Bad News (Campground) Bear

After we arrived in Valdez, we had some time before starting supper.  Sandy and I wandered on down to the beautiful harbor just blocks from the campground.

There was a fishing derby going on and here is the board listing the current leaders for halibut.  There was also one for the salmon competition.  I noticed that the third place person was a female. Can you imagine how many meals you could get from a 325 lb. Halibut?  At the current market value, it would be a lot of money.

It was a sunny day, but Sandy and I still had on long pants and long sleeved shirts.  I could hardly believe it when two joggers passed by us in shorts and halter tops.  This must have been balmy weather for them.  From the looks of their white, white skin, you know they don't get a chance to do this very often!

By supper time, the clouds had rolled in and the wind picked up.  We had to bundle up to eat outside.  Sherry was showing off her new Alaska kitchen towel.

We had made cornbread, so Jerry took advantage of it and made one of his favorite concoctions: broken cornbread in a glass of milk.  Guess that must have come from growing up in Tennessee! The rest of us watched as he chowed down.

The next morning, one of the other campers came and  knocked on the door. She asked if we wanted to see some pictures she had taken the night before.  The bear completely circled our camper and we didn't even know about it!  The cub had already been caught but the bad news mama bear was still roaming around.  Glad we weren't in tents!