Isklaar Posted August 8, 2022 #151 Share Posted August 8, 2022 35 minutes ago, rkacruiser said: That bear was one "smart" bear! After catching the fish, put it on a surface so that it could be held and eaten easily by he/she. Looking at the rock just to his/her right it looks as if it was perhaps the second salmon of the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 8, 2022 Author #152 Share Posted August 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Isklaar said: perhaps the second salmon of the day. At least, probably the 6th or 8th. We watched them just casually wade in, stick their heads in, and invariably come out with a fish. Over and over. The profusion of salmon there was amazing, it would be difficult *not* to get a fish. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 8, 2022 Author #153 Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) D736CBF6-44FF-476E-BDE1-B3B1FC499BF1.MOV Edited August 8, 2022 by shark b8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #154 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Mama bear demonstrating the tricks of the trade to her cubs. IMG_4082.MOV 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #155 Share Posted August 9, 2022 A little tussle between siblings, “Whose fish is this?”. Nothing serious. IMG_4088.MOV 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #156 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Captain Sharkbait’s personal taste buds have always held that a great piece of salmon sushi is a virtually perfect bite of food. These bears sure “get it”! 19433965-F088-45B3-982D-B5012976F617.MOV 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #157 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) We’re told that the salmon is so easy for them, that they have the luxury of eating only their favorite parts of the fish, usually the heads and the guts. The rest of the carcass will float downstream to “the lagoon” as it’s called, where bald eagles and other animals have their luxury, of just waiting around for something to float by, and casually grabbing it. Edited August 9, 2022 by shark b8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #158 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) (like these guys) Edited August 9, 2022 by shark b8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #159 Share Posted August 9, 2022 So the bottom line is…..we saw more bears than you could shake a stick at, if that’s your idea of a good time (to quote Groucho). 😎🐻 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLSD Posted August 9, 2022 #160 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 minute ago, shark b8 said: So the bottom line is…..we saw more bears than you could shake a stick at, if that’s your idea of a good time (to quote Groucho). 😎🐻 I think this has been a wonderful cruise for you and your wife. We loved our SB Alaska cruise and I have been reliving it through your posts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #161 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (artist’s rendering of Captain Sharkbait at his favorite sushi bar, with salmon and toro on the menu). 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #162 Share Posted August 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Isklaar said: Looking at the rock just to his/her right it looks as if it was perhaps the second salmon of the day. …and if any or the carcass doesn’t just float down the river, someone will be along shortly to bus the table. 4EA22304-9534-4952-BA16-71E9A529D6EA.MOV 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #163 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, SLSD said: I think this has been a wonderful cruise for you and your wife. We loved our SB Alaska cruise and I have been reliving it through your posts. Thank you! Yeah, I confess I had a small voice in the back of my head that said “might have been better to do Alaska before Antarctica, could conceivably be the case that Alaska just can’t be expected to equal Antarctica”. But the truth is ( for us anyway) they’re just so remarkably different. Nothing can overshadow Antarctica (at least for us) but Alaska is just spectacularly beautiful in far different ways, I now really want to come back again some day. Edited August 9, 2022 by shark b8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLSD Posted August 9, 2022 #164 Share Posted August 9, 2022 39 minutes ago, shark b8 said: Nothing can overshadow Antarctica (at least for us) but Alaska is just spectacularly beautiful in far different ways, I now really want to come back again some day. We also want to return to Alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertmartha Posted August 9, 2022 #165 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Shark b8 After following you along....I so want to return to Alaska on a sailing. We were fortunate to do two Alaska sailings quite a few years ago on HAL before we discovered Seabourn. Now that we have discovered Seabourn ...the thought of Alaska + Seabourn is really enticing to us. thank you again (and I won't mention the weather 🤣!) Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDuckers Posted August 9, 2022 #166 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I am loving all your posts SharkB8! We leave for the Odyssey in 35 days and I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted August 9, 2022 #167 Share Posted August 9, 2022 We won't be leaving till Sept 23 from Juneau. Which tour would you suggest for the bears or is this going to be too late in the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 9, 2022 Author #168 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Hipockets said: We won't be leaving till Sept 23 from Juneau. Which tour would you suggest for the bears or is this going to be too late in the year I’d hesitate for you to make any decision based on what our experience was, but I’ll just say……the guides generally agreed that, while observing that any one day any time can result in a hit or a miss, the best odds are the last few weeks of July and the first couple of weeks of August. They said that Sept can be ok, although generally speaking, the earlier the better. The one we took was out of Wrangell, and called “The Wild Bears of Anan”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted August 9, 2022 #169 Share Posted August 9, 2022 20 hours ago, shark b8 said: But the truth is ( for us anyway) they’re just so remarkably different. Nothing can overshadow Antarctica (at least for us) but Alaska is just spectacularly beautiful in far different ways, Alaska and Antarctica are so beautiful in their own ways. Equal? Or does one overshadow the other? Same kind of debate for which there is no correct answer when one speaks of the fjords of Norway, New Zealand's South Island, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHF Posted August 10, 2022 #170 Share Posted August 10, 2022 10 hours ago, SDuckers said: I am loving all your posts SharkB8! We leave for the Odyssey in 35 days and I can't wait! Me too! Headed into Vancouver on the 15th. Staying onboard for 14 days...2 shots at Glacier Bay. Have bear flight booked for Ketchikan, fingers crossed. Missy in Maryland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 10, 2022 Author #171 Share Posted August 10, 2022 13 hours ago, robertmartha said: Now that we have discovered Seabourn ...the thought of Alaska + Seabourn is really enticing to us. Yeah it’s a great combination of destination and lifestyle. For some reason I think of that moment in the movie “Arthur”, when the Dudley Moore character is asked “what’s it like to be a millionaire playboy?”, he pauses and says “it doesn’t suck”. 😂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 10, 2022 Author #172 Share Posted August 10, 2022 13 hours ago, robertmartha said: thank you again (and I won't mention the weather 🤣! Hey mention the weather all you want! Both times you did, it was socked in, first thing the next morning, but cleared up and was gorgeous within an hour or two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 10, 2022 Author #173 Share Posted August 10, 2022 2 hours ago, rkacruiser said: Equal? Or does one overshadow the other? Same kind of debate for which there is no correct answer when one speaks of the fjords of Norway, New Zealand's South Island, etc. Yes, I think this is exactly right. Might be a tendency to lump all colder-weather destinations into one bucket and try to decide what’s best, which surely is a fool’s errand. Back to that French judge, re Bordeaux vs Burgundy wine: let’s just keep assembling and considering the evidence. For a long, long time. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDuckers Posted August 10, 2022 #174 Share Posted August 10, 2022 14 hours ago, MHF said: Me too! Headed into Vancouver on the 15th. Staying onboard for 14 days...2 shots at Glacier Bay. Have bear flight booked for Ketchikan, fingers crossed. Missy in Maryland We will see you on board! We are on for the same 14 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted August 10, 2022 Author #175 Share Posted August 10, 2022 more whales: (had to compress video, as it was taking forever to upload full-size files, so vid quality not so good) IMG_4117.MOV 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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