After our family outing in Wakefield we are back in Ottawa ready to celebrate Thanksgiving and more catch ups with extended family. The weather predictions are not good, rain for the next week and this does hamper the hiking outings. Even though it is long past our anniversary we still…

Our last day at the lodge is quite frosty but pretty sunny with several bears in the river already fishing. We can see them from the lodge while we have our last breakfast. On the way to the airport we see the autumn colours have fully kicked in and we…

The days are getting colder and the trees are almost fully changed. We make sure to have multiple layers on to stay warm for the photography sessions. Every morning starts at 6.30am, a quick hot breakfast and then we are on the river by 7.15am till 11.30am. Lunch is at…

After an hours flight over some spectacular glaciers in the Coastal Mountain range we land, ready for the 45min transfer to the lodge. Someone on the previous group picked up a cold so we all put on our masks for the ride, just to be sure. Luckily everyone stays well…

We arrive a couple of hours early from our originally scheduled flight, as there has been a change with Air Canada and we are hoping that Hertz will not change, the extremely good rate we have on a Tesla booking. To our great surprise the Tesla was half price to…

After an early breakfast we head out into the estuary, it’s misty, overcast but it’s not raining. It’s a very nice setting for some potential grizzly bear viewing. We turn the corner to enter the estuary and see a whole lot of interactions and bear behaviour. We have a total…

After a peaceful anchor we head out hoping to see a new Spirit bear that was briefly sighted the day before. It is low tide, this drains by 5 m off the rocks and exposes delicious morsels on the rocks. We can’t believe it but as we approach the mouth…

Today we fly to Terrace as our starting point for a week long trip to the Great Bear Rain forest, where we are hopeful to see some Spirit bears. These are black bears that are white and because of this carry a special meaning to the First Nations. It requires…

We manage to sneak in a morning tea at the Alpine bakery after our 10 day adventure , when we arrive back in Whitehorse, using our last bit of rhubarb jam on the yummy choco buns. Lunch was provided by the “Bullet hole bagel “ a small literally, hole in…

This is our last day of exploring in the Kluane National Park. It’s a little wet but we plan on taking a few hikes before we leave. The first one is a nice trail called the Spruce Beetle trail and has an informative set of tables as we walk through,…