Beware of the Bear

June 22, 2019

Happy Camp to Bear Loon Lake

This was the morning of recovery. It was foggy, but it seemed that the sun was trying was trying to peek out. We ate and visited with others. We were ready to leave but we told the Debs we’d wait for them. We weren’t in a hurry because this was going to be an easy day. However it seemed like everyone was leaving and this made us impatient.

Finally Debra appeared and shortly Deb joined us in the hut. We visited as they broke camp. When they were almost ready, they told us to go ahead. They’d catch up.

There was a family group of seven, eight counting their dog, from Anchorage, Washington and Sweden. They passed us shortly but no Debs. They said the Debs were right behind them. We were getting closer to Lindeman Camp the bear zone. We could see the Debs coming down the hill. It started to drizzle and Terry said to move on. They’d catch us.

We saw a lot of moose droppings and then a pile of bear scat. I said again we should wait for them, but Terry said they’d catch up soon. At Lindeman they were still behind. We went down to the camp’s log structure. It was chilly and we wanted to warm up. I worried they’d walk on without us, so I walked back to the trail and was happy to see them heading in. We had a nice lunch and walked together to Bear Loon Lake with no bear or moose sightings just gulls chattering over the lake.