The Escape

Hubby & daughter went to visit our friends out in Mission yesterday, since they were in the area. The driveway is not normal like most are, it's a secluded property, trees upon trees, unpaved rocky climb to the house. You basically need a 4x4 to get up the drive. So hubby and daughter decided to park at the road and walk up. It's raining heavily heavy. ~enough said~ As they reach the halfway point to the house, they both feel the ground thunder, a huge ~thump~ and soon realize a BEAR has jumped off a tree nearby. Sabrina starts to -boot it- up the drive, Hubby is yelling STOP STOP DON'T RUN. The rain persists. The path is slippery as Hubby grabs her arm and pushes her in the leftover blackberry bushes because the dog is too afraid and keeps barking instead, safe in the stoop of the house. That dog is one smart dog. Meanwhile, hubby and daughter are trapped. Should we continue to climb, or find another way down ?   ANSWER: 
they find another way down. The rain has miraculously created a mudslide and created a new path to the road.