--- title: Bear Drinking Margarita in Hot Tub Is a Summer Hero description: The bear who enjoyed a dip in a California hot tub while drinking a margarita is the chill viral sensation of summer 2018. canonical: https://time.com/5329577/hot-tub-bear/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-03T18:12:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T18:56:17.000Z og:title: The Margarita-Drinking Bear in a Hot Tub Is Your Summer Hero og:description: The bear has predictably gone viral for being totally chill og:url: https://time.com/5329577/hot-tub-bear/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc475d917ad9b4553/6989348522fb85e3afe26121/gettyimages-130408424.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5120 og:image:height: 2880 og:image:alt: Pool and hot tub on patio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Margarita-Drinking Bear in a Hot Tub Is Your Summer Hero twitter:description: The bear has predictably gone viral for being totally chill twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc475d917ad9b4553/6989348522fb85e3afe26121/gettyimages-130408424.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Bear Drinking a Margarita in a Hot Tub Is Your Summer 2018 Hero > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:56 PM UTCPublished: Jul 3, 2018 6:12 PM UTC  Pool and hot tub on patio Pool and hot tub on patio Martin Barraud—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:56 PM UTCPublished: Jul 3, 2018 6:12 PM UTC It’s time to let a [bear](http://time.com/5105800/teddy-bear-drone-internet-reactions/) redefine your idea of summer relaxation. Mark Hough of Altadena, [Calif.](http://time.com/5327821/evacuations-northern-california-fires-yolo-county/) filmed a [precocious](http://time.com/4587277/beaver-christmas-shopping/) bear who got into the swing of the summer season by climbing over his fence for a relaxing dip in his hot tub. The rogue bear enjoyed his soak last Friday, according to [the Associated Press](https://apnews.com/295f788551d346d79750eacdae104966). Hough was lounging when he noticed the unexpected visitor at his home near the Angeles National Forest. He remained calm and pulled out his phone to record it all. The bear, a strong contender for your summer icon, did everything right during his soak. It submerged his whole head and then shook off the water, and even lapped up some of Hough’s margarita. After all, what’s a few sips of your drink when you look this cute? Eventually, the bear took a nap under a shady tree. “He was playing having a grand old time,” Hough told the AP. “So he had his margarita, he had his jacuzzi, and now he’s ready for an hour nap.” > [](https://twitter.com/APWestRegion/status/1013916842296070144) This is the zero-cares-giving lifestyle of hot tub bear. Suffice it to say that the internet is feeling its vibes. > [](https://twitter.com/SonjaKoehler/status/1013978975092269056) > [](https://twitter.com/WLKYMatt/status/1014117359802572801) > [](https://twitter.com/shefalikulkarni/status/1013990050814660608) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5329577/hot-tub-bear/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5329577/hot-tub-bear/"},"headline":"The Bear Drinking a Margarita in a Hot Tub Is Your Summer 2018 Hero","datePublished":"2018-07-03T18:12:10.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T18:56:17.000Z","description":"The bear who enjoyed a dip in a California hot tub while drinking a margarita is the chill viral sensation of summer 2018.","url":"https://time.com/5329577/hot-tub-bear/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc475d917ad9b4553/6989348522fb85e3afe26121/gettyimages-130408424.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc475d917ad9b4553/6989348522fb85e3afe26121/gettyimages-130408424.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pool and hot tub on patio","caption":"Pool and hot tub on patio","creditText":"Martin Barraud—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5329577/hot-tub-bear/","name":"The Bear Drinking a Margarita in a Hot Tub Is Your Summer 2018 Hero"}}]}] ```