Slough Creek

On Nov 3, 11:53*am, Frank Reid © 2008 wrote:
most folks feel they can leave the hand grenades at home.

Why are you such a buzz kill? *Trust me, I wouldn't bother the griz
with the grenades. *Honest Mr. Ranger, they're not for the griz!
Frank Reid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg4bcaIXKHU
Frank Reid

Bearanoia strikes deep. Into your heart it will creep:

Two years ago my buddy Bill and I camped out for three days at the
extreme south east arm of the lake, where the Yellowstone River dumps
into the lake....ten miles paddling beyond where motors are allowed.

On the final morning, when we got up early to pack up and leave,
we found the following tracks on the beach. They made two complete
360 degree trips around the canoe, and then headed across the forest
floor, straight for the tent. That was a big bear, with paw prints
about a foot wide.

So I think we must have been sniffed and spared--for some reason--in the
middle of the night.

http://montana-riverboats.com/Robopa...ear-tracks.jpg

While we were in there we carried a satellite transmitter (a ranger
asked us) which tracked our daily GIS positioning. They later mapped
that on top of similar tracking graphs, coming from transmitter collars
on several bears. The ranger refused to show us the data.
But that "wilderness" campsite was closed for most of the summer, after
that trip.

whileone wrote:
Bearanoia strikes deep. Into your heart it will creep:
interesting story snipped

At what point in your narrative would you have recommended the use
of hand grenades ? ;-)

Sandy, is that you ?

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
whileone wrote:
Bearanoia strikes deep. Into your heart it will creep:
interesting story snipped

At what point in your narrative would you have recommended the use
of hand grenades ? ;-)

Sandy, is that you ?


....was after that trip we decided to take grenades the next time.
And extra toilet paper.

On the way back we stopped and caught lake trout at every
rocky point (where the edge drops off quickly, rather than slowly).
You are required to kill lake trout. It was 90 degrees and ice long
gone. So we cut them up for bait and tossed what was left up on the
bank. The sea gulls never took more than 30 seconds to find the dead
fish, even thought they tend to circle about from so high up they
look like dots.