So Zach went out to get water from the creek on the other side of the highway last week.  He drove out there and then burrowed his way through the dammed up snow on the side of the highway towards the creek when he heard a strange noise.  Turs out there was a bear on the other side of the creek interested in water too.  Let's just say we didn't get any water that day,  but he was safe and that's all that matters.