Timing is everything. Much to our disbelief the sightings of bears along the river at Bella Coola dried up this week. The Salmon run came to an end a week to ten days ago, and then a flood a few days ago swept the dead and dying salmon out of the river. As a result, there was no food left for the bears so they had abandoned the river just as we arrived. It's hugely frustrating as there are looks of bears around in the valley and we keep meeting people who have stumbled over