National Park Service
Yellowstone National Park
West Yellowstone, Montana
Notice to all Rangers and Enforcement Officers
RE: Grizzly Bear Population
Be aware that Grizzly (Brown) Bear populations in the park are up
significantly this year. It is important to inform all visitors to
take bear precautions.
It is recommended that all hikers and back-packers going into the
back-country carry small bells on their clothing or packs. Carrying a
can of pepper spray is also recommended.
Hikers and back-packers should also be informed about the differences
between black bear droppings (skat) and grizzly bear droppings.
Black bear droppings will contain berries, and sometimes squirrel fur.
Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and smell like pepper
spray.
Having spent a few summers working at Mamoth Hot Springs I can attest that
this is one of those stories that lies more in fact than funny. For the
person biking through I am curious as to what you will do if you are in a
forty car traffic hold up when said bear is being observed on the park
highway and it is your turn to fall under scrutiny? Granted the better bear
encounters do happen at Glacier but one never knows. I saw the results of a
Dodge Omni that was peeled open like a can of Tuna at Roosevelt lodge when I
was there...
Last year when I was at the park my wife got a book, about Deaths in
Yellowstone, it was rather interesting, worry more about the Buffalo then
the bears, they kill a lot more people then bears do
Mike wrote:
> National Park Service
> Yellowstone National Park
> West Yellowstone, Montana
>
> Notice to all Rangers and Enforcement Officers
> RE: Grizzly Bear Population
>
> Be aware that Grizzly (Brown) Bear populations in the park are up
> significantly this year. It is important to inform all visitors to
> take bear precautions.
>
> It is recommended that all hikers and back-packers going into the
> back-country carry small bells on their clothing or packs. Carrying a
> can of pepper spray is also recommended.
>
> Hikers and back-packers should also be informed about the differences
> between black bear droppings (skat) and grizzly bear droppings.
>
> Black bear droppings will contain berries, and sometimes squirrel fur.
>
> Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and smell like pepper
> spray.
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On 6/28/2005 11:44 PM Mike mumbled something about the following:
> National Park Service
> Yellowstone National Park
> West Yellowstone, Montana
>
> Notice to all Rangers and Enforcement Officers
> RE: Grizzly Bear Population
>
> Be aware that Grizzly (Brown) Bear populations in the park are up
> significantly this year. It is important to inform all visitors to
> take bear precautions.
>
> It is recommended that all hikers and back-packers going into the
> back-country carry small bells on their clothing or packs. Carrying a
> can of pepper spray is also recommended.
>
> Hikers and back-packers should also be informed about the differences
> between black bear droppings (skat) and grizzly bear droppings.
>
> Black bear droppings will contain berries, and sometimes squirrel fur.
>
> Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and smell like pepper
> spray.
>
>
>
>
Funny you should post this, I'm fixing to head through Yellowstone on my
way to Sturgis (spending a whole day in Yellowstone).
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"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote:
> National Park Service
> Yellowstone National Park
> West Yellowstone, Montana
>
> Notice to all Rangers and Enforcement Officers
> RE: Grizzly Bear Population
>
> Be aware that Grizzly (Brown) Bear populations in the park are up
> significantly this year. It is important to inform all visitors to
> take bear precautions.
>
> It is recommended that all hikers and back-packers going into the
> back-country carry small bells on their clothing or packs. Carrying a
> can of pepper spray is also recommended.
>
> Hikers and back-packers should also be informed about the differences
> between black bear droppings (skat) and grizzly bear droppings.
>
> Black bear droppings will contain berries, and sometimes squirrel fur.
>
> Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and smell like pepper
> spray.
You left out the punch line.
VK
On 6/29/2005 6:55 PM Mike mumbled something about the following:
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:02:05 -0400, Odinn <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Funny you should post this, I'm fixing to head through Yellowstone on my
>>way to Sturgis (spending a whole day in Yellowstone).
>
>
> That will be quite a view from the back of a motorcycle!
> My grandparents used to live in Idaho and we would visit the park
> every few years. My wife and I went a few years ago and stayed at
> the Lake Hotel for a few days but I haven't been since.
