August 13, 2014
This morning was a little cooler than
the previous two but again warmed up quickly and we had another
beautiful sunny day with a high of 77.
Today we stopped by the bakery for
breakfast on the way to bear viewing. Again it was very good and is
run by some very nice local folks. For anyone else coming to Stewart
and Hyder, the bakery is Temptations and is on main street in Stewart.
It was a bust at the bear viewing this
morning. One person who was there at 6:00 am said he saw a bear
about 6:30 and then nothing else. We headed back to Fred about 10:30
to cook some lunch and do a little work. We stopped by the Hyder
dock on the way. There was a sign panel there that explained the
stubs of old pilings we had been seeing. There was a “town” -
few businesses - built on those pilings at the time of the first gold
strike in this area. When the miners started arriving they named the
area Portland City. When gold prices were frozen and the mines
closed, the town was abandoned. Click on the picture of the sign for
more information.
We cooked lunch and did some work
around the rig, some trip planning, and then headed back out to
hopefully see some bears. We had just about given up and then
finally the bear they call dog bear came through. We got some pretty
good pictures and video of him fishing just before 6:00 tonight. We are only posting one due to limited internet and you are probably tired of bear pictures, anyway. He
hung around for about 45 minutes. It is tiring waiting on a bear to
show up, but so much fun when they do.
That's it for today. We got most of
the necessary things done this afternoon to prepare to move on toward
southern Canada tomorrow. We haven't really decided if we are going to move
are stay here another day or two. We plan to get up early to go back
to the bear viewing in the morning and then, who knows. We may extend
here for 2 more days or we may move on out. We would really like to
see a wolf catching salmon and we haven't been there for that yet.
No one has seen a wolf the past three days, since it has been sunny
and “hot” according to the locals. Prior to that they were seen for about 5 days in a row. The next 2 days are suppose
to be cloudy and a little cooler so.....might the wolves come back??
Decisions, decisions. Check back tomorrow and see what we decide.
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