June 18, 2011

Big Old Black Bear at Chapin

Devil Club and Moss

Boats pretty close to shore at low tide.  Well, there it is the first grizzly in Alaska and right on the shore in front of us.  He’s big!  Next on the other side there’s a momma black tailed deer with a very tiny fawn.  Sunny.  David went over to talk to people on a Coast Guard Auxiliary boat, Dennis and Mary Lou on the Mary L.  It’s a small world as they are friends of people we met in Warm Springs three years ago.  We girls went for a long walk on the beach.  Mostly plastic buckets and bottles. Mike caught a salmon today, while the rest of us went gunkholing Eliza Harbour, the bay we passed coming in.  Beautiful country, with lots of grassy shores.  Saw a big black bear, but only fleetingly.  Another amazing meal.  Feels like being on a cruise ship.