Haines is the place that Skagway would be if there wasn't a daily cruise ship pilgrimage--A small fishing town at the base of some rather large snow-capped hills. To our surprise, it was also the place where our grizzly sightings started to happen with a little more frequency. As the road into town passed through the Chilkat Eagle Preserve, we saw a mother grizzly with three cubs. We watched her catch salmon and retreat to the woods to feed her kids. Only to return shortly thereafter to catch dessert for them too.The following day, we had intentions of fishing the Chilkoot River, a few miles out of town, until another grizzly and her cub decided that they wanted to share our fishing hole. Forced to hang up the rod, we saw our chances of catching dinner dwindle, but were treated to watching the curious little guy interact with his mom for quite a while.
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