Close Encounters!

This is what we saw this weekend! We took off and went to the Swanson River Canoe trails which are north and east of the Swan Lake trails that we went on over Memorial Weekend (which I still haven't gotten my film back yet). This weekend was a little cloudy and rainy so we only went on 12 lakes! We do have this nice lighter canoe and less gear so we only portaged once most times. It was still quite heavy with all the gear in one trip! As you can see, we did get a little close to some critters! We first came close to the loon on Lure Lake while we were fishing. It kept swimming around & under us to see what we were and what our spinners were! It was pretty amazing! We camped at a great site that had this fabulous view! We didn't see this bear until we were driving out today. It was actually the 3rd black bear we saw off the road! He didn't seem too bothered by us, as he was mostly interested in eating the dandelion heads! We stopped in the road and took a few pictures and still he ate! It was incredible to be so close to him! I guess there really are bears out here!!