Awoke to sunshine. Sunshine! After 10 days of clouds. Dave was keen to go on another skiff adventure but there was no way I was putting on warm clothes to go out on the water, my laundry and my hair would dry readily in this beautiful weather. The other women felt the same so we all stayed onboard to soak up the sun while Dave went off to the end of the next inlet looking for bears and other exciting viewings.
He returned about 4pm after we all showered and I laundered the dish towels and my unmentionables. After dinner we spotted a grizzly bear grazing on grass along the shore immediately in front of our anchorage. It was too far to get any decent photos so we all hopped aboard the skiff and pulled in close. Karolina sat in the bow taking photos with a zoom lens and I filmed with Dave’s camera while he drove.
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We got some great close ups but the bear spooked and ran off. It was late in the evening but still bright out and high tide so off we went to check out the river inlet around the bend. No bear there but some fresh tracks were identified. Heading back we spotted a grizz grazing on another shore so we pulled in close in the skiff and inched our way to a boat length(15 ft) away watching this guy graze. This made us all a bit nervous so Karoline grabbed an oar JIC she needed to use it. We watched him munch, walk logs, look at us, sniff us and even snort. After 20 min or so it was we who decided to end the encounter as we were getting chilled and headed back to the sailboat. Cool what we wanted most was provided.
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