Chapter 6: Glacier Bay

Misery-Poo bear overslept this morning so Angus was in a rush to get on deck to see Mr Whale float by. Captain Bear almost knocked over Mr Humpback who was resting just in front of the Vandeem. The Marjorie Glacier was creeking and groaning before calfing icebergs, just like mummy bear I suppose.





Misery-Poo bear got rather excited about the whales and wanted to go whale watching in Vancouver when she gets there.










After lunch, Angus saw Grisly Brown-Bear walking along the beach looking for his dinner, and wondered if too was getting a five course dinner today.

Chapter 7: Wilderness Safari

Angus was exhaused and had to take early hibernation during the afternoon. The day started with a trip across a fjord on the fastest pasenger catamaran in North America to Icy Point. Angus had to dress in wellingtons just like his friend Paddington, and after a treck across the wilderness dressed in wellington boots, life jacket and fisherman's trousers, Angus paddled to the face of the Davidson Glacier in a canoe where he floated amongst the icebergs that had broken away from the face of the glacier.



Angus was hoping to see his wild cousins today, and he was lucky becuase misery-pooh bear had sat along side him on the journey.

Chapter 8: Juneau Icefield

Angus was fed up of being on water so he took a helicopter trip to the dog camp high up on the Mendenhall Glacier on the Juneau Icefield and went mushing with his canine friends.

The dogs were very excited and could not stop barking at his arrival, and with a hundred dogs or more Misery found it difficult to listen to the musher explaining how to operate the sleigh brake.


The dogs took them for a ride as the photographer took and printed a picture as they glided along the 12.5 mile long glacier. Poo did not quite grasp the brakeman's job and stood on the brake all the way up the hill making the dogs work hard and pant a lot. At least that is what she says, but after she was asked to declare her weight for the helicopter, Misery was not quite so sure why the dogs were out of breath. Nevertheless Misery was charged with operating the brake back down the black run, but Poo complained, as normal, about the speed as he never found the brake.




Poo needed a drink to calm her nerves and Misery found a nice bar at Juneau, home of the largest finds in the Gold Rush in era. Unfortunately the saw-dust on the floor stuck to their wet clothes so Misery found an internet cafe to upload some pictures to the blog. Somehow he knew more about the technology available than the manager who had said it was not possible with their machines. Meanwhile, Poo found a nice whale-tail trinket in the local jewellers for $25, but Misery arrived just in time to wizz her out of the shop before she bought the $10,000 bracelet that the salesman had conveniently placed on her wrist.

Chapter 9: Misty Fjords Float Plant

Angus was feeling a bit under the weather today having drunk too much and mixed together too many different wines at the sommeliers dinner last night. Six courses in 90 minutes and a different wine for each course was a challenge. Poo had to be assisted out of the Pinacle Grill to the theatre to sleep it off as she could not have made it herself further than the carpet.

However, Angus was feeling better for his float seaplane flight to the Misty Fjord National Monument, where the most dramatic scenery in Alaska can be found






Angus spotted his friend Mr Brown-Bear out for a stroll in the afternoon sunshine and the pilot kindly did a quick spin around for a closer look. Poo bear was a bit nervous and wished she could bail out

Chapter 10: Paying for it

Angus said there's gold in them there hills, so Poo bear decided to help pay for the holiday

Chapter 11: Grouse Mountain

Misery-poo wanted to see the Grouse-Mountain Bears, but she was feeling too tired to hike up the mountain, and did not have her bear bells with her, so she took the cable car to the top.
When she got there, Mr Inland Grissly-Brown unfortunately had other things on his mind as he could smell his girlfriend who was sheltering further down the mountain. Coastal Grissly-Brown bear was sharpening his teeth ready for dinner - Poo-Bear maybe?

Chapter 12: Whale Watch

Poo bear was so thrilled after seeing Mr Whale in Glacier Bay and Misery Bear enjoyed his float plane trip at Misty Fjords so Angus took them on an float plane trip to Victoria where they enjoyed a trip in an inflatable zodiac to meet the killer-whales close at hand off the coast of Washington. Poo was so excited in her survival suit that it was wet both inside and outside, but she needed at as she might have sunk if she fell overboard.








On her way across she met the harbor-seals lounging on the rocks. It's alright for some hey? Poo would like to do the same, and grumpy bear say's she can when she reaches retirment age






Baldy looked on with interest.











Not satisfied with getting wet bouncing around for 75 miles across the bay, she decided to pop along to Stanley Park to meet Dolphin and Harbor Seal. Dolphin was his normal excitable self, but Harbour Seal was not over excited.


Beluga decided that Poo needed a bath but she was not too pleased when he soaked her with a flip of his tail.....



C Lion decided to take her mind of her wet clothes and reminded Poo of her looming dentist appointment when she got home with his display of teeth.

Chapter 14: Whistler

Poo and Misery's last trip to Verbier seems a long time ago, but summer skiing - would have been a great idea but Angus prefered the sun to the snow, and found a nice micro-brewery for an extended lunch and a few beers. The trip from Vancouver to Whistler was very scenic, and Poo found another Gold Mine to help pay for the trip.

Olymics 2010 here we come!??

Chapter 15: Farewell

Poo liked it at the Waterfront Hotel as she did not need to shut the curtains at night and could watch life from 21st floor. The steam clock chimed regularly to wake her up, but she could not hear as she snored too loudlyin her den.




Misery bear's sense of smell did not let him down despite his age. He could smell the brewery from the bridge to Granville island, the brewery was around somewhere he smelt, but where was it? It was hiding 200 ft below his feet directly below the road bridge to Granville Island. Crossing the motorway at the zebra crossing was the most dangerous thing Poo and Misery had done for weeks, but Misery was determined to find the brewery, and eventually Poo and Misery had to calm their nerves at the Granville Island Brewery below with a taster round, or two, before deciding that the water taxi was the safer way back.







Having crossed the motorway road bridge on foot, Poo summoned up the nerves to cross the Capilano suspension bridge, and a couple of tree bridges. Who ever said that said the Millenium Bridge at London swayed too much??? They should try this one - the drop is a bit bigger too.













Misery is very miserable now he is home as it is his half century birthday soon. Poo and Angus are going to take him away for the weekend in his new car, and as misery enjoyed his cruise so much they are going to stay in a lighthouse that has been converted to a hotel near Stranraer. There, Misery can see the sea. In the meantime, he has been standing in the spare bedroom looking out to the sea horizon, thinking of his next cruise to Mexico in December.

Cheers!