Cliff and I went to bed early last night. Cliff wanted to take me out for breakfast and an early morning drive before he went to work. He set the alarm for 5 a.m. and I knew he was serious when I heard the shower running at 5:15. We got our breakfast "to go" and headed out toward the Starrigavan Recreation Area, one of our favorite spots in Sitka. It was a great breakfast and the scenery was gorgeous. My second favorite part of the morning was getting to see and take some photographs of these three amazing bears. Mama Bear and her two yearlings! Wow! God is good! Seeing them run around and hunt for fish in the wild was spectacular! Click on the collages below to enlarge them.
The three bears! Mama Bear struck a pose for us once. I think she smelled us - yikes!
One of the baby bears tried her hand at fishing. It was so fun to watch! Cliff and I were sure giggling when we saw her go hard after fish and whiff several times in a row. She would dive in hard core and come up looking confused with nothing to show for her efforts. She finally caught the fish shown above and cliff and I both instinctively cheered (very quietly). It was awesome!
In this set of pictures, Mama Bear is showing the yearlings how it is done. Sheesh! This is one lady that knows how to put dinner on the table in a hurry. She saw the fish (or smelled it?), charged after it, grabbed that thing on her first strike and brought it back to the shore to share with her yearlings.
In the end, my favorite part of the morning was spending it with Cliff. My dear one.
3 comments:
Oh my goodness! You got some WONDERFUL pictures! Wow! What a morning! This is so neat.
What was your breakfast?
loved blowing up the pics and taking it all in. Kelly
p.s. Adrian and I have had two breakfast dates this week too. Not as outdoorsy and exciting but very wonderful none the less. Kelly
Thank you for the sweet message you left on my blog. We are certainly enjoying our new adventure. It's good to shake things up a bit, don't you think? K & A had such a wonderful time visiting you and Cliff. Thanks for being great friends and hosts. I am excited about following your blog.
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