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Published: August 20th 2015
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Left Watson Lake this morning at 8.30am. The sky looked a bit moody but we decided against wet weather gear which worked out fine as it remained overcast to sunny.
It didn't take long on the road before we had our first bear encounter; a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs. You can tell they are grizzly bears as opposed to black bears because the grizzly has a distinctive hump on the back of its neck and more of a 'dish face' - the black bear has a pointed face. Also grizzlies are bigger. They were about 20 metres away from us. I will post a video to FB for those who use this.
The road was TEEMING with wildlife today and it wasn't long before we saw buffalo on the road, further along we encountered a large heard of them. We got so close on the bike I could nearly touch them. Big scary looking animals; I can imagine how terrifying it would be to be charged at by one! Further along we had elk wander across in front of us, we slowed up pretty quick and went around them before the crossed back behind us.
We stopped at Muncho Lake Provincial Park for lunch at Jack's Place which was appreciated by us all, probably none so more than Jack who was travelling with us at the time. I ordered a cinnamon roll and when it arrived it was the size of half a loaf of bread!
We arrived at Fort Nelson around 4.15. Accomodation is very comfortable!
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