This bridge is on the Old Donner Pass Highway. It has spectacular Sierra views of Donner Lake and Donner Pass on Route 80.
A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared
the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety.
Authorities decided that nothing
could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge.
There is a moral to this story you know; this old bear made a wrong move and found he was hanging by his nails. Somehow he was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw he was in a very bad, impossible situation and what did he do? Yep, he took a nap and sure enough the situation took care of itself while he was asleep. 
The moral is that when confronted with a bad situation sometimes the best solution is to sleep on it. Think I’ll take a little nap myself.
When I first read the artical on the Student Charged with Rape on Rutherford school bus from the newspaper…I was appalled. It really bothered me that something like this would happen. I was bothered by the fact that the other students sat there and let the young man continue to rape the girl. Why is it that no one spoke up to the bus driver? No one 
