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Alaska Bush floatplane adventure and a surprise....
The two RV Gypsies are dropped off at a dock on another lake while the pilot goes back for John and Tina. Fish Lake was too small for the floatplane to take-off with the weight of four passengers and Jason, the pilot. This lake is bigger.
Lee Duquette gets out of the floatplane
Lee Duquette gets out of the floatplane
Now the two RV Gypsies are all alone on a dock with a closed-up cabin at the end of the dock. They decide to take a closer look at the cabin while waiting for the pilot to return with John and Tina.
a cabin Karen Duquette by the cabin
Karen Duquette by the cabin Karen Duquette by the cabin
The cabin is closed up tightly - two beautiful chairs hang from the porch roof along with two kayaks
Karen Duquette by the cabin Lee Duquette approaches the cabin
On the porch it appears that beer cans were torn out of a plastic bag and clawed open. The flip-top lid of the cans were NOT opened. Upon further research, the two RV Gypsies found bear footprints and a trampled path leading up into the woods.
beer cans clawed open beer cans clawed open
beer can clawed open beer can clawed open
Now if a bear drank this beer, can you imagine meeting that drunk beer in the woods? And guess what - there is no place for the two RV Gypsies to escape to should a bear appear now, drunk bear or sober bear, it really wouldn't matter.
beer can clawed open beer cans clawed open
beer cans clawed open beer cans clawed open
Native Alaskans told the two RV Gypsies to back away from grizzly bears, wave their arms and look big, but as you can see in the below photos, the only place to backup is to the end of the dock. It wouldn't help to jump into the lake because bears can swim too. There are a couple of cabins on the other side of the lake, but they are probably empty too. So if a bear did come back to this cabin, there would be no place for the two RV Gypsies to go, and no one around to help them.
Karen Duquette on the dock Karen Duquette on the dock
Above - is Karen giving a fun "thumbs-up" sign or a hitch-hiking sign - LOL
 
The small dots you see in the photo on the left are tiny bugs swarming all over by the dock.
bugs the beautiful lake
HERE COMES Jason the pilot with THE FLOATPLANE and John and Tina to pick up the two RV Gypsies. They are saved!!!! Hooray!
the floatplane returns
the floatplane returns
the floatplane returns
the floatplane returns
floatplane reflected in the lake
floatplane reflected in the lake
floatplane reflected in the lake
floatplane reflected in the lake
Lee tells John about the beer cans that were clawed open. Tina does not get out of the floatplane.
John and Lee Tina
go to the next page The floatplane takes flight