>
> If you haven't checked yet some of the roads in the park are either
> closed or have restricted hours this year. It might not mess with you
> depending on which way you are coming from.
> You can check them at this site:
> http://www.nps.gov/yell/planvisit/orientation/travel/roadclos.htm
>
> Mike O.
Yes, heard about Beartooth pass, and we were planning on doing that, now
we have to reroute thru Sylvan pass and deal with the construction
delays or go out the south entrance. Other places we plan on hitting on
this trip are: Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, and Yosemite. Our
planned route is 4800 miles in 9 days, starting from Atlanta GA, out to
Yosemite, up to Walla Walla WA, and back across to Sturgis.
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On 6/30/2005 8:32 AM Knothead mumbled something about the following:
> Having spent a few summers working at Mamoth Hot Springs I can attest that
> this is one of those stories that lies more in fact than funny. For the
> person biking through I am curious as to what you will do if you are in a
> forty car traffic hold up when said bear is being observed on the park
> highway and it is your turn to fall under scrutiny? Granted the better bear
> encounters do happen at Glacier but one never knows. I saw the results of a
> Dodge Omni that was peeled open like a can of Tuna at Roosevelt lodge when I
> was there...
>
>
Bear aren't the only concerns when out when on a bike some of the places
we ride. http://www.sloanclan.org/gallery/SturgisArea/DCP_0178 was
taken after we had to stop for a herd of buffalo, they walked by as
close as 3 or 4 ft from the bikes.
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"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Upscale"
> <[email protected]> wrote: >"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote
> in message >> >> Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and
> smell like pepper >> >> spray.
> >> >
> >> >You left out the punch line.
> > >
> >> No, Frito, you just didn't get it. It's right there.
> >
> > I'm guessing that he recognized the last line as the punch line, but
> > just didn't find it funny.
>
> Either interpretation is possible; Frito hasn't shown much evidence of
> a sense of humor.
"Frito"? The alt.usenet.kooks miscreants got to you too, I see.
VK
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >> Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and smell like
> > pepper >> spray.
> > >
> > > You left out the punch line.
> >
> > No, Frito, you just didn't get it. It's right there.
>
> I'm guessing that he recognized the last line as the punch line, but
> just didn't find it funny.
You guessed correctly.
VK
"Odinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> If you're only taking 6 months, you'll miss out on too many things like
> all the little side roads, or the people who were out of town the day you
> stop in that little town of 42 people.
You're right. It should take a year or more, but I have to stop back home
to get the mail and mow the lawn.
In article <[email protected]>, "Vito Kuhn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and smell like pepper
>> spray.
>
>You left out the punch line.
No, Frito, you just didn't get it. It's right there.
--
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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
On 7/2/2005 10:23 AM Larry Jaques mumbled something about the following:
> On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:46:08 -0400, the opaque Odinn
> <[email protected]> spake:
>=20
>=20
>>Yes, heard about Beartooth pass, and we were planning on doing that, no=
w=20
>>we have to reroute thru Sylvan pass and deal with the construction=20
>>delays or go out the south entrance. Other places we plan on hitting o=
n=20
>>this trip are: Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, and Yosemite. Our=
=20
>=20
>=20
> Take the hikes, steam locomotive trip, inner dam tour, and the hikes,
> respectively. Odinn. Mesa Verde is probably similar to Bandelier and
> I had a blast there. http://www.nps.gov/band/
Mesa Verde is where the cliff dwellings are (http://www.nps.gov/meve/).=20
They predate Bandelier (600-1200 AD).
>=20
> And I'm still mad that my buddy (driver) wouldn't let me go inside the
> Hoover Dam for the tour that time, 25 years ago.
It's possible that we'll get time for the tour, as it looks like we'll=20
be in Vegas for 2 days now.
>=20
> I've wanted to ride that steam loco at the Grand Canyon for years now
> but have never been there. I plan on the mule train down to the river
> overnight, too, once I do finally get to take that trip.
