Bear Town

We have bears around town. A lot. There are ordinances about how you can put your trash out because of the bears.
People see them all the time. I have seen them only a few times since I've lived here. Including the one that tried to climb over my fence on 4th of July a couple years back. (That was just a little too close for comfort for me..lol.)
Anyway, there is a trail out at the glacier where they have built this cool deck path over the creek, so you can go there and really check out the bears. My friend Kim told me how they have been out out there a lot lately. So she came out with us tonight so we could go check them out.
So freakin' cool!!!
No matter how many years I spend here there are certain things that I will always be awestruck by.
The eagles are one of them and the bears are another. When I am watching a bear from just literally a foot away fishing in the creek for salmon, that's the moments I realize how truly lucky I am to live in Alaska. It's just amazing.
And I love that I could just hop in my truck and take my kids to see their first live bear….just like that! No paying an entrance fee for a zoo. No watching them in a cage…bears in their natural habitat, just doing what they do….
Very lucky indeed!

Here's some pics….