Today we swam (I got in a mile in a military pool) and hiked in two different places, in search of wildlife. We made a fine sight calling out “Heeeeere bear, where are you?” We did this all day, first on a three-mile hike.
Our second hike was a six-miler, and the more successful of the two, on the South Fork of Eagle River trail. We met four dogs there. And saw scenes like this:
We crossed streams coming off glaciers and headed for nearby lakes.
We walked on this nice, clean, new trail:
And stared at mountains to our front, left and right.
On our way back we rounded a curve in the trail and saw:
I got to within about 25 yards of them before they started walking away.
Having gotten my shots, and feeling lucky to not make the mother charge me, I left them alone.
We finished our hike, now we need to see some bears.
