Yesterday we told the RV manager about our bear encounter and she called the RCMP to report it -- I guess we were supposed to do that but didn't know. We were interviewed in the afternoon and the officer was headed to the campground to investigate and warn campers. He said the bear had probably gotten too familiar with people and needed to be moved a few hundred miles to the back country.
Day of rest today. It is raining buckets and we are sitting in the RV office keeping dry. We went to Buckshot Betty's for breakfast and ran into an 15 person archeology team digging about 10 miles north of here. They rushed out of their camp this morning when a black bear invaded and tore up a tent. A couple warning shots were fired, but the bear wasn't phased at all. I guess the RCMP will head out there to try to trap it and move it also.
The weather is supposed to clear tomorrow so we will head north to Alaska. If the rain lets up we will take a walk around this 100 person town and see if we can find a post office to mail a poster home.
We will probably be out of contact again until Tok, AK -- maybe 2 days. Cal had the brilliant idea that we would just stop at local libraries to post notes on the blog, but guess what, these little towns don't have libraries.
The RV parks usually have free WIFI, so that's where we post from.
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Have you heard if the people from Australia saw the bear or not? Pretty scarey for flatlanders like us!
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The Whislers
Everybody else slept through the whole ordeal.
ReplyDeleteYikes! Love reading your blog. My parents are the motorcycle people from Idaho. When they said "trikes" I thought 3 wheeled motorbikes! You are amazing to take these man powered trips. Stay safe and warm. Dry seems to be unrealistic this year. ;) Joy
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