I SURPRISED A BEAR AND CUBS WHILE I WAS OUT GEOCACHING IN THE HILLS.

Or maybe she surprised me.  I was up a logging road looking for geocaches and drove in a side road.  It wasn't far to where my GPS was pointing so when I came to a cross ditch I stopped rather than driving through it and started to walk the rest of the way.  Suddenly I spotted momma and two cubs a short distance away so I quickly went back to the car for my camera which I had with me.  When I got back to my original spot, Momma stood up and held the pose for a few seconds.  After a bit she decided to move on into the trees and that was the last I saw of them. 

While walking along the ocean side one evening, I spotted this wooden octopus.

Glaucous-winged Gull.

Glaucous-winged Gull.

The Serenade of the Seas passing between Campbell River and Quadra Island on its way to Alaska.

Momma Bear and two cubs.

She said she's going to retreat to the forest.

Tiger Lilies.

Four-spotted Skimmer seen while geocaching.

Four-spotted Skimmer seen while geocaching.

I took this as we left the car to walk along the oceanside trail at 8:10 with my 400 lens.

I handheld my 400 mm lens to shoot this bee spending the night on a thimbleberry.

The eagle was still in the same tree when we returned to the car at 9:18 so I used my 800 mm lens to get this shot.