20 September 2007

This morning we set out early and were in position by 6.20am. After a little over half an hour the cinnamon black we had seen previously emerged and began to eat. Almost simultaneously a grizzly sow appeared with two large cubs in tow- probably the same family we had seen before. We watched happily for an hour or so.

In the afternoon we had a stroke of luck. Jean-Pierre, who forthwith became known as "Eagle Eyes", spotted a grizzly in the river at several hundred feet. We watched with binoculars as he moved onto a sandbank and around the corner. Repositioning the truck we then watched for 15 or 20 minutes as he slowly made his way towards us, oblivious to our presence. It was too dark for good photos, but a magnificent sight. On the way back to the ranch, Gillian spotted another grizzly on a sandbank. At first it ignored her truck, then it abruptly stood up, wheeled around and left.