Once in a life time experience that you do not wan...

Once in a life time experience that you do not want to miss! You only get to see your first bear once and it happened with Drifter s Lodge. Words cannot portray the beauty of Alaska accurately, but if you take a ride down the Kenai with Drifter s - you will understand. Baby blue water, bald eagles, ducks, beavers, mountain goats...Oh yea..lets not forget to mention the BEARS (plus so much more wildlife). There are no skyscrapers blocking your view - only mountains blocking your view of more mountains! We took the 7 mile trip and got to see FOUR BEARS! A brown bear and a black bear with two cubs. Just walking along the side of the river - like right there in front of you - just doing their thing. We saw tons of other wildlife as well but man....those bears just steal the show! So so cool!

We went down the river with Dan who is super enthusiastic and passionate about nature. His excitement and love of the environment made the trip down river much more enriching. He knew the names of birds and mountains and threw in some jokes along. He stopped the raft at a safe distance for us to view the bears which was super amazing! I felt safe in his company throughout the trip even through the baby rapids.

The crew made sure we were dressed appropriately and prepared for our trip - they even had some emergency clothes if you are severely underdressed. The rain gear you wear is pretty warm and definitely effective. Bring a camera but don t spend the whole river trip looking through it because nothing is as beautiful as seeing it with your own eyes. Especially not the BEARS!!!!!

Thanks Drifters!!!!! Thanks Dan!