"Congratulations on being alive!"
That's how a ranger greeted me when I stepped from the willow-filled river Savage River basin onto the road. Apparently there was a large grizzly moving rather quickly in our direction, as I sat by the river painting and Steve sat quietly nearby. "Quietly" was our mistake; we knew we needed to be making noise as we hiked, so that we wouldn't come upon a bear and surprise it, but apparently we also needed to make noise when sitting still, so that a bear wouldn't inadvertently come upon us and be surprised by our presence in his space. Thankfully we are here to tell the tale!
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Moose |
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Savage River |
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A small glacier in the Savage River valley |
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Wolf Tracks along the high, narrow trail |
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Wolf track and my hand |
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Stephen on the steep slope |
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Trail on STEEP, HIGH slope |
This V-shaped valley was carved by a river, hence the steep sides.
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Tundra wildflowers beside trail |
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Aza |
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White-crowned Sparrow- they were ubiquitous |
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Willow Ptarmigan |
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Snowshoe Hare |
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Painting beside the Savage River in the U-shaped valley |
This U-shaped valley was carved by a glacier, hence the broad, flat valley.
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Stephen resting beside the Savage River |
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Grizzly bear track! |
New bird today: Willow Ptarmigan
1 comment:
Very scary, but cool all at the same time! I'm glad you are alive too. :-)
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