We don't have anything planned for Grand Canyon, other than stopping and =
taking in the view for a couple hours. We don't make any specific plans =
and kind of do things on the fly, just as long as we get our 500 miles=20
per day in, which is pretty easy to do, as we made a 6 hr stop in St=20
Louis year before last, and still managed 570 miles that day.
>=20
> If you swing by the Sedona, AZ area, stop and take the train ride in
> Verde Canyon. When I went, it was about 80=B0 and sunny on the way out.=
> There was a severe thunderstorm which passed directly over us on the
> way back, so that was a -really- interesting trip. When you said "Mesa
> Verde", I thought "Verde Canyon." http://www.verdecanyonrr.com/
>=20
Not sure if we'll make it down to Sedona, since that will be=20
backtracking a bit from Grand Canyon City to Hoover Dam.
> Yosemite is breathtaking, so make sure you walk around in the valley.
We're spending half a day in Yosemite and a full day in Yellowstone
>=20
>=20
>=20
>>planned route is 4800 miles in 9 days, starting from Atlanta GA, out to=
=20
>>Yosemite, up to Walla Walla WA, and back across to Sturgis.
>=20
>=20
> Man, where do 500,000 bikers SHIT at a shindig like that, let alone
> eat, drink, and sleep? Ay chihuahua! ;) That's a -longass- ride.=20
>=20
500,000 is a small group, there were close to twice that many last year=20
:) and we shit anywere we want :) Actually, they have thousands of=20
porta potties scattered all over the place.
> Fare thee well.
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On 7/1/2005 11:02 PM Richard Clements mumbled something about the following:
> Last year when I was at the park my wife got a book, about Deaths in
> Yellowstone, it was rather interesting, worry more about the Buffalo then
> the bears, they kill a lot more people then bears do
>
We've had our share of buffalo close calls, and expect more (we tend to
ride in the more out of the way places where one is likely to encounter
these beasts. See a previous post I had with a link of our bikes next
to the buffalo in Custer.
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"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and smell like pepper
> >> spray.
> >
> >You left out the punch line.
>
> No, Frito, you just didn't get it. It's right there.
I'm guessing that he recognized the last line as the punch line, but just
didn't find it funny.
On 7/2/2005 6:49 PM John T mumbled something about the following:
> Pfft. Back when my wife (then girlfriend) and I took a trip, a herd of
> buffalo brushed right up against the car...that was sooo cool.
>
> Windows were open, and we were sitting in windows until they got close.
>
I wouldn't feel as vulnerable in a car as on the motorcycle :)
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On 7/2/2005 8:01 PM Edwin Pawlowski mumbled something about the following:
> "Odinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>>Not at all, 500 miles a day is a breeze.
>>
>
>
> Yes, but you don't see anything.
>
> Last year we spent 4 days to do 300 miles. This is in territory I've been
> through many times at your pace. Saw thing I never knew existed even though
> I passed them many times before. In that 300 miles, we used the Interstate
> for maybe 10 miles.
>
>
There's a lot you can see and do when you cover 500 miles in a day. 2
years ago, we spent 6 hrs in St Louis and still managed 570 miles that
day. Last year, we did 400 miles in one day through the Ozarks, managed
to go to the have lunch at "Top of the Ozarks", ride a ferry across Bull
Shoals, visit Branson MO, and never hit a single mile of interstate.
Pictures can be seen at http://www.sloanclan.org/gallery/Sturgis2004
500 miles is only 7 hrs of actual travel time on non-interstate (9 hrs
on the most twisty of hiways), and only 6 hrs of interstate, leaving
between 5 and 8 hrs of daylight to see and do lots of things.
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On 7/3/2005 1:09 AM Edwin Pawlowski mumbled something about the following:
> "Odinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>
>>If you're only taking 6 months, you'll miss out on too many things like
>>all the little side roads, or the people who were out of town the day you
>>stop in that little town of 42 people.
>
>
> You're right. It should take a year or more, but I have to stop back home
> to get the mail and mow the lawn.
