What an adventure! We went to see the Katmai bears yesterday. We indeed saw bears, and up close !! there were no viewing platforms, just the river and delta where we walked. Altogether we saw 13 bears. The farthest was at an altitude of about 1000 feet! We saw mom and twin spring cubs, mom and nursing 2 year old (close enough to hear the cub purring), one boar (big and old) then all the rest. When we spotted a bear, we just closed ranks and kneeled and kept quiet! The only sound you heard was the bears walking, chewing, and the clicking of cameras! I will have a web site to share. All (3) of the guide/pilots took numerous pictures also and they are posted.
Landing and take-off were certainly part of the adventure. We left Homer around 3:30, flew in a Cessna 206, climbed to around 10,500 to clear some big mountains, then landed on the sandy beach in a spot about 30 feet wide and of course, slightly slanted toward the ocean! You really need a movie of that to catch the action! I do have some pictures of that!
Lazy day today, tomorrow, halibut fishing.
Hugs to all,
Kathy & Joyce
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Friday, July 25, 2014
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Homer
Well, we hit another end of the road place on our travels! This makes a total of 5 such activities - you know, the one you can't get there from here - you have to go someplace else. Actually, it has been fun getting to a 'final' destination over the last few weeks.
We spent the early afternoon getting ready for our 2 adventures out of Homer. Tomorrow afternoon, we go on a flight to Katmai to visit the Alaska Brown Bears! We can't wait. Kathy nearly had a catastrophe - she ran out of space on her memory disc in the camera and no one from Fairbanks down to Homer had the right kind of card! Everyone was out. So, the camera pictures got transferred to the little computer, then onto a flash drive. Everything worked, so the button got pressed to delete all the pictures from the camera. Now I can take a bunch of pictures tomorrow! Saw the pictures taken from today's flight - WOW! We hope for some that good. I will send out a web site you can go onto and get the pictures of the bears we will see tomorrow. The pilot/guide takes a ton of pictures also, just in case something goes wrong with your camera, you will have pictures. Good deal - someone could run out of memory.....and that includes the camera.
After a day's rest, we take off as one of the happy hookers on the Nauti-lady for a half day of halibut fishing. If successful, we will have the halibut flash frozen and sent home when we will be there to take delivery. From the sounds of things, we should catch something to send home. We are each allowed 2. It is unlikely we will tackle any 'barn doors', but are looking at 20 - 30 pounders. That's a fair amount of fish.
Will try to pass on the bear adventure tomorrow night. We don't get back until around 9:00 pm, so it will be late im most of your time zones, and it might not happen until the next day anyhow.
Hugs,
Kathy & Joyce
We spent the early afternoon getting ready for our 2 adventures out of Homer. Tomorrow afternoon, we go on a flight to Katmai to visit the Alaska Brown Bears! We can't wait. Kathy nearly had a catastrophe - she ran out of space on her memory disc in the camera and no one from Fairbanks down to Homer had the right kind of card! Everyone was out. So, the camera pictures got transferred to the little computer, then onto a flash drive. Everything worked, so the button got pressed to delete all the pictures from the camera. Now I can take a bunch of pictures tomorrow! Saw the pictures taken from today's flight - WOW! We hope for some that good. I will send out a web site you can go onto and get the pictures of the bears we will see tomorrow. The pilot/guide takes a ton of pictures also, just in case something goes wrong with your camera, you will have pictures. Good deal - someone could run out of memory.....and that includes the camera.
After a day's rest, we take off as one of the happy hookers on the Nauti-lady for a half day of halibut fishing. If successful, we will have the halibut flash frozen and sent home when we will be there to take delivery. From the sounds of things, we should catch something to send home. We are each allowed 2. It is unlikely we will tackle any 'barn doors', but are looking at 20 - 30 pounders. That's a fair amount of fish.
Will try to pass on the bear adventure tomorrow night. We don't get back until around 9:00 pm, so it will be late im most of your time zones, and it might not happen until the next day anyhow.
Hugs,
Kathy & Joyce
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