A Five Bear Day

We saw five different bear yesterday.  That is the way we like to note days.  It started with JR and Zach digging for clams.  Larry and I took the sprayer and a pump and cleaned bags of oysters as they hung on the fence lines.  That worked pretty slick.  It saved unclipping and carrying them, always a plus.

Just munching on the grass

Momma....hey theres a boat 

Time to go kids

When we were through I planned on cutting some wild Sea Asparagus so we piloted in to the big lagoon. At the far end you could just see a nice, fluffy Black Bear munching down on the greens beside the water line.  We cut the motor and drifted towards her shore.  On a log behind this bear you could see another one snoozing away.  As we got closer and the big bear spooked she collected not just one little cub but two and then three climbed down off that log and followed mama in to the trees.

I picked a bowl of asparagus for shrimp stir fry (Yum!) and collected some lagoon oysters for sampling (on the BBQ).  Then we went on our way towards home.

before shrimp

with shrimp ...better

 At the mouth of the lagoon sat another nice Black Bear like he was watching us motor by.  I expected him to start waving as we passed.
Upon hearing our report the men got all excited, packed some sandwiches, and headed out north on a bear hunt.  Not to be outdone, Larry and I packed supplies and headed west to Question Cove on a bear hunt of our own.  We have seen five bear at one time around the shoreline there.  All that was out there this time were the whale feeding and blowing about.  We sat and watched them and caught bottom fish after bottom fish.   We tossed most of them back to the delight of the eagles.  We soon had a little parade following our boat around.
All in all it was an excellent day, a five bear day.  It didn't even rain until after bed time.