Comments on: Conversations on the Trail http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/ An Economist's Travelogue Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pivo http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Pivo Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:50:51 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/#comment-400 Hey Mike, what's wrong with Eve for a dog's name. I had a Malamute show up on my porch on Christmas Eve one year and kept it. Of course, naming it Eve. I was up in Eugene Or. visiting in-laws when I caught myself imagining what it would be like living there. Which I pretty much do on all of my trips. Then I realized that you were doing exactly that. Moving around and living wherever you chose. I got envious. However, I see here that there would be some drawbacks. Like missing the closer contact with people that I find eases my life considerably. Good to see you back on the road and writing of your travels. Let me know if you get to Northern Calilfornia this year. Your pal. Pivo Hey Mike, what’s wrong with Eve for a dog’s name. I had a Malamute show up on my porch on Christmas Eve one year and kept it. Of course, naming it Eve.
I was up in Eugene Or. visiting in-laws when I caught myself imagining what it would be like living there. Which I pretty much do on all of my trips. Then I realized that you were doing exactly that. Moving around and living wherever you chose. I got envious. However, I see here that there would be some drawbacks. Like missing the closer contact with people that I find eases my life considerably.
Good to see you back on the road and writing of your travels. Let me know if you get to Northern Calilfornia this year.

Your pal.
Pivo

]]> By: mike http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/comment-page-1/#comment-380 mike Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:48:51 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/#comment-380 Scott, Just what I should have done!! Scott, Just what I should have done!!

]]> By: mike http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/comment-page-1/#comment-379 mike Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:45:22 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/#comment-379 Louis and Mine, It all depends on where you are. In Moab, there aren't many dangerous critters. In Yellowstone, there are grizzlies, wolves, etc. In Estes Park, there are mountain lions. In Tucson in Saguaro NP there are rattlesnakes. We never hike alone. We try to read and see what dangers there might be. We don't camp overnight, so we don't have to put our food up high. We carry bear spray in some places; it will stop a grizzly for awhile. We have a cannister of mace/tear gas. But all in all, we stick to trails and be careful. Make some noise so animals know you are near. We lack the skills of true outdoor people, so we try nt to get ourselves in trouble. And animals don't usually want to bother humans anyway. You just have to be aware and alert and careful and don't be stupid. You wouldn't believe how dumb tourists can be. We saw them get much to close to bison with their kids, for a photo op. Most dangerous animals in Yellowstone are bison. Humans are who I worry about most. People can bring guns to national parks now! And this country is full of nutty people! Louis and Mine,

It all depends on where you are. In Moab, there aren’t many dangerous critters. In Yellowstone, there are grizzlies, wolves, etc.
In Estes Park, there are mountain lions. In Tucson in Saguaro NP there are rattlesnakes. We never hike alone. We try to read and see
what dangers there might be. We don’t camp overnight, so we don’t have to put our food up high. We carry bear spray in some places; it will stop a grizzly for awhile.
We have a cannister of mace/tear gas. But all in all, we stick to trails and be careful. Make some noise so animals know you are near.
We lack the skills of true outdoor people, so we try nt to get ourselves in trouble. And animals don’t usually want to bother humans anyway.
You just have to be aware and alert and careful and don’t be stupid. You wouldn’t believe how dumb tourists can be. We saw them get
much to close to bison with their kids, for a photo op. Most dangerous animals in Yellowstone are bison.

Humans are who I worry about most. People can bring guns to national parks now! And this country is full of nutty people!

]]> By: scott http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/comment-page-1/#comment-378 scott Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:03:27 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/#comment-378 you should have told the guy to send his book to glenn beck! you should have told the guy to send his book to glenn beck!

]]> By: Louis Proyect http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Louis Proyect Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:38:25 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/03/15/conversations-on-the-trail-3/#comment-377 Last night I was watching something on the Animal Kingdom (I think that's the name) cable network about people being attacked by sharks, etc. There was one particularly bloodcurdling segment about a guy and his college age daughter being attacked by a female grizzly bear protecting her cubs. Both of them escaped but with serious injuries. Do you ever find yourself in situations where you feel threatened in this way? My wife asked me how do you keep out of such situations when you are in a park. Last night I was watching something on the Animal Kingdom (I think that’s the name) cable network about people being attacked by sharks, etc. There was one particularly bloodcurdling segment about a guy and his college age daughter being attacked by a female grizzly bear protecting her cubs. Both of them escaped but with serious injuries. Do you ever find yourself in situations where you feel threatened in this way? My wife asked me how do you keep out of such situations when you are in a park.

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