Took the camp box and all the tools and paperwork by the shop and met John and Jen and Nick (same ones as yesterday) and Preston the Ranger for lunch. Preston bought! Had a nice long visit. John gave us a chunk of halibut for the freezer.
Stopped by the store then spent a lazy afternoon by the lake. After the fog blew over it was a fantastic day - 61 degrees and clear blue sky.
Down to the river about 6:00. 8 bears again. One towards the lake, then a huge bear across the river. The last 4 years this bear has been called Gimpy because she had been shot in the butt and had a limp. Now she is completely healed and is an amazing looking bear – with no limp and a new name ….Hummer. Hummer showed up first then the two sows with two cubs each. One of the two year old cubs got to close to Hummer and she roared so loud we heard it across the river. The cub jumped in the river. His Mom and the other cub got past Hummer and jumped in too. These are the two year old cubs and it looked like the sow was letting her cub deal with Hummer on his own because he will not be with her very much longer. There were lots of people out on the road and the Ranger. It was to dark out to take pictures. The sow and 2 cubs eventually made it across the river near where we were after it got dark.
See the fish jumping?
Spawning salmon.
Bear trails.
Last sunset. Heading home in the morning.
