I'm sure other people have died at Yellowstone.
Um. Just last week, in fact. A couple got too close to a bear sow and her cubs.
Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.
'Sleeper'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Jul 13, 2011 5:36:40 pm PDT #16597 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
megan walker - Jul 13, 2011 5:42:41 pm PDT #16598 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Um. Just last week, in fact. A couple got too close to a bear sow and her cubs.
Yes, three people forwarded me that article. Very helpful.
Zenkitty - Jul 13, 2011 5:42:48 pm PDT #16599 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm glad that photo wasn't real. It frightened me. Especially since I heard a snuffling growly sound outside right about when I was looking at it. It was probably just a local canine roaming around, but dang, bad timing.
sarameg - Jul 13, 2011 5:49:03 pm PDT #16600 of 30001
I've woken to bears, raccoons, skunks and unidentified sniffing around the tent. My parents have a classic story of camping in the Sierras in the 60, waking to a cast iron pan scoured down to the iron (seasoning removed a la bear tongue) and bearprints all around.
dcp - Jul 13, 2011 5:52:05 pm PDT #16601 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
going to Yellowstone imminently
Make the most of it! I got to visit there for a couple of days in the late summer of 2008. I enjoyed it immensely, but it wasn't enough time.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 13, 2011 5:56:35 pm PDT #16602 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
THIS IS WHY I DO NOT CAMP.
megan walker - Jul 13, 2011 6:01:06 pm PDT #16603 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Make the most of it!
I intend to! It's my Christmas present from my sister--2 to 10 days in one or more National Parks in the lower 48. I chose Yellowstone/Grand Teton for a week since she hadn't been to either. I went to Yellowstone about 20 years ago on a trip through Montana and Wyoming with my Dad, but we didn't go into Grand Teton even though we went to Jackson Hole (my dad wasn't a hiker).
javachik - Jul 13, 2011 6:20:41 pm PDT #16604 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I totally want to go to Yellowstone.
I've had tons of experience with California brown bears, but of course none with a Grizzly.
When I worked at an assisted living complex (for seniors) in the 1990s, the daughter of one of our residents, was this woman: [link]
She was awesome. She visited all the time. She told me that the only thing she really, really resented was never being able to feel her baby's skin with her fingertips. Oh, and someone gave her child a teddy bear. That went right into the trash. She laughed when she told me that.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2011 6:21:23 pm PDT #16605 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When we were camping in the Moroccan anti-atlas we were incredibly careless with the cleanliness of our campsite and left dirty dishes outside the tent. Something sizeable went through them while we were zipped up inside there, and to this day we haven't been able to work out what lived in the territory that was that big and noisy.
I don't camp anymore. Maybe I should stop going to bed too.
Consuela - Jul 13, 2011 6:34:56 pm PDT #16606 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
My brother got married in Jackson Hole a few years back (okay, six), and we went hiking in the Grand Teton a bit while we were there. No bears, but we did see some moose. It was cool. So beautiful, that country.