>
>
You won't get to see it all in a year or 10 years, or 100 years. You
need to take more time, you don't want to miss that dead end road to the
right, or the one to the left, nor do you want to miss seeing that old
burned down barn. Ah hell, you might as well forget it, you won't get
to see it all anyway.
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"Odinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> There's a lot you can see and do when you cover 500 miles in a day. 2
> years ago, we spent 6 hrs in St Louis and still managed 570 miles that
> day.
Last time I drove cross country I spent 24 hours in St. Louis and did not
see everything. You can take 6 hours just at the arch and surrounding area.
There are a dozen restaurants worth visiting also.
Sure, you saw some highlights, but you missed so very much more.
> Last year, we did 400 miles in one day through the Ozarks, managed
> to go to the have lunch at "Top of the Ozarks", ride a ferry across Bull
> Shoals, visit Branson MO, and never hit a single mile of interstate.
You could have spent a week there and still not see the Ozarks.
Instead of the marathon you are doing, one vacation trip go a short
distance, do it in depth, and see what is around you. That 500 miles was
how many towns? How many did you stop at, meet the people, stop at the
local eateries, check out the tiny museums? My dream trip is to take at
least six months to cross the US and Canada. Have lunch in Beaveral,
Sasketchewan then head for home.
On 7/2/2005 10:49 PM Edwin Pawlowski mumbled something about the following:
> "Odinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>
>>There's a lot you can see and do when you cover 500 miles in a day. 2
>>years ago, we spent 6 hrs in St Louis and still managed 570 miles that
>>day.
>
>
> Last time I drove cross country I spent 24 hours in St. Louis and did not
> see everything. You can take 6 hours just at the arch and surrounding area.
> There are a dozen restaurants worth visiting also.
I don't intend to see everything. I could spend a YEAR in St. Louis and
not see everything. That's not the point.
>
> Sure, you saw some highlights, but you missed so very much more.
I saw what I wanted to see, a firetruck swap meet (2 hrs), and the arch
(4 hrs).
>
>
> > Last year, we did 400 miles in one day through the Ozarks, managed
>
>>to go to the have lunch at "Top of the Ozarks", ride a ferry across Bull
>>Shoals, visit Branson MO, and never hit a single mile of interstate.
>
>
> You could have spent a week there and still not see the Ozarks.
I saw what I wanted to see. I could spend 5 years in the Ozarks and not
see all of it. I know, I lived there for a while.
>
> Instead of the marathon you are doing, one vacation trip go a short
> distance, do it in depth, and see what is around you. That 500 miles was
> how many towns? How many did you stop at, meet the people, stop at the
> local eateries, check out the tiny museums? My dream trip is to take at
> least six months to cross the US and Canada. Have lunch in Beaveral,
> Sasketchewan then head for home.
How about I do my 2 weeks of vacation the way *I* want to do my 2 weeks
of vacation and you not tell me what I want to see? I'm not there to
meet all the people, I'm not out to hit every local eatery or tiny
museum. I'm on the trip to hit a few highlights that *I* am interested in.
If you're only taking 6 months, you'll miss out on too many things like
all the little side roads, or the people who were out of town the day
you stop in that little town of 42 people.
On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:46:08 -0400, the opaque Odinn
<[email protected]> spake:
>Yes, heard about Beartooth pass, and we were planning on doing that, now
>we have to reroute thru Sylvan pass and deal with the construction
>delays or go out the south entrance. Other places we plan on hitting on
>this trip are: Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, and Yosemite. Our
Take the hikes, steam locomotive trip, inner dam tour, and the hikes,
respectively. Odinn. Mesa Verde is probably similar to Bandelier and
I had a blast there. http://www.nps.gov/band/
And I'm still mad that my buddy (driver) wouldn't let me go inside the
Hoover Dam for the tour that time, 25 years ago.
I've wanted to ride that steam loco at the Grand Canyon for years now
but have never been there. I plan on the mule train down to the river
overnight, too, once I do finally get to take that trip.
If you swing by the Sedona, AZ area, stop and take the train ride in
Verde Canyon. When I went, it was about 80° and sunny on the way out.
