Whistler, beer, and bears

Did I mention how ridiculously easy finding Black Bears was towards the end of our trip to Canada? Well this was the view from the first restaurant we ate in, in Whistler. We were just lugging down out first pint and Mark glances out the window

"is that a bear on the hill side?"

They proceeded to wander down the slope and round the back of our hotel. Don't go looking for bears around Vancouver, they'll find you.

In search of Winnie the Pooh

Shy and difficult to observe. We only saw 28 Black Bears in and around Vancouver Island in the two weeks we were there. We made several special boat trips to look for them from Tofino, also saw some while looking for Grizzly Bears from Telegraph Cove, saw some at night, saw one behind our cabin, several along the road-side, four from a pub...

Grrrr!

Black Bear, Vancouver Island, June 2010. More to come...