| Day 2 in Hyder, Alaska - the two RV Gypsies
were about to park to go to the viewing bridge, when they spotted a grizzly
bear at the side of the road - this makes bear #3 in Hyder. |
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At the same time, bear #4
was walking across the street just a bit up the road. Actually, it may
have been more than one bear. Not sure if the same bear crossed the road
then went back again or if this was two different bears. Mostly, we were
paying attention to the bear above that was closer to us. |
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| Now the two RV Gypsies park their car in the
upper parking lot. As Karen gets out of the car, she looks up and sees a
grizzly bear heading toward the parking lot. Bear #5 in two days - not bad
at all! |
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| The grizzly bear stops to check out something
on the ground, then heads right towards Karen, so she jumps back in the
car. At first she kept the door open to take photos, but when the bear got
closer, she closed the car door. The grizzly walked right beside the car,
then into the trees, down the bank, and into the river. The two RV Gypsies
then walked on the path in the parking lot, which was right above the river
where the bear was walking. They followed the bear for quite awhile, aiming
the camera down the bank to get fantastic photos of the bear. |
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| Then the grizzly catches a fish and eats it.
Karen got great photos and videos because she was standing directly above
the bear. |
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| The the grizzly continues its walk towards
the viewing bridge where lots of people were waiting to see a bear. They
had no clue that one was coming their way. |
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| The grizzly catches another fish, but this
time he just bites the fish's head off and walks away. Cruel! Better the
fish, than me! LOL! |
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| Alongside the stream, lots of partially eaten
salmon lay on the banks. That means that fishing was good for the bears
this year. |
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