My dad and I love to go on long bike rides and now that I am older and stronger we can go further. This past Sunday we planned to ride up and around Barkhamsted from our West Hartford home. It seemed like any other day until we were going down a steet in Barkhamsted. My dad was ahead of me and thought he saw a large dog. He quickly realized it was not a dog but a 200 pound black bear and it was heading towards me! I saw it at the last second and was only able to slow down a bit before it crashed into me knocking me off my bike. Needless to say I was pretty freaked out and cut up. The bear turned around and ran away but my dad and I got on our bikes and rode down the road a bit before checking to see how I was. I had some cuts and bruises but overall was o.k. My dad said I now have a good story to write for my college essays.
Ariana, age 16
