What a day continued/respect the king

Beaching the boat, unloading gear and anchoring the boat took a little time but finally the crew was headed for the river.
Bear highways are paths through the grass flats where bears traveled and rolled around. It's the first sign of bear presence and it heightens ones sense that your not the big boy in this town.
Eyes are scanning and noise making can be heard from the guests, desiring the bears, to know they were coming.
Reaching the mouth of the river the fish are there and the gang is super hyped to catch fish. But the prime spots lie further up stream.
Finding it easier to walk up the side of the stream several of the guys split up to do so.
It wasn't long beware we hear yeoooow. The guests traveling up the shallow water were spooked royally by a school of pink salmon running up the river at the same time. Being that it was low tide and the water just a few inches deep the upcoming salmon made their own wave as they traveled up the stream.
The guest all sudden heard this water rushing toward them and thought for sure it was a brown bear charging , it scared the bejiggers out them.
Further up stream the stream deepened, brush is taller and the evidence of bear is every where, one has this instinctive radar going on to keep an eye on the back trail.
After hearing Ken's bear stories the guests think that there are boogie bears behind every bush.Which is good. Respect for Brown bears can keep you alive.
A brown bear can run 40 miles per hour, faster than a horse.
Finally the fishing gear is busted out and we start pulling in fish like crazy.
Up around another bend a large tree has overturned leaving a dandy hole where you can see sockeye, trout, pink salmon, dog salmon stacked like cord wood.
The trick is to get your lure to the fish you desire without catching the others on the way.
Ken is hanging way out over the stream unsnagging hooks and netting fish. The guys are in 7th heaven fishing.
Finally we tire of all the fish and head for the boat .But now the way is longer the tide has come in and the group must circle inland to get back.
Along the way AnneBeth finds some nangoon berries and picks a few.The rest of the guys are hunters returning with their fine catch.
The boat is pulled in we load up and for home.
All that bear sign yet no bear, Ken , AnneBeth and I scan the beaches in hopes of spotting one. We were just about to Phonograph creek we I spotted a most unusual thing.
A medium size brown bear was swimming across the inlet. I had seen deer swim across the inlet but never a bear.
Mr. Brown bear was pretty defenseless swimming so we came up right along side. He was snorting mad, it was hard enough to swim across but then to be bugged by these guys in the boat can make a grown bear spit.
Finally we watched him wander into the woods glad to be shut of us.But we did get some good photos.
At phonograph creek at the mouth of the stream is an outcropping of rock we tide the boat up to as the guys went spin casting for trout.
I got out and went for a little walk not far but out of site of the boat. I came around one big rock and right in front of me was a big brown bear he was 15 feet away standing on his hind legs. My heart froze, when I put my Witt's back in my body I slowly back ed away and we all got out of Dodge. Whispering bear right behind me , hurry!!!!!! to the guests makes fishing for trout or even breathing less important. We were out of there.
Back in the boat away from Mr. Brownie we all found our selves again. The guys were saying what a day what an adventure. AnneBeth rolled her Norwegian eyes and thought Adventure is just another name for danger.
Latter I had a chance to be by myself, I thanked GOD for letting me escape. Death then and since then has brushed close.
It changes how you see life, it enhances how you value life and causes one to love more deeply.

A verse from the bible did go through my mind "satan travels back and forth seeing whom he may devour". Be alert, even in the most beautiful tranquil settings we can be had unless we stay with the one who has already won every battle. Jesus prayed in the Lord's prayer "Father deliver us from evil."
Sudden appearances of the enemy is typical . But we serve, respect and fear the authority that is greater than our enemy.
Respecting and fearing GOD is the beginning to being smart.
Yes he is loving but he is also GOD.
Lord I gladly humble myself to you, granted I don't always humble myself to you but you are always worthy of all respect and honor. And there will come a day when every knee will bow before you and acknowledge you as GOD. I'd just like to get a head start on that day and say papa you are worthy I am your kid
ted.