Northern Wildlife

But wait, since that note, a ptarmigan showed itself on the road - sitting like a statue - and a few miles later, a caribou! We grabbed cameras and got one shot of it hiding its head before it disappeared in the bush. An exciting preview of what we hope is our future. 

And sure enough, we had more excitement starting yesterday. We hiked four Km around Boya Lake and found signs of bears scratching the trees, moose and bear tracks, and freshly beaver-cut logs all to confirm that we are in the wilds of northern B.C. Our sightings came later as we travelled the Alaska Highway. A caribou stood and looked at us for a moment before doing a trampoline trot off the road, brown nose and white tail in the air. This was followed not long after by a black bear. His first reaction to us slowing down was to walk a few feet in the bush and sit down with his back to us. Once he felt a bit more confident he came back out to have a sip of water at the culvert and take one more look at us before we drove off.