RED wrote:
Judith, My reply was meant tongue in cheek. Only the weather gods know when the picnic table and the hibernating bears will re-appear. RED

I know for you the bears can be problematic but I did hope to see them walking the streets when I came to Anchorage - no such luck only a couple of moose, but I did see the bears in the Anchorage Zoo along with the polar bears, same thing happens if I go on whale watching trips though I did see quite a few from shore in Newfoundland while in a moving vehicle and I did see a brown bear grazing then a black bear while being driven from Calgary to Banff.
Judith uk