July 19

July 19
Went up to watch the bears about 10am. Very few salmon in the creek so we decided to go where Jonni, a new friend, told us there might be some bear there. Well there were 3, a mom and 2 cubs. Took both video and stills of the cubs play fighting.
We had lunch at the bus and went back to watch for grizzlys. I saw a mink cross the road, but no bear, so we went to Hyder at stop at some of the stores and talked to the people that live there. They say there are only 70 people living there. They all are real characters.
We were complaining about the pot holes in the road, all dirt roads, and were told they were not potholes but speed bumps. People in Hyder pay no taxes, sales or property and they like it that way. Houses are small. They don’t get very cold here but they get 6 or 8 feet of standing snow and can have as much as 37 feet. We did not get home till 10:30 waiting for the bears. We made a pack to be back up there at 6 tomorrow morning to see if we can see any grizzley.