Skilak lake

After our bear encounter, the ride across the lake was much less eventful than yesterday’s wild ride. For an hour, I sat on the front of the boat and scanned the banks for wildlife. We did spot a mother black bear and cub fishing on a rocky beach. Both went running deep into the woods [...]

Back in bear country

Somewhere in the midst of my sleep induced head bob that was kinking my neck, I peeped out the window at the low cloud cover hanging over Alaska. I watched intently until the layer of cotton started presenting tears, through which I could see the land that stole my heart the first time around. In [...]

Bear patrol

The dry erase sign at the head of the trail read “brown bear sighted – 1/4 mile on trail”. I walked down the trail a bit and after realizing that the thick cover which formed walls on each side of the trail would provide the perfect place to get ambushed, I decided to go down [...]

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