re: Orca prowling the beach pic

Oh yeah. Late July is prime time for the Brooks bears. July is when the fireweed is in bloom, the salmon are coming back and bears are everywhere. Take the flight, youll regret it latee if you dont. You'll see up to a dozen bears and occasional wolves at the falls. You'll never get closer to something like that in the wild.

If you go to Haines, go to the state park at Lutak inlet. Brown bears?Are abundant there too.

Good chance you'll see black bears at mendenhall in Juneau. Sockeye run here starts around the third week in July.