Bear at Red Bluff Bay

Yup, we've got a bear.   Brown/Grizzly.   6/25/2025 2030 (8:30pm) hours and we see our first bear of the season!   And, "Yes", it really is still this light at 8:30pm!  Twilight won't start for another hour or so.

Bears look remarkable similar to large slow-moving rocks.   We think we spot one and then it turns out to be a rock.   But sometimes, not.

I think this one must be a juvenile, as he seems pretty small.





Today, we went nowhere.   We stayed put in Red Bluff Bay.   This place is stunningly beautiful.  Towering snow-capped mountains all around, waterfalls galore, and just gorgeous scenery.   Here are some pictures of this place that we took from our dink ride around the bay in the early afternoon.   We had to wait until it finally stopped raining, hence the late start.   It was a bit chilly, so we bundled-up.






And some deer, too.






For those of you who wanted more pictures and less verbiage.   There you go...


Ciao!

Comments

  1. ColletteJune 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM

    Don't get me wrong - the verbiage is appreciated as well - just more pictures - not fewer words, necessarily! But I am appreciating the increase in pics! Thank you! :)

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  2. PeterJune 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM

    Not a problem. You know you can't shut me up anyway! Sometimes, I just don't have a lot to offer...

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  3. AnonymousJune 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM

    Bears!!!!

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