August 8, 2018

Oh my gosh!! It has been raining non stop since we arrived here in Valdez. Today the 8th, it is finally letting up a little. We really have not done much hiking because of the rain, but we did fish one more day. Again, we limited ourselves to 4 fish because of the size of our smoker setup. On our way back  to camp after fishing, we discovered a large brown bear near Lowe River off of Dayville Road.

Today, the 8th we decided to go ahead and drive around in the rain looking for bears. We got lucky as we found a black sow and two cubs over by Mineral Creek, and a fat black bear near the fish hatchery.

With those five bears, the official count is at 58 this trip. A new world record!!

 Near Lowe River

 After all of the rain, the waterfall near the Hatchery is really flowing.

 Sea lion near the Hatchery

 A brown bear!!!!!

 Valdez Glacier

The lone black bear near the Hatchery