Comments on: Big bad bears

By: Randy Jones

Randy Jones — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:07:39 +0000

Those photos are outrageous!!! Thanks for posting.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:39:12 +0000

Clearly, had Grizzly Bear turned toward Fred Bear he would have been in yabadabadoodoo (otherwise known as Deep Yogi).

By: Chuck Single

Chuck Single — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:50:47 +0000

9/18/08

Scott: It is fun to try to keep up with the Jones’s.

I believe the Kodiac bear is a Grizzly bear that has all the salmon to eat that he wants. Fred Bear, a renown archer and bow maker from Michigan, had a video where he killed a Kodiac bear. He was hiding behind a huge bolder, and watched a mamoth male Kodiac bear wondering up the beach. When the bear got just past him, he got a good shot into the “kill zone” and the bear took off for a hundred yards (away from him) and then dropped.

What if the bear had turned and came toward Fred ? Clearly, the bear cold have killed Fred before dying.(but Fred always had a man with a BIG gun backing him up). A 30-06 is not big enough to instantly drop a big bear. You need a 257 magnum.

Remind everyone that the bears are WILD animals.

It must be good to see all of the “extended family” and to enjoy Grandma Kip’s cooking.

Congratulations to Walt & Kip on their 36th anniversary (September 16, as I recall)

Love, Great Grandpa Single

By: Marty Owen

Marty Owen — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:37:05 +0000

Glad you enjoyed your brief call at the Port of Kodiak. A small yacht enroute from Maine via the NW passage is a rare and welcome visitor. What a wonderful and adventurous family you are!

How is Walt’s finger? Did you catch a crab with that new Kodiak crab pot?

Once our weather turns westerly, your passsage from the Kodiak archipelago to the mainland will be pleasant. I’m amazed how quickly you update your web site. Good job by the webmaster. What fun to keep up with your progress.

Hope to meet you all again. My wife wants the recipie for the bread made enroute to Dutch harbor.

Marty Owen, Kodiak Harbormaster

By: Kathy Robertson

Kathy Robertson — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:12:55 +0000

Now I’m really jealous! You have beautiful scenery and lots of animals–especially bears! You’ve seen more bears in one bay than we saw on a 10 day trip through the Yukon and Alaska including time in Denali! God is just putting on a show for the ladies, Kip, Rebecca and Raime–what a way to finish up this incredible journey! Raime and Rebecca must be the “spotters.” I’m glad that the trip is getting some media recognition as well. We’re all proud of the Geraldine and her crew! Kathy Robertson