Bear country

So many Bears along the way today. We counted 14. The funniest thing though was when a couple from the Australian caravan we met the other day passed us, honked and waved when we were pulled over to adjust something in the back of my truck. The other Aussies in their group had all seen bears on the trip except the couple we spoke with and when we told them how many we seen that day the others in the group looked at them and just shook their heads with sympathetic smiles. So back to the story. After they passed us we got back on the road and about a half hour later we spy their RV on the side of the road and a very large black bear walked out of the woods behind it and crossed the road in front of us. After the bear disappeared into the woods we continued and slowed down when we got abreast of their RV and noticed that they hadn't even know the bear was there as they were sitting at a table having their lunch at an angle where they were unable to see the bear.

 We stopped in Ft. Nelson for lunch at a fantastic vegetarian/organic restaurant and stocked up on some good food. We had lunch with one of the owners /cooks out on their deck and it sounds like the restaurant is quite successful in this small town.

Early evening we pulled over and are camping right off the banks of a beautiful fast flowing river. Played cards listening to Sinatra by candlelight overlooking the river. She mixed some Bahama Mama drinks and insisted I had one even though I'm not crazy about them. Very suspicious and a possible reason why the card game went so badly for me.

Morning had a light rain. Enjoyed coffee watching a beaver on the other side of the river.