These are not my best bear pictures as I was behind the window and it was nearing 11pm ... AK time of course.
But they are my only photos of a bear family :)
We woke as we smelled smoke. Rob noticed the family. I debated waking Amelia, but didn't...mainly because they could be gone in a second and then she'd be wide awake with no bear sighting. Amelia saw pics the next morning and named them...Mom: Daphne Kids: Lila and Roy. Ok, I helped with the names.
Mom ate some dandelions (thanks Daphne).
Kids climbed a pine tree...all the way to the top. They are the 2 darker blobs in the pic. Thus, never climb a tree to get away from a bear.
Not sure what that night's smoke smell was, but a day later I was making dinner, looked out the window and saw a landscape of dark smoke on the other side of the mountain (Eagle River valley). I yelled for Rob and we went into evacuation mode. Only takes a bit for that fire to come up a mountain.
It turned out that it was actually on the other side of the river, close to homes but did not take any. In an hour was quickly reduced to this. I didn't even think to take a pic when the sky was black smoke....see what panic mode does to you.
Amelia got nervous too and packed her bag with a lego clock, books, a jewelry box and a few stuffed animals. We are now getting a list of things to grab and throw into the truck, as we realized when you are in panic mode, the best choices are not made.
After a deep thought, besides us 3, very little cannot be replaced.
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