BEARS!!!

Sorry if you were expecting more mildly amusing tales of travel and adventure*.

This is a bear blog now.  All bears**, all the time.

Today was such a great day.  We saw 9 different bears!  Well actually, we saw 12 different bears, but I was only able to photograph 9 of them.  Please allow me to introduce you to my new buddies.

Bears 1 & 2. These are grizzly bears! I don't know if they are friends but they didn't appear to be rivals.

Bear 3. I know it looks a lot like Bears 1 & 2, but I promise it is a separate bear.  

Bear 4, swimming.

Still Bear 4, crawling out of the lake.

Bear 4 with Bears 5 & 6- cubs!!!

And another one! Gah, how cute is Bear 7?!?!

I thought at first that Bears 4-7 were grizzlies too, but this closer look at Mama Bear in profile shows that they are in fact black bears.

Finally, Bears 8 & 9. Can you spot them, like Eagle-Eye Emily did?

There they are! Hi guys!

Bears 8 & 9 were also black bears, and BIG black bears at that.

Bears 10, 11 & 12 were sort of nearby Bears 8 & 9, but I wasn't able to get any pictures of them (shakes fist and mumbles "that meddling Park Ranger" under my breath...).

All bears were sadly much too far away to hug, but I know they felt my love.



*Were you though? Were you really?

**Not Chicago Bears.