Sharp's Travels

We were up early because we wanted to get all closed up so they could work on the 5th wheel this morning.

By 8 am we were on our way to Soldotna to take an air charter in a float plane over to Wolverine Creek to view the bears that feed in the creek.

When we arrived, there were 4 other people that would be riding in the plane with us. We glided along the lake and you didn’t even realize you were airborne. We flew for about 30 minutes. Our pilot, Craig, took us by an active volcano and dropped down on a lake where he had his 18ft. flat bottom boat moored. We boarded the boat and he took us to Wolverine Creek. We spotted 2 eagles up in the trees along the shoreline. Craig took us to within 50 feet of the shoreline. The salmon were all swarming around by the mouth of a small stream and you could watch them as they jumped up into the air, trying to make it up the stream. They would get caught in the rocks and the bears were right there to feed on them.

We weren’t there but 10 minutes when a brown bear worked her way down to the water with her 2 cubs. She finally got right in the water and put most of her head under water. The cubs just watched from the bank.

About 10 minutes later a black bear came charging down the hill onto the rocks by the stream. He caught a few fish, ate a few bites and went in for more. His last fish he carried off into the woods.

We spotted a couple more black bear along the shoreline. Craig would cruise on in so we could get a closer look and we would follow then along the shore.

We were checking out a small waterfalls located close to the plane when we spotted a black bear with a tiny cub. They went back and forth in front of us on the shore and then the mama bear jumped into the water with the cub right behind her. You could hear the cub just talking up a storm. It was neat to watch.

Our flight back and landing were smooth as silk.

Roger and Jen thanks for sharing this little gem with us. WE LOVED IT!

We shared our lunch plans to go to the BBQ trailer at the wood carvers with everyone and low and behold everyone went there, even the pilot.
We gassed up, filled the LP tank and I got a haircut before we returned to the welders. They are still not done. We set up camp for another night here.

For pictures of the day see album: Bear View 7-31-08