still snowy

I saw the Ice Jams on the lower Anchor River a few days ago, awesome as usual. Yesterday I ventured to the winter den on Bear Ridge. There was no sign of spring out there, other than the 39 degrees on them thermometer. Still easy three feet on the sledding hill, Moosehorn and caribou lakes (beluga also) are still frozen and white. All the creeks and streams draining into the mighty Anchor are still covered with several feet of snow. We hope to be done riding by fishing season. We'll see...Watch for Bears

Fish On

Well it won't be long now. The warm weather and the "wonderful" aromas of spring seem to have the bears starting to stir. Brown Bear got a permit to drive a car with another licensed driver...poor sucker. Blond Bear is ready to play ball, and searching for ground not covered with snow. Mama bear encourages this behavior, a common sickness shared by ballplayers. I am always in search of ground covered with snow, and deny the coming of spring. However... there is those ever encouraging words of summer I dream to say "FISH ON" PS the rider in the above photo is a blood relative of one of the clans. If anybody knows who this is, A special memorial day prize will be granted for the first successful guess.