There was a severe thunderstorm which passed directly over us on the
way back, so that was a -really- interesting trip. When you said "Mesa
Verde", I thought "Verde Canyon." http://www.verdecanyonrr.com/
Yosemite is breathtaking, so make sure you walk around in the valley.
>planned route is 4800 miles in 9 days, starting from Atlanta GA, out to
>Yosemite, up to Walla Walla WA, and back across to Sturgis.
Man, where do 500,000 bikers SHIT at a shindig like that, let alone
eat, drink, and sleep? Ay chihuahua! ;) That's a -longass- ride.
Fare thee well.
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In article <[email protected]>, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >> Grizzly bear droppings will contain small bells and smell like pepper
>> >> spray.
>> >
>> >You left out the punch line.
>>
>> No, Frito, you just didn't get it. It's right there.
>
>I'm guessing that he recognized the last line as the punch line, but just
>didn't find it funny.
Either interpretation is possible; Frito hasn't shown much evidence of a sense
of humor.
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On 7/1/2005 11:56 PM Mike mumbled something about the following:
> On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:46:08 -0400, Odinn <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Yes, heard about Beartooth pass, and we were planning on doing that, now
>>we have to reroute thru Sylvan pass and deal with the construction
>>delays or go out the south entrance. Other places we plan on hitting on
>>this trip are: Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, and Yosemite. Our
>>planned route is 4800 miles in 9 days, starting from Atlanta GA, out to
>>Yosemite, up to Walla Walla WA, and back across to Sturgis.
>
>
> Sounds like great fun!
> Man, you're gonna have a sore butt!
>
>
Not at all, 500 miles a day is a breeze.
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"Odinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Not at all, 500 miles a day is a breeze.
>
Yes, but you don't see anything.
Last year we spent 4 days to do 300 miles. This is in territory I've been
through many times at your pace. Saw thing I never knew existed even though
I passed them many times before. In that 300 miles, we used the Interstate
for maybe 10 miles.
On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:46:08 -0400, Odinn <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Yes, heard about Beartooth pass, and we were planning on doing that, now
>we have to reroute thru Sylvan pass and deal with the construction
>delays or go out the south entrance. Other places we plan on hitting on
>this trip are: Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, and Yosemite. Our
>planned route is 4800 miles in 9 days, starting from Atlanta GA, out to
>Yosemite, up to Walla Walla WA, and back across to Sturgis.
Sounds like great fun!
Man, you're gonna have a sore butt!
Mike O.
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:02:05 -0400, Odinn <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Funny you should post this, I'm fixing to head through Yellowstone on my
>way to Sturgis (spending a whole day in Yellowstone).
That will be quite a view from the back of a motorcycle!
My grandparents used to live in Idaho and we would visit the park
every few years. My wife and I went a few years ago and stayed at
the Lake Hotel for a few days but I haven't been since.
If you haven't checked yet some of the roads in the park are either
closed or have restricted hours this year. It might not mess with you
depending on which way you are coming from.
You can check them at this site:
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planvisit/orientation/travel/roadclos.htm
Mike O.
Richard Clements wrote:
> Last year when I was at the park my wife got a book, about Deaths in
> Yellowstone, it was rather interesting, worry more about the Buffalo then
> the bears, they kill a lot more people then bears do
>
[snippage]
I remember from my kidhood (hold the ice age jokes please) reading about
the American Bison and what grumpy critters they are, and how one should
not trust any animal that large and that stupid. I was raised in
eastern South Dakota (Yankton) and my folks and us kids would travel by
car to see other relative every summer. One spot that was almost always
on the route was the Black Hills and Custer state park. I remember
driving along and coming across a large herd of bison and a large herd
of people walking up to them, cameras in hand, looking to snap a photo
of junior and a genuine buffalo. I think that was my first indication
that supposed homo sapiens can be astonishingly stupid.
Then down the road came a small park service fire truck to try to
separate one animal from the other. Happily, they did not need to pump
water at either group, but the potential was there.
mahalo,
jo4hn