From my experiences while hiking in black bear country... If you have food the bears will smell it; there is no hiding (opened) food from bears. In Olympic National Park you are required to keep all your food (and anything that smells such as garbage, toothpaste, etc) in a bear canister, but that only prevents the bears from actually getting to your food, they can still smell it they just can't get into the bear canister.
I think the most you can do is have bear bells on your person, so that the bear can at least know your coming and have a chance to properly get ready for dinner.
Time to order a few cases........
But now what? Now I have to eat like 3 bars before we leave to be stocked up. Hopefully the bears wont smell it in my stomach..... :-)
Hey David, Sharon and I are also planning on spending Monday night in Great Falls (coming up from Yellowstone). Holler if you want to get together and make the Tuesday drive up together - or compare notes on the route. I'll email you my cellphone number.
Jack, you have a PM.
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See you guys at Glacier.
I'll see Ann tomorrow tomorrow thats the day you have two Fridays when crossing the international date line.
Christina and Nick I'll see you early next week.
Hope you all have a safe trip, can't wait to see you all again,
and meet some of you for the first time.
All the Best everyone...... my bus goes in less than 10 hrs from now
See you guys at Glacier.
I'll see Ann tomorrow tomorrow thats the day you have two Fridays when crossing the international date line.
Christina and Nick I'll see you early next week.
Hope you all have a safe trip, can't wait to see you all again,
and meet some of you for the first time.
All the Best everyone...... my bus goes in less than 10 hrs from now
The planes are only suppose to be grounded through Friday (9/14/2007), but I thought I should point this out, since this is the same plane that is used for the Seattle/Kalispell run. Hopefully they find that the problems with the SAS planes in Europe were an isolated incident.
Luckily devbobo and myself are taking the train to get to Glacier, its only for the trip back to Seattle that we're flying.
The planes are only suppose to be grounded through Friday (9/14/2007), but I thought I should point this out, since this is the same plane that is used for the Seattle/Kalispell run. Hopefully they find that the problems with the SAS planes in Europe were an isolated incident.
Luckily devbobo and myself are taking the train to get to Glacier, its only for the trip back to Seattle that we're flying.
So, first thing we did was scour my yard for bugs - hard frost the last few nights means they are few and far between. Did find a couple of squirrels. Put some peanuts in the bird feeder and immediately had four jays - but that skippy character only cares about six legged flying things!
We'll check things out again midday tomorow, and head to the river valley for sweet light tomorrow evening.
quote=Skippy]I'm here whoohoooooo!!!!!! :ivar and I'm still awake 34hrs later,
dunno how but I am :oogle
Ann's dog is a big as a dang horse I tell you .
Take care everyone see you all soon ....... Skippy
.[/quote]
Skippy, glad to hear you made it there OK. Save some of those big Canadian bugs for another week when the more powerful macro stuff arrives.
It's time I begin counting the sleeps.... 8 to go. Made more hotel reservations last night. 2 more reservations then all I need to do is pack. And sleep. And drive drive drive.
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The day is here for me and the wife to head out.
Going to Devil's tower, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and lastly, Glacier.
Hopefully I'll have internet connections along the way to show off, I mean put up a few shots along the way.
See you folks on the 24th.
BTW, If we happen to get to St Mary's before the rest of you, How are the rooms reserved?
Are they in our names, or is there a group name that goes with it?
Entrance fees
Was just looking through the Glacier NP web pages and notice there is an entrance fee. Is this covered by what we've already paid? Or are we not considered part of a group and we should plan on paying this when we arrive?
Was just looking through the Glacier NP web pages and notice there is an entrance fee. Is this covered by what we've already paid? Or are we not considered part of a group and we should plan on paying this when we arrive?
No biggie either way, just wondering...Doug
I plan on using NP pass. You can get them at REI. Either Mt. View or
Saratoga.
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Was just looking through the Glacier NP web pages and notice there is an entrance fee. Is this covered by what we've already paid? Or are we not considered part of a group and we should plan on paying this when we arrive?
No biggie either way, just wondering...Doug
All that is covered by your payment is your room and your portion of the meeting room that we need to rent. Everything else is a la carte.
Suggestions on gear?
I've never been on the shootout before and haven't been to Glacier either. In looking at the upcoming Marc/Andy Shenandoah NP Workshop they list suggested gear.
What are the pros, and repeat shootouters, suggesting we bring on this outting?
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Time to order a few cases........
But now what? Now I have to eat like 3 bars before we leave to be stocked up. Hopefully the bears wont smell it in my stomach..... :-)
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5 lbs of bacon that day.
I may have to bring the video camera for this.
If bears can smell any food, I guess the wife shouldn't bring her strawberry shampoo.
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
Jack, you have a PM.
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I grew up there, and I'd be glad to give you a few shooting locations that are close by if you are interested.
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I'll see Ann tomorrow tomorrow thats the day you have two Fridays when crossing the international date line.
Christina and Nick I'll see you early next week.
Hope you all have a safe trip, can't wait to see you all again,
and meet some of you for the first time.
All the Best everyone...... my bus goes in less than 10 hrs from now
NO MORE SLEEPS TO GOOOOOO!!!! :ivar
... Skippy
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The planes are only suppose to be grounded through Friday (9/14/2007), but I thought I should point this out, since this is the same plane that is used for the Seattle/Kalispell run. Hopefully they find that the problems with the SAS planes in Europe were an isolated incident.
Luckily devbobo and myself are taking the train to get to Glacier, its only for the trip back to Seattle that we're flying.
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I checked AlaskaAir.com and there are 3 flights from Seattle to Edmonton tomorrow. Only the first flight in the morning is cancled.
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I'm here whoohoooooo!!!!!!
dunno how but I am :oogle
Ann's dog is a big as a dang horse I tell you .
Take care everyone see you all soon ....... Skippy
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We'll check things out again midday tomorow, and head to the river valley for sweet light tomorrow evening.
quote=Skippy]I'm here whoohoooooo!!!!!!
dunno how but I am :oogle
Ann's dog is a big as a dang horse I tell you .
Take care everyone see you all soon ....... Skippy
.[/quote]
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It's time I begin counting the sleeps.... 8 to go. Made more hotel reservations last night. 2 more reservations then all I need to do is pack. And sleep. And drive drive drive.
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
Welcome back to N. America! Can't wait to catch up to you guys next Tuesday!
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Good to see you got there safely
Cya in a little bit.
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Going to Devil's tower, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and lastly, Glacier.
Hopefully I'll have internet connections along the way to show off, I mean put up a few shots along the way.
See you folks on the 24th.
BTW, If we happen to get to St Mary's before the rest of you, How are the rooms reserved?
Are they in our names, or is there a group name that goes with it?
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
Was just looking through the Glacier NP web pages and notice there is an entrance fee. Is this covered by what we've already paid? Or are we not considered part of a group and we should plan on paying this when we arrive?
No biggie either way, just wondering...Doug
I plan on using NP pass. You can get them at REI. Either Mt. View or
Saratoga.
All that is covered by your payment is your room and your portion of the meeting room that we need to rent. Everything else is a la carte.
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I've never been on the shootout before and haven't been to Glacier either. In looking at the upcoming Marc/Andy Shenandoah NP Workshop they list suggested gear.
What are the pros, and repeat shootouters, suggesting we bring on this outting?