2023—Before the Parade Passes By

Each evening as we headed back to camp, we saw a bear lazing on a berm above the water watching everything that passed by it on the river. The bear was in a different place and on different sides of the river each time but always in a relaxed posture, like a lazy dog. I have no idea if it was the same bear but it was fun to photograph as we floated by and the bear watched us, almost as if watching a parade. The bear sometimes turned its head and sometimes just its eyes as it watched us seeming to absorb every moment before the parade passed by.