Edward is used to cold. And he could hear birds who lived in the barn singing and flying all around all winter long.

Then, a few weeks ago, the truck hooked up to the camper and it came out into the farm yard. What a wonderful place the far is. There are chickens and a swimming pool and a huge barn and some other outbuildings. They mow the lawn with a tractor and a bigger tractor cuts the hay in the field and then bales it.

The first thing that happened was that the camper got a good scrubbing. The roof was scrubbed and then the outside. Then the bathroom was cleaned up and Edward could hear the good sounds of the water being turned on and the hot water heater being tested and the refrigerator cooling down.

Yesterday Edward thought they were going for a big adventure the truck was hooked up, but it was only a short ride. They just went 44 miles, but it was hot. Edward doesn't know much about degrees, but he always wears a fur coat and, of close, he always sleeps under a bear skin. That's a bear joke, in case you don't know. Once the camper was parked on the street in front of Ted and Susan's new house, however, things really started to get exciting. They brought clothes and, best sign of all, food into the camper. They got out bedding and pillows and all kinds of things.

Today was a long, hot drive across Washington. Tonight Edward is at Wolf Lodge, a place in Idaho near a big lake where he has stayed before. It is still hot. Ted and Susan say it is more than 100 degrees! The air conditioner sure feels good.

Ted and Susan say this is the start of a really big adventure. They plan to go all the way across the United States to South Carolina. You can check out their progress by reading Edward's adventures every day for the next month. It should be interesting!