ANOTHER WEEK FLIES BY...

The Humpies are in, getting ready to make their way upstream after spawning.

The rivers will be black with fish and they are already jumping in the old part

of town. There are so many fish that their fins are sticking above the water! Lots

of people are there fishing now since you can fish right from the shore or even

from the rocks under the bridge. There were also a lot of tourists there last 

night taking pictures and swat, swat, swatting the bugs.

People aren't the only ones interested in these salmon. We have a sow bear

and cubs that make a daily appearance and have been stealing people's fish

right off their lines. Yesterday's newspaper noted a call was made to police

by a man fishing. The bear had him cornered on the rocks and the police had

to come and scare her away so he could get off the rocks. I know it's dangerous

but that made me laugh out loud. Can you imagine the 911 dispatcher taking

that call?

I think that's a pretty smart bear to figure out that people can do all the hard

work of catching the fish--she doesn't even need to get wet! And just think,

she's teaching her cubs the same thing...

My brother in law got stuck in a porta-potty by bears outside once. When 

he went in there were no bears but when he tried to open the door, there 

they were. He even managed to take pictures LOL!

I was cooking dinner last night and had the dogs out on the deck 

because it was so warm. They started barking and carrying on so

 much that I went out to see what the malfunction was. This is what 

was floating over our house scaring them to death! These daredevils 

go to the top of the mountain behind our house and jump off, then 

float down to the beach.

I saw this guy down where everybody was fishing. It is an immature bald 

eagle with the characteristic mottled coloring. It cracked me up because 

he was just walking around on the beach looking at his feet and then watching 

people fishing. I could almost hear him muttering to himself about how hungry 

he was, wondering how to get some fish. They look like gawky teenagers with 

their big feet and funky coloring. I watched one the other day on the beach in front

 of our house doing the same thing. They look so funny walking on the ground. 

They are made for flying, so their feet are splayed out and they are pigeon toed. 

And for Molly, the Biggest Bear Fan in the World, a bear cam where she can 

watch bears fishing on the river in real life. Hi Molly!

LIVE BEAR CAM