Stewart, BC and Hyder, AK

I woke up at 5:30 a.m. to head back over to Fish Creek to see if I could see a bear. Fortunately, one decided that she needed a snack! She put on quite a show, eating lots of salmon, chasing them down the river and then walking right underneath where I was standing on the observation deck to a pond, where she took a swim and had some berries for dessert.
Some people with whom I chatted, who come here almost every year, told me that the fish counts and the bear counts were down this year.

I took Mark back with me in the evening, but we didn't see any more grizzlies. We did see a large black bear in the middle of the road on our way back into Hyder. He had just jumped out of the river and caused Mark to come to a sliding stop in the mud.

Hyder, pictured above, is a unique town! We had dinner at the Glacier Inn, but did not take part in the tradition of drinking their rot-gut moonshine which has caused many a visitor to quickly part with his or her just-consumed dinner.

Hyder, AK (sharing the screen with Stewart, BC) has also been the location for several movies, including the horror movie "The Thing" and Robert DeNiro's widely panned "Insomnia."

Odometer: 8177 miles