It was grey dawn out when I heard the commotion outside the hut. I figured Andy was showing up early to work, so I got up to see what he was doing. It wasn’t Andy at all though, it was a male black bear – looking for remains in the tub of empty pop cans out back. He ripped a bunch in half, bit into others – making a real mess. Wow, my first day at the hut and bears already. I will get those cans cleaned up though.