05/28/2026
To think I almost let my fear of this keep me from experiencing this.
Most people I told about this trip asked the same thing first:“But weren’t you scared of the bears?”
Honestly? Not really.
The bears felt wild and powerful, but somehow not scary in the way everyone expected them to be. They were just there in their world while we quietly observed. Plus, we had amazing and knowledgeable guides and .
Meanwhile, the thing that actually had my stomach in knots was the tiny float plane ride into camp.
No one asks about that part.
Maybe it hits a little differently when you’re a mom and your brain immediately jumps to everything that could go wrong when you leave your kids behind for an adventure like this.
So glad I didn’t let my fear stop me and looking forward to going back to bear camp one day!