OK daughter’s not sure yet. Recommend any places. We’ve a mixed party of advanced hikers, moderate ones, and a few with limited capacity. We’re staying in Brentwood Bay area
During the famous Lewis and Clark expedition they were reduced to eating freshly shot bear at one point. Obviously all natural organic garbage-free bears there in the early 1800s human-free wilderness.
These incredibly hardened rough-hewn semi-starving pioneer dudes could barely withstand eating bear. I’m not thinking that soft 21st Century me would be up to that task.
Nor would your boss’s neighbors.
If you’re wanting to hike/walk all together with everybody the Galloping Goose would be a good option. Extremely easy for advanced hikers but accessible for everybody.
https://www.crd.ca/parks-recreation/find-park-or-trail/galloping-goose-regional-trail
He might have been lying his A-- off. He was the type and he had the personality for it.
He didn’t sound like the kind of person to marinate meat and/or do some of the things that the ‘chefs’ do on those TV shows. They do all kind of odd things… like soaking meat in milk, cooking up sauces or glazes to put on it, knowing whether to serve it on rice or pasta… all the way to adding their special, house brand ‘magic beans’ spices.
Whether he’s a liar (probably) or whether TV shows are full of liars (probably) likely strays beyond the scope of this thread though.
I’d like to thank you very much for your input though!
Everyone is good for something. Me? I’m an irrelevant irreverent distraction.
You can describe him with adjectives.
Actually, this is a widespread misconception. Grizzlies can and do climb trees. True, they’re not as good at it due to their lumbering size and long claws, but if a tree is strong enough and has a lot of branches, a grizzly can get up there.
I understand that on the rare occasions when a black bear attacks a person, their intention is often to eat you. Unlike grizzly attacks, which are usually because the the bear considers you to be a threat. So playing dead is a viable strategy for handling a grizzly attack; it may decide that you’re no longer a threat and leave. While playing dead when a black bear attacks is just giving it an easier meal. Thus it’s pretty important to be able to identify the species if a bear attacks you.
Boy! That was one big, ugly comment!
Hey, I was just relating the story (as I remember it) told to us by a park ranger almost 50 something years ago. Sorry, but I didn’t fact check him at the time. 
Hence:
If it’s brown, lie down.
If it’s black, fight back.
(Though, as noted above, many so-called black bears are brown.)
If it’s an angry bear,
Say a prayer and use your sprayer.
If it’s a bar
Trip your friend then run real far.
I heard the same thing from a Glacier ranger when I lived in MT and was distressed when I learned otherwise. I can’t help imagining there was some poor schnook who sighed in relief after climbing a tree only to find a grizzly snapping at his sneakers.
If it’s white, good night.
What if you climb quickly up a tree to escape a grizzly only to find yourself face to face with one of those dreaded drop bears?
If you’re lucky, the drop bear will land on the grizzly and you can escape while they’re fighting to the death. If you’re not lucky, well, it won’t hurt for long.
I’m glad someone got it.
Indubitably.
A neighbor came home one night and was hissed at by an animal in a tree. He thought for sure it must be a cougar. Nope, black bear. Black bears can/do hiss. Huh.