It dawned another beautiful day - the tide was at its lowest and Kukak bay outside our room looked as if the plug had well and truly been pulled. This meant a longer hike to the boats which were in another bay and just floating. The bay was flat calm as we set off and remained the same all trip - the first day it was t-shirt weather for almost all the trip. That said the bears were nowhere to be seen - we eventually found one young bear walking along the beach...

In dawned another beautiful day on our last full day here. We took a packed lunch and stayed out the whole day - we started with Perry and Angela, who was unshackled from the lodge for a day, and swopped boats at lunchtime and finished with Chris. This enabled Perry to go with the other group to lift the crab pot they had set yesterday. We had a sweepstake on the number there would be in the pot - last time there were 44 - we guessed in the thirties - but Margare...

It dawned bright and sunny - hurrah - there was still a chill in the air but hot enough to have lunch on the deck! The day started slowly one young skittish bear who came to the shore saw us then ran off after thinking about it for a while. We later saw a more confiding teenager who walked along the shore and only moved away when the boat scrapped the bottom - but he was good looking and fresh faced - no scars like the big bears. I focused on the bald eagles to ...

It was forecast to be colder and wetter today and it was! It dawned dry and everyone hoped the weather forecast was wrong - sadly it wasn't and by the time we left it was raining, the cloud was low over the mountains and the wind was strengthening. The rain didn't worry the sea otters who were still bobbing around on the ocean. We found Uno the bear with one ear and two cubs, last seen on our first day, they were walking along the shore line and stopping at berr...

Today was the last day for Felix, Sandra and Remmy so the day was split into two. We went out at 9 and came back at noon, then with the new guests - 6 Americans and 2 older Swiss Germans we set off again just after 3pm returning just before 6pm, with a late supper at 7.30pm. With all the berries out the bears are harder to find as they are in the bushes feasting but we still found them. While having breakfast John spotted one on the beach - it looked like the t...