My sister's Kodiak visit was almost 2 weeks ago and I am only now getting around to the final visit blog posts - our bear viewing trip to the Alaska Peninsula. I took so many pictures it was REALLY hard to edit them down to a reasonable number. And even with a lot of thought and time I still did not get the picture count down to a low enough number for just one post on the bear viewing trip. So I had to split it up into 2 - one focusing on the bears and the other on the experience.
Bear viewing with Seahawk Air is a special treat. This is especially true when you go over to the Alaska Peninsula to watch the bears. Basically the scenery over there is a 'step up' from Kodiak. Huge mountains and big glaciers. It is Alaska on steroids.
Jo and Rolan have been doing bear tours for something like 30 years and they really know the bears. Jo understands how to approach the bears without alarming them, and can read bear body language. She knows when to back off and when a bear is fine with a closer approach. Usually she just lets the bears get comfortable and then the bears walk closer on their own.
Anyway, it was a spectacular visit and worth it for just the scenery and walk on the beach alone. But the bears were pretty awesome too! And the next post will highlight the bears we saw.
Patrick
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| Those are bears on the bank in the distance - Jo will now get us close without disturbing the bears |
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| Devils Desk |
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| Beach landing in the surf at low tide |
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| This is where we ate lunch while watching the bears across an old closed off river slough |
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| I brought BIG lens to get bear pictures |
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| Halo glacier - 20 years ago it extended across the lake |
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| The head of Kukak Bay - in 1993 I helped the NPS survey this area and I could recognize all the places we camped and found sites from the plane |
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