here is our new friend, the bear.  we (philip, river, justin, clifford and i) were moose hunting on shore, and i guess we spooked him. at first we thought he was a moose, but either way he took to the water, and we followed in our boats. pretty great. i had never seen a black bear swimming. 
at this point i am literally two feet away from him, but driving a boat and focusing the camera was a challenge. he was pretty calm about the whole thing.
philip and clifford almost hit it.philip apologized.
he made it safely to the other side of the river.