Grey clouds and rainy days in Southern Alaska, a big difference after our sunny stay in Valdez but...nevertheless a beautiful place. After a tip from a local fisherman, we took a quick walk through the village and drove off to Chilkoot river and Chilkoot Lake, magnificient.
This is High Alert Grizzly Territory...The salmon travels upstream to spawn and die so the Grizzlies take the advantage of easy food and fat storage for the upcoming winter but so do the fishermen. Man and bear have to share this piece of nature and I can tell you it's hilarious to see tough fishermen run and leave everything behind when the almighty Grizzly arrives, you cannot blame them...A daily confrontation followed closely by the sharp eye of the Eagle. We didn't fish this time but as always, we had frontrow seats!
We were on the lake all day just enjoying the wildlife, the fishermen and the commotion every time the bears smelled easy prey. We saw one guy running in the woods with a big Sockeye salmon, the only fish he caught that day...When he came back, he asked me to warn him if the bears returned while he was cleaning his fish. He survived and gave us two pieces of red and tender salmon, the best you can get!
And if you cook the salmon in your camper near the lake...you get Grizzly's attention. Awesome, I don't think we will ever see them that close next to us again. They are massive and powerful animals, we showed nothing but respect when mother bear gave us that look while one of her cubs was trying to get at us from a nearby pic-nic table, just to let you know...we did not take any risks, haha!
MeetTheMoose met The Grizzly, that's for sure...We had an awesome time in Haines before taking the inside passage ferry to Prince Rupert (BC). We'll be back in Alaska one day...even if it is just to make sure that people are still shooting traffic signs, crazy americans!
Rainy greets from Prince Rupert!
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