Hi All,
We really earned our keep this week. Grizzly 399 and her two cubs were down on Moose Wilson Road last weekend. The road was closed for a few days to ensure bear and visitor safety.
Mid week they were seen walking north along Jackson Lake about 30 miles from Moose Wilson Rd.
Meanwhile Black Bear plus three were keeping us busy, here mom is swimming in John's Pond.
Next day they were feeding on berries among the Signal Mountain cabins. This was the beginning of a seven hour effort to get them out of the developed areas. Past the cabins, past the marina, behind the restaurant and into the campground. They went where they wanted and no amount of clapping and yelling got them to move in any other direction. We even tried a powered megaphone with different siren noises. She ignored it. We finally got them out of the campground down to the boat launch where the cubs climbed into a culvert and took a nap for over an hour. At one point there were seven of us but we were no match for these determined bears. It dragged on until dark.
As a final reminder that bears are everywhere, we found this little pile of bear scat on the campground road near our motorhome yesterday morning.
PS: 399 +2 cubs are back on Moose Wilson Rd and it is once again closed.
Love.
Sandy & Carl
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
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