It's not often you see a bear on the road and have to stop
It was bigger than it looked and instead of running across the road, it ran down the centre-line before it veered back into the trees
There is not much traffic along this route
it's not the first time we have had bear encounters but being city slickers we wouldn't know what to do if we were confronted face to face with one.
I remember one time I was hiking with my friend to the south end of Chilliwack Lake. At that time the paved road ended and turned to dirt for the final 38 kilometers. Then we had a muddy road for another 12 kms to get to the parking area at the south end. We were walking on the sandy beach and there was a very large bear PAW in the sand. We compared the indentation in the sand with our footprints. Our feet were small as compared to the PAW, and then I noticed that the grains of sand were still dropping down the sides . . . We started to make more noise and got out of there right away
We spent a week in Haida Gwai'i and the section of road above was just north of Skidegate heading towards Massett. We spent two whole days on a Zodiac with 8 other people visiting ancient Haida villages
Our cameras were stored under the seat in waterproof compartments, but I had my pocket camera and managed a photo of Mrs Skoot as were were Zodiac'ing our way to Hotsprings Island, which was 4 hours south of Moresby Camp
You can read more about Skidegate ---> HERE <---
Balance Rock: We are trying to keep it from falling
