Face to face; and speaking of face to face with nature, my sweetie got to meet this fella face to face with about five feet of air, very still air between them when he was getting the trailer ready to hook up to the truck. Gerald jumps into the trailer motioning hands while speaking to me yet no sound is emitting. "what" I say and read his lips as he repeats soundlessly while pointing that there is a bear outside. Excitedly "where" say I promptly opening the screen door of the trailer, "o-there" and quickly close the screen then attempt to take this shot.
The photo is blurry cause he was that close as I excitedly take a shot through the doorway of the trailer, what an adrenaline rush.
We waited till he moved on a few campsites away then took a few shots with telephoto lens as we did not want to add stress to a scrawny hungry bear. With due diligence we stopped by the info booth at the entrance to Wells Gray Park to inform them of the bear as I believed it to be a young hungry Grizzly but staff said the ears were too big so this was a cinnamon black bear as the Grizz are at higher elevation this time of year but I believe it to be a young grizzly as it does have a shoulder hump and light color claws.Anyone out there have an opinion as to identity?
Have a great day all and big bear hugs to ya!
2 comments:
Good to see you post again and that your heart can take a shock like a bear looking in your trailer. Nice one.
Good to see a new post from you. What an exciting encounter with the bear. I have no doubt that it is a beautiful Cinnamon Black Bear. Grizzlies have a different head shape and color, with smaller ears.
I look forward to seeing more photos from your camping trip.
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