vacation: Hurricane Ridge

After we checked into the hotel at Port Angeles, from which we were going to take the ferry to Victoria, British Columbia, we drove up to Hurricane Ridge.


On the way up the mountain, we saw a couple vehicles on the side of the road and people with binoculars looking up the slope. Off in the distance there was a bear, so we stopped and watched for a few minutes too. That black spot up there is a bear. They thought it was a she.


A little bit further along the road, there was another vehicle, with a couple with binoculars looking up the slope. Much closer this time was a female bear and cub.


These two were close enough that I could zoom in and get a reasonable picture of them. We stayed to watch them a few minutes too.


Once at the top, the girls took off to walk around in the patchy snow following the deer as they wandered around.


As they walked around, their travels took them to the other side of the hills near the parking area and were able to see the bay down below.


On the other side of the parking area was the slope down and over to the far ridge.


On the side of the road up there were lupins.