Day 35

Up early for a flight to Pack River (about 20 minutes in a single engine Beaver on floats) Where we checked in with the rangers and then proceeded to a viewing area where we saw several different bears stuffing themselves with salmon from the creek.

Female grizzly surveying the fishing grounds.
The same female on the move upstream.
Admiralty Island bear at Pack Creek.
Bald eagle chowing down on the bears leavings.
The young son who was not a good fisherman.

Also took a wonderful walk through old growth forest to a different viewing station upstream from our first location. No bears but many birds including gulls, ravens and blue herons. Some of the fish are looking pretty beaten up by the time they get to this station.

Up stream viewing platform Pack Creek.
Another view from the upstream viewing platform Pack Creek.

Back to the beach and an uneventful flight, once we defeated the dropping tide, back to Juneau. It was pouring with rain so we, against all more virtuous thought, booked a room for the night.

A bear walk near the branch office of the Parks Service at Pack Creek.
Melissa’s remote office at Pack Creek.
Our flying machine to Pack Creek.