Cold mornings and hungry bears

It's starting to get a bit cold here, well at least in the mornings. The tempurature in the mornings hovers just above freezing, but the sun warms up everything as the day goes on. By the afternoon, a light hoodie is really all you need. I suppose by Alberta standards, this is still considered summer weather.

I suppose the bears are noticing that the weather is getting colder too, because they're eating everything in sight to prepare for hibernation. There are tons of them around, and they don't even seem to care if you're there. They're no longer afraid of cars, air horns (which we originally bought to scare them off), or heavy equipment (we tried to chase on away with a dozer, but it just looked at us like "are you stupid?").  I think this is their territory anyways, and they were here first. They deserve to eat whatever tasty patch of clovers they please, without human interference. The only problem is, they can rip you apart with one swipe of their claws. I'll just have to remember that although they look like fuzzy, cuddly little creatures, they're deadly in the wrong situations.

Here's a black bear next to our sea can, just behind the office.

The weather has been good for work progress here, with much less rain than we've had to date. Morale is really high with the team, and everyone laughs a lot (and I mean A LOT). I'm continuing to learn tons of new stuff every day, and getting better at what I already know. Things are looking good for getting re-hired into a better position next project.

We have a hockey rink at our camp, and I'm looking forward to having the temperature stay below zero consistently so we can fill it up. I might have to buy some hockey skates up here plainly for that purpose.