A trip of a lifetime indeed! We took the plane, a small Cessna to this remote island where a whale carcass had washed up ashore. As we circled it we saw 4 grizzlies having a feast on it. Our pilot was really skilled and landed on this gravel beach. We were just ecstatic seeing the bears from 200ft, when our guide said that we were going to walk up to 20 ft of the bears and watch them eat while sitting on the driftwood nearby!!!! We saw a wolf nearby waiting for the bears to let go. Mom and babies ( about 400 lbs each) ate and frolicked till we had our fill of photographs and watching them. Bears love to nap after a meal. Once these guys left, our guide was planning on taking us closer to see the carcass. As we debated on going closer, he hushed us, pointing behind us. A 1000 lb male bear was standing 10 ft away. For a few moments our hearts stopped while cameras clicked away , as if the bear was a model walking the runway. He stood there and posed while the cameras clicked and then calmly walked around us to go eat his fill. Never have I felt so close to nature, and for the rest of my life I will remember the bear looking at us, as if checking us out. The trip back was eventful too, through a storm...but the events before that made everything else pale in comparison. Now all we did was relive each moment on that remote island...
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