Day 98 John Island and the Bears

Pulled anchor in a mix of cloud and sun, which turned to cloud and light fog for the duration of our trip to John Island. We passed several large canoes with like 14 rowers in each one. We are near one of several Indian reservations. Canadian Indians are called First Nation or their tribe name. There must be some kind of event going on since police boats were monitoring and a huge Canadian Coast Guard was in the area. John Island is yet another scenic, bucolic anchorage. The water is the color of liquid charcoal. The sun came out as we set the hook and it turned into delightful weather. It's the first time in weeks that I put on shorts. Ii have been diligently searching the shores and mountains since we got to Canada for a bear, today we finally spied a beautiful jet black one foraging for food along the rocks right in front of our boat. Just in time since we are leaving our northern neighbor in 2 days. She's right in the middle of the first picture. The other pics are our views from the boat. The light was such that you can't tell up from down. The only down-side is at dusk, ferocious, tiny mosquitoes came out to feast. Thank goodness for screens. (Kisses and hugs to Brandi.)