Saturday the town had their annual bear festival. It was very lame. Just some tables set up with vendors and a tent that evening with beer and a dj. We shopped among the vendors, go figure, had lunch then wandered around the very small town. The only things of note was the movie insomnia was filmed there. Otherwise it’s just a mining town.

That evening we went across the border, if you want to call it that, to Hyder Alaska, the next town over. Not really a town anymore. More of a ghost town. But they have a bear viewing boardwalk along fish creek, which is known for its salmon spawning and in turn the bear watching. We had to wait about a hour but we weren’t disappointed. We saw two black bears and a grizzly catch their dinners. We were pretty much safely above them but very close. It was very impressive.

Sunday we went back to Hyder for more bear watching and weren’t disappointed. We saw more black bears and grizzlies. Didn’t do much more than hang or with Rick and Gale, had dinner and played some games.