Leavenworth Bears
The Leavenworth Washington Thousand Trails park is one of our favorite in the state as it is in the Cascade Mountains with a little altitude and when it is the warm part of the summer you head for the hills so to speak. Its cooler.
When we checked in to the park a few days ago the ranger signing us in told us that there had been numerous sightings of bears in the park and we should be cautious about leaving any food stuff lying around. He wasn't kidding. We have been here several days now and we along have been seeing bears on a regular basis
Just today I have seen and photographed two different bear encounters. I am not sure if it is the same bear but they both look similar. I was coming back from the family lodge and pool area on my scooter when I met up with the first big black fellow about to dumpster dive so I stopped in my tracks, got the camera out of my pocket and took about 9 quick pictures. Later in the day, about 3 sites down from us I saw the bear in the picture above walk in to the empty camp site that you see pictured above. Kathleen and I walked down only to round the corner and catch him dumpster diving. These two dumpsters are a fair distance apart but it could be the same bear I suppose. According to the rangers there have been 5 different bears documented in and around the park and most disturbing has been the reports of a cougar sighting. That one has me a bit concerned. I'm not just sure what I look like going along on my scooter but I can just hope that the cougar especially, does not have a vision problem.
Following is a slide show of just what I saw today.
