lions & tigers & bears oh my!!

So today, we ran in to our first bear! Woohoo!! He was soooo awesome & had a beautiful black shiny coat.. We were just walking along north of Whistler village on the bike path when we suddenly saw a rustling in the bushes & a branch flew out on to the path..And then, out walked a big black bear..He just walked out and stood up on his hind legs and started picking berries off a tree. he didn't seem to care that we were there about 20 metres away snapping photos!! Although, there was a point where he looked straight at us and started walking over (it could've been the fact Rich had just eaten a stinky vege samosa or that i was in a red hoodie and would've passed as a large juicy berry) and that was when we decided to back off and climb up on to the highway to get past him.. Anyway, you can see him for yourself! Oh and the last one is of a live bear trap we saw in town yesterday for humanely capturing bears that roam 'residentially'..hehe







Disclaimer: No bears were harmed in the taking of these photos..