Nimmo Bay #2

Nimmo Bay 8/4/2019


Nimmo has been one of our favorite places in the Broughtons and we chose to share the experience with Alan’s sister, Gil. She was quite excited at the strong possibility of bear sightings.

After a lovely, warm, sunny afternoon dinghy ride, we were returning to Kaos when we spied a bear swimming across the narrow channel at low tide.

We approached cautiously but he/she seemed concerned with our approach and swam quickly toward the shore, disappearing into the woods. It did reappear on the beach once we were back at the boat.

The next morning, as the fog was lifting, we spied a bear walking along the beach at low tide. 

He was busy over-turning rocks, searching for food. We jumped in the dinghy and slowly approached the beach. Once again, he threw us the occasional glance but stayed on task.

 With the motor turned off, we drifted slowly towards him, getting close enough to hear him crunching whatever morsels he uncovered beneath the rocks.

This was as likely as we are to get to a bear in its natural habitat and certainly as close as I am comfortable with. Another memorable experience!