Hyder, Alaska and lots of bears

Lee and Karen Duquette
in Hyder, Alaska - more bears

Day 2 in Hyder, Alaska - Lee Duquette was about to park the car (known as a toad) and go to the viewing bridge, when Karen Duquette spotted a grizzly bear at the side of the road - this makes bear #3 in Hyder, Alaska. And they are pretty sure that they will see many more bears as time passes. After all, this is Alaska.


Below: Then, bear #4 was seen walking across the street just a bit up the road. Karen Duquette is not sure if the same bear shown above crossed the road then went back across the road again or if this was two different bears. Mostly, they were paying attention to the bear above that was closer to them, for safety reasons. As all visitors to the state of Alaska should be.

Below: Lee Duquette parked the car in the upper parking lot. As Karen Duquette got out of the car, she looked up and saw a grizzly bear heading toward the parking lot. Bear #5 in two days - not bad at all!

Below: The grizzly bear stopped to check out something on the ground, then headed right towards Karen Duquette, so she yelled at Lee Duquette to get back in the car as she jumped back into the car. At first, she kept the door slightly open to take photos, but when the bear came too close, she closed the car door. The grizzly walked right beside the car, then into the trees, down the bank, and into the river. Lee and Karen Duquette then walked on the path in the parking lot, which was right above the river where the bear was walking. They followed the bear for quite awhile, and Karen aimed her camera down the bank and she got fantastic photos of the bear. (And even a video that she does not know how to post here)


Below; Then the grizzly caught a fish and ate it. Karen Duquette got great photos and videos because she was standing safely, yet directly above the bear. The two RV Gypsies could HEAR the crunching of the fish's bones as the bear ate.



Below: The the grizzly continued its walk towards the viewing bridge where lots of people were waiting to see a bear. They had no clue that one was coming their way.



Below: The grizzly caught another fish, but this time he just bit the fish's head off and walked away. Cruel! Better the fish, than people! LOL!

Below: Alongside the stream, lots of partially eaten salmon lay on the banks. That means that fishing was good for the bears this year.

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Hyder Alaska and Stewart British Columbia form the dividing line between Alaska and Canada. Lee and Karen Duquette camped in Stewart and drove their toad across the border to see the bears in Hyder. You have already seen the bears, now see the campground and the new RV friends of the two RV Gypsies. Then continue the journey of the two RV Gypsies as they leave Alaska and travel through Canada again and they encounter MORE BEARS, including a black bear. There was no security going from British Columbia into Alaska here, but there was security going from Hyder to BC.

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A bear caught and ate a fish then ran up and down the river (this page)

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