I found this grizzly bear trying to swipe some fruit the other day. Seeing that raggedy old bear sitting on the counter made me think about how long we've had him and where all he has been with us. Smalz's grandpa bought him that bear when Smalz was about 9 months old. We were at the Boyd's Bear Country Store in Gettysburg, Pennslyvania and Grandpa claims Smalz latched onto him and wouldn't let go. Grandpa just had to buy that bear. They were the best of friends immediately.
Bubba Grizz has gone on every trip we have taken. Smalz has been to something like 31 of the 50 states and so has Bubba Grizz. Here they are sitting on a train in Liberty State Park in New Jersey.
And here Smalz is getting Bubba ready to move from Northern Virgina to Colorado.
That bear has been all over this country from Maine to California, from Texas to Wisconsin. He's slept in tents, nice hotels, and on air mattresses on cousins' bedroom floors. He isn't nice and fluffy anymore but he is definitely loved and is worth more now than he was then. Only now it's not monetary value. He's part of the family.
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