Rocky Mountain, Hi!

Exeunt the doughnut shop, pursued by a bear. WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY PETER MOORE

I WAS UP EARLY, ON A MISSION: PROCURE DOUGHNUTS.

I’m in Estes Park, Colorado, with extended family, and every one of them enjoys crusty, glazed, sweet hunks of fried dough from the Donut Haus, on the west side of town.

On my way back to our cabin, I kept a keen eye on the rear-view mirror. We’re not the only ones who like to start the day with something fried and chocolate covered.

Actually, there are only ten bears in all of Rocky Mountain National Park. But if I were one of them, I’d hang out near the doughnut shop.

If a bear had caught me there would have been hell to pay: I didn’t have any coffee!

I spend a lot of time staring out at the mountains up here, and sometimes I notice them staring back.