Hull Island - A New Frontier

Are there bears in the area?  Have you seen any on Hull Island? After years of being asked this question, I could unequivocally say yes a few years ago when I was alone and a grizzly bear walked through the camp.  This year the bears were back in force and we had nine bear sightings on Hull and many more in the area.  In May as I was loading the boat for a trip to Eve River, I was surprised to see three large brown bears on Hull about 120' away on the shore east of the dock.  I thought it was odd that the bears seemed to be traveling in a pack, then realized it was one adult and two large cubs.  The bears were unfazed by my presence and I spent a few minutes watching them flip rocks to get at the crabs hiding beneath. On Hull, one adult, two children, all grizzly! One morning in July, Catherine reported a tourist boat floating close by off the shore of Hull.  We all walked down to the landing to investigate and realized the tourists were watching two brown ...

My brother Chris stopped by for two weeks to help with rocks.  The stone walls around his farm are works of art and I was excited to see his ideas for Hull.  Chris took charge of Anna and Paulo and the equipment for five or six days of landscaping work.  Chris was in heaven getting things done and making things happen. They cleared logs and brush, moved dirt, uncovered and moved large and small rocks, created rock storage yards and more.  It was amazing how much Chris did himself, and the three of them together made the entire area look so much better.   Ben, Dave, Chris at the top of Heartbreak Hill Chris, Paulo and the Big Rock. Campfire in the background. One day I was wondering, where were all the builders?  I found them off the job playing on the equipment.  Chris had lured them away with more fun - with Ben on the excavator and Dave driving the green machine they picked up and moved a large stone that now highlights our driveway entry. ...