we can Bearly believe it...

It was only a couple of days ago I wrote a short post about the bear-proof rubbish bins we see everywhere and this morning, shortly after leaving our motel (in Terrace Bay) driving in the worse fog we have ever seen, we stopped at a small, lonely lookout to see if we could even see the lake. We couldn't, but Vyv noticed a movement by two rubbish bins. We jumped out of the car to take a look.

There, just over the safety railing, was a black bear watching us. I took a few photos, like any good tourist would, but Vyv was very frightened so we retreated to the car. We sat there quietly for 5-10 minutes and he slowly emerged from the bush and went back to scrounging.

We were so excited to see a bear in the wild.

The bear actually gave the bear-proof bin a look over...

But, having no luck, he had more success with the old-fashioned drum, after having removed the lid...

I did manage to shoot a quick video of him (her?) in action. You can clearly see how foggy it was...