After our family outing in Wakefield we are back in Ottawa ready to celebrate Thanksgiving and more catch ups with extended family. The weather predictions are not good, rain for the next week and this does hamper the hiking outings. Even though it is long past our anniversary we still…
Month: October 2023
Wakefield
Our last day at the lodge is quite frosty but pretty sunny with several bears in the river already fishing. We can see them from the lodge while we have our last breakfast. On the way to the airport we see the autumn colours have fully kicked in and we…
Chilko grizzlies continued
The days are getting colder and the trees are almost fully changed. We make sure to have multiple layers on to stay warm for the photography sessions. Every morning starts at 6.30am, a quick hot breakfast and then we are on the river by 7.15am till 11.30am. Lunch is at…
The Chilko river grizzly bears
After an hours flight over some spectacular glaciers in the Coastal Mountain range we land, ready for the 45min transfer to the lodge. Someone on the previous group picked up a cold so we all put on our masks for the ride, just to be sure. Luckily everyone stays well…
Bowen Island
We arrive a couple of hours early from our originally scheduled flight, as there has been a change with Air Canada and we are hoping that Hertz will not change, the extremely good rate we have on a Tesla booking. To our great surprise the Tesla was half price to…
Grizzly Bears of the estuary
After an early breakfast we head out into the estuary, it’s misty, overcast but it’s not raining. It’s a very nice setting for some potential grizzly bear viewing. We turn the corner to enter the estuary and see a whole lot of interactions and bear behaviour. We have a total…