Stupid Guest Tricks out West

[turkeyham]

Wow! I have never been there. I did like the pictures. I will get other there eventually.

[DisneyMom]

Love the pictures, Monorail Red :)

We just returned from a short trip to Lake Tahoe where my SIL and husband are Camp Hosts at a State Park. SGs a plenty resulted in a bear being captured and basically tortured to discourage it from breaking in to cars where coolers and food were left in the open. :mad: BIL has to wait by any violators' coolers until Ranger can come write a citation for up to $1000.00
fine.
We did encounter a bear a couple times approaching as we sat around campfire cooking s'mores-was funny as campers across the way shone a light on the back of my head and I heard," Is that a skunk? No, it's A BEAR!" I got up and moved faster than ever in my life!

......for you funny people,I was wearing a pink jacket,so they weren't commenting on me...... ;)

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Love the pictures, Monorail Red :)

We just returned from a short trip to Lake Tahoe where my SIL and husband are Camp Hosts at a State Park. SGs a plenty resulted in a bear being captured and basically tortured to discourage it from breaking in to cars where coolers and food were left in the open. :mad: BIL has to wait by any violators' coolers until Ranger can come write a citation for up to $1000.00
fine.
We did encounter a bear a couple times approaching as we sat around campfire cooking s'mores-was funny as campers across the way shone a light on the back of my head and I heard," Is that a skunk? No, it's A BEAR!" I got up and moved faster than ever in my life!

......for you funny people,I was wearing a pink jacket,so they weren't commenting on me...... ;)

Ummmm, SURE..... they were talking about a bear!!


(hehehehheheheheheee)

(everyone, just agree or you know what will happen!!!!)

[Whazzup]

That second bear picture sure looks like a grizzly. If it's the same bear as the picture before it, then it must be the lighting that makes its coat look so much lighter.

You got some really great shots, Red. I haven't been to Yellowstone since the 70s, either. I sure wish we were up in the mountains right now instead of down here in the hot and muggy south. :(

[Switchbeam 9]

The only real way to get rid of SGs at parks is to get rid of the roads. I love to hike and get far away from any roads. Some amazing parks in the world with almost no roads at all. This is a good one: http://www.fiordland.org.nz/ Part of Lord of the Rings was filmed there.

[Monorail_Red]

That second bear picture sure looks like a grizzly.

Yes...that one was a grizzly...that one is in captivity...same place where the drive-through area is with all the black bears.

The only real way to get rid of SGs at parks is to get rid of the roads. I love to hike and get far away from any roads. Some amazing parks in the world with almost no roads at all. This is a good one: http://www.fiordland.org.nz/ Part of Lord of the Rings was filmed there.

Actually it was my plan to go do some hiking at Yellowstone, but in April I blew my knee out...had a little rock climbing incident... :(

[felinefan]

The black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the Cinnamon Bear, because it also occurs in a brown phase. The grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis), is not only much larger, but never occurs as an all-black color. Fur color ranges from pale yellowish to dark brown. There's also a hump over the shoulders, face in profile is dished (black bear has a Roman face in profile); name comes from white tips on fur, giving it a frosted or grizzled effect. Their other scientific name is Ursus arctos. I'm quoting from Petersen's Field Guide to the Mammals of America North of Mexico.

[Switchbeam 9]

Actually it was my plan to go do some hiking at Yellowstone, but in April I blew my knee out...had a little rock climbing incident... :(

Ouch. I hear ya. Had my knee do the same. It does worry me at times because it will get sore sometimes and really hate to have it do something weird on a 4-day trek in the middle of nowhere in rough terrain.

[felinefan]

Did you guys hear about the three park employees who were caught on camera using Old Faithful as a urinal? Talk about getting in big trouble--!

[Monorail_Red]

Ouch. I hear ya. Had my knee do the same. It does worry me at times because it will get sore sometimes and really hate to have it do something weird on a 4-day trek in the middle of nowhere in rough terrain.

Plus, I have a birth defect on my left foot...and it was my left knee that blew out on me :(