Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers'
Alaska Bush floatplane adventure (page 2 of 3) and a surprise.... |
The two RV Gypsies were dropped off at a dock on another lake while the pilot flew back for John and Tina. Fish Lake was too small for the floatplane to take-off from with the weight of four passengers and Jason the pilot. The second lake is bigger and the floatplane can take off from there with everyone on board. |
The two RV Gypsies were all alone on a dock with a closed-up cabin at the end of the dock. They decided to take a closer look at the cabin while waiting for the pilot to return with John and Tina. | |
Below: The cabin was closed
up tightly but two beautiful chairs and two kayaks hung from the porch
roof. |
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Below: On the porch it appeared that beer cans were torn out of a plastic bag and clawed open. The flip-top lid of the cans were NOT opened. Upon further research, the two RV Gypsies found bear footprints and a trampled path leading from the porch into the woods. SCARY | |
Now
if a bear drank this beer, the two RV Gypsies do NOT want to meet that
drunk beer in the woods! No thank you! And guess what - there
was no place for the two RV Gypsies to escape to should a bear appear.
Drunk bear or sober bear, it really would not matter. There was nowhere
to go for safety and the two RV Gypsies were totally alone in the middle
of nowhere, with nobody else around, no cell service, and no way to get
help if needed. Oh My! |
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Native Alaskans have previously told the two RV Gypsies to back away from grizzly bears, wave their arms and look big, but as seen in the below photos, the only place to back up to would be the end of the dock. It wouldn't help to jump into the lake because bears can swim too. There were a couple of cabins on the other side of the lake, but they were empty too, and even if they were not, they could not cross the lake to be of any help. So if a bear did come back to this cabin, there would be no place for the two RV Gypsies to go, and no one around to help them. | |
Above - Karen
Duquette on the dock with a hitch-hiking sign? Why? Nobody is anywhere
near them! - LOL |
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Below: The small dots that are barely visible in the photo below on the left are tiny bugs swarming all over by the dock. | |
HERE COMES Jason the pilot with THE FLOATPLANE and John and Tina to pick
up the two RV Gypsies. They are saved!!!! Hooray! |
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Below: Lee Duquette told John about the beer cans that were clawed open. Tina did not get out of the floatplane. Nobody wanted to go closer to the dock, they just wanted to leave the area in the floatplane. | |