I am so sorry. Leading up to this trip, I experienced a lot of stress fearing the same. It's an extremely expensive trip. There's no rebate if you don't see bears nor is there a discount on a future trip. We went the second week of the seven week season. I thought it was the early weeks that were are risk. I stalked iG the couple weeks in advance of our travels. People posted pictures from 2 to 3 years ago without saying when the picture was taken. I'd ask and learn they weren't indicative of this year. Finally some pictures began to be posted a few days before we traveled that were current. I was shocked on the trip to learn that no bears were seen the last two weeks of last year's season. And now you didn't see any this year.

For anyone reading this planning a future trip, it seems as though the safest time to go is in weeks 2, 3, 4 or 5.

Again, I am so so sorry, Flyingmama. How devastatingly disappointing.