8-15-2011

Last night we saw two sets of bears, one mama with 2 cubs, and one with 3 cubs.  Neat to see the little ones play with each other...so friendly when young.  They were on different sides of the river, and at one point, the sow must have smelled the other bears, as she sat right up and looked over.   Thank goodness they both stuck to their own sides!

Checking out the other bears across the river.

8-14-2011 Second Set of Babies

This second set of babies were the cutest.  It is so cool to see them run and play with each other.  Poor mama didn't know where to go with her babies.  Even on the road, you could tell she was getting perplexed.

8-14-2011 Haines Evening Entertainment

Al still trying to recoup from his cold...slow!  Leisurely day, and met some neighbors in the campground from Yukon.  Great people!  Al had a chance to go out and get shrimp with them, but with the cold thought he'd better not.  He would have loved doing that!!!:(    One of the ladies deep fried halibut and gave us a taste.  It was delicious...got her recipe for the batter.  After dinner went to see the bears again....good thing we don't live here...we'd never get anything done in the evenings!!!

One of the cubs had a fish hook stuck in it's nose.

After the bears leave the fish wier, they travel downstream and go under this bridge.  There's enough time to go from the wier area to the bridge and get close up and personal.

You can see the fish hook hanging here :(

Mama keeping tabs on little ones!

The hook doesn't deter this guy from fishing/eating!!

8-13-2011 My Second Favorites

Got settled and after dinner went to our favorite spot to watch bears.  Was not disappointed again!

Mama Bear and her babies!

This fisherman wasn't about to give up!!!  There were signs posted and most fishermen got out of the water when the bears came.

Mama was tagged.  The ranger said this was her second tag, and once that was gone they wouldn't do it again.  They tag to keep track of where they go.

They start out at this fishing weir and work their way down the river.

The little ones are adorable!!!