Great Bear Chalet
8080 Mackenzie Highway Bella Coola, BC, Canada

Understood? Love fiercely. "All our friends are Wild!"

Having lived a life with grizzlies, my respect and admiration for their 'culture' is immeasurable. "Thank you" for this George. "All our friends are Wild!" Love fiercely.

Chillin' on the river with "Butterscotch" & the twins. "All our friends are WIld!" Love fiercely.

Empower your story; re-wild your Spirit; explore the nature of coexistence through consideration; share time here, being at "home" in a grizzly kingdom. Live gently. Love fiercely. Shine on... Visit Bella Coola Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Destination British Columbia https://vimeo.com/238855200

"Hey Mamma, wanna rumble?" Love fiercely. "All our friends are Wild!" Photo credit: Neil Shearar

Up close and personal - my respect and admiration for grizzly culture is immeasurable. Love fiercely. "We don't 'tour' it, we coexist within it." Visit Bella Coola Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Destination British Columbia

Having observed the trampled, matted cooch grass out in the "grizzly meadow", it was obvious someone was coming by to wrestle & snooze. This morning proved it. Love fiercely. Visit Bella Coola Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Destination British Columbia

Babysitting over breakfast....magic. Love fiercely. "All our friends are Wild!"

"Saving the wild is the Mother of all things - arm yourself with friendship and love the earth." ~ Doug Peacock Walkin' the line. Love fiercely. "All our friends are Wild!"

"Beautiful girl, stay with me..." Breakfast in the back eddy pools of this river of bears. Love fiercely.

"Fill your cups with a passion for livin'..." the incomparable Morris Bell & the mighty Bind, bringing smiles. "All our friends are Wild!"

"Hey Ma, look no hands!" They've had the best teacher. Love fiercely. "All our friends are wild!"

Those moments when you sit in a quiet space with another and you realize, "I love to listen to you breathe." All our friends are Wild! Love fiercely

Only the Mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of the wolf. ~ Aldo Leopold Make every day a canine day. Love fiercely.

Mixed bag today on this river of bears - sun, rain, clouds of pink salmon, Spring salmon, mated pair of bald eagles, mess of mergansers, a busy beaver, a great bear and the peace of wild things. Love fiercely.

Teenagers - love 'em up and they'll grow to be fine animals. Photo credit: "Feast" aka nephew (also teenager) & fine animal. Love fiercely.

Chalet Summer - "All our friends are Wild!" Love fiercely.

GBC "Bear essentials" - who am I? What kind of bear joined us for "greens" this morning? Hint: Birthday boy Prince & Neil Young Live gently. Love fiercely.

Great moments in the lives of great bears... A svelte, unencumbered "Big Mamma" cruised through the grizzly meadow this morning, sniffing out a "Teddy Bear's Picnic". Note: with "Hank" also in the neighbourhood, these ain't 'teddy bears', and 'picnic' is obvious code (see below). ... Live gently. Love fiercely.

Great moments in the life of a great bear... early morning stroll across the grizzly meadow to his (he was the first to mark this tree all those years ago) rub tree. "Hank's" familiar version of "Want some? Come get some." Awe and humility. ... Live gently. Love fiercely.

Excerpts from life in a grizzly kingdom - Guest: "Oh, I just forgot something in the truck. I'll be right back." Management: "It will be there for awhile." ... King Hank: "Well played." Live gently. Love fiercely.

Petrichor (noun); pleasant smell of the earth after a rain. Playing "Where's Waldo" (really "Chorizo - the silver sausage"), in the bouquet of a grizzly kingdom. "All our friends are Wild!"

Spring has returned to the grizzly meadow. Live gently. Love fiercely. "All our friends are Wild!"

Those moments you realize, she loves me like a Mother. Love fiercely. Shine on...

Guests often ask, "How much snow do you see in the Winter?" We answer with one of the Absolutes outlined in the Tony Montana Guide to 'Snow Shovelling, "Enuf!" Empower your story; re-wild your Spirit; explore the nature of coexistence through consideration; share time here, being at "home" in a grizzly kingdom.... Live gently. Love fiercely. Shine on...