The Great Alaskan Adventure

A few Kms. away and across the border back into Alaska is a small town called Hyder. It is known as the friendliest little Ghost town in Alaska. There are a handful of businesses but the main claim to fame is their Bear viewing area on Fish Creek. A short drive out of town brings you to a well protected walkway overlooking the creek. People gather at feeding times to watch the Grizzlies come out of the bush to feed on the Salmon spawning in the river. We had breakfast and then drove out .....in the rain to see the bears. We stayed for about an hour but I guess the bears were not hungry. We decided to take the self guided tour up to Salmon Glacier. Another masterful piece of road work! We drove past several abandoned mine sites and lots of waterfalls and smaller glaciers. We figured when we hit the top we would be so socked in with clouds and fog that we wouldn’t be able to see anything. As we stood watching the clouds started to blow through the valley and we had a great view of the Salmon Glacier as it winds it’s way down to the river.
WE drove back and stopped again at the Bear viewing area but no bears had been seen for about an hour so we decided to go back to the trailer, have a snack and then drive back in hopes that the timing would be better. When we got back we were there for about a half an hour when bear number one a small Grizzly appeared for dinner. He had no problems eating while we were watching. Number two, a larger Male arrived next, making dinner out of a tasty Salmon and then some berries. Another smaller brown Grizzly arrived and joined the picnic. We were all pretty wet so se went back to the trucks and headed back to town. One saw one more little guy trying to cross the road to get to the river when were leaving.....got some very good shot of him curling his lip because Splash was barking at him.
NOTE: I don’t think it stopped raining the whole time we were in Stewart.