Well, it turns out that Ginger did go, as well as Jesse & Bob.....they pulled into the parking lot at 5:50 am and waited until close to 6:00 am and walked up to the entry gate. As they walked in the gate to the Fish Creek boardwalk they saw a black bear . The bear was on the bridge , and then it walked down to the stream. It walked & ran in the stream and on to the bank, and did that back & forth for awhile until it went down the stream and wasn't visible any longer. While the bear was running and splashing in the water, it was trying to catch salmon. The bear would run and dive into the stream trying to catch the salmon. Bob got a great picture of that.
They stayed until 7:20, in the rain, watching for more bears along the boardwalk but did not see any more. There was more salmon today in the stream, so that is good news for viewing bear. They decided to leave and not long after leaving the parking lot, they saw a grizzly bear walking along the stream next to the highway.
They stopped at Glacier Hyder Inn and ate a hearty breakfast before coming back to the campground.
When Bob got home, I was still snoozing away in bed. I must of felt him get back in bed cause I asked him if they saw any bear and he told me they did. I really didn't believe him, until later when I saw the pictures. I figured he was just wanting to make me feel bad because I didn't go and missed out on the bear sighting.
It rained on and off all day long. Bob went to the office and paid for another night here, which will make us leaving out Tuesday morning. That will give us tomorrow to watch for bears again and get ready for our next two travel days.
We went to Ginger & Jesse's for dinner at 5:30. After eating, we all got our rain gear on and Jesse drove us all to Fish Creek to watch for bear again. It was misting and/or lightly raining the entire time we watched; we continued to watch, and watch, and about the time I thought we were going to be getting ready to leave, we could hear and see a commotion down at the far end of the boardwalk. I could tell that the group of people down there had a bear in sight. I looked down that way and was heading down , stretching over the railing when there was a empty spot and finally I could see it. It was a black bear....it came walking across the stream quite a ways past the boardwalk. It was walking from one bank to the other bank. Soon, out from the leafy area on the far bank, came out a little black cub. It walked over to momma bear and then they both crossed the stream, and moved back and forth from one bank to the other side's bank. They finally made it on up the stream where the people in the middle and the start of the boardwalk could see. The baby went into the bushes on the opposite side and it wasn't long she climbed up in a tree. For a while they appeared to have left, but later made their appearance again for quite awhile. The momma seemed more interested in eating leaves and foilage. She must have been eating her salad before the entree. She never did act to interested in the fish...maybe she is a vegetarian.
After the momma bear and baby bear left, we stuck around for awhile in the rain and then headed to the truck and left.
Seeing the bears was very exciting for me...I think out of all the animals that we have seen on this trip, the bears are my favorite. They are such interesting creatures.
The low lying clouds in Hyder this evening...an eerie sight.
That's about it for our day.
Hope you have a great day!!
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jl
It would be wonderful if you could hang around and see Salmon Glacier. It was one of the highlights of the trips for us. You would spend at least a half day getting up there, picture taking, etc. This glacier you will look directly down on and travel beside it for miles.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if you are looking for a great meal, try The Bus. I think it's blue.
Judy