Our salmon filet was too big for the plate!

Salmon and Bears

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July 9th 2013
Today we took a float plane to fish for salmon and watch bears! Up at 4:30 to make flight at 7 a.m. Four fisher-people and one (Jon) bear-watcher. Actually, as soon as the bears hit the water, we were ALL bear-watchers while they were in the water, with our fishing lines reeled in! A dream come true to see bears up so close. We and the bears fished together very peacefully. 12 bears, including two ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more