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From: sean_q on 20 Jul 2010 00:53 Hula-hooper alert in Montana of all places. Kangaroo speed limit in Oz. Penguin crossing in New Zealand. And more. http://autos.ca.msn.com/specials/road-trip-guide/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=24919962 SQ
From: sean_q on 20 Jul 2010 19:49 don (Calgary) wrote: > I will stop and take pictures of a grizzly! > http://actualriders.ca/yellowstone.htm Uh, you *do* know the scientific name is _Ursus horribilis_, eh? SQ
From: don (Calgary) on 20 Jul 2010 20:12 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:49:48 -0700, sean_q <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: >don (Calgary) wrote: > >> I will stop and take pictures of a grizzly! >> http://actualriders.ca/yellowstone.htm > >Uh, you *do* know the scientific name is _Ursus horribilis_, eh? > >SQ Is that something like Hecticus Bacticticus?
From: don (Calgary) on 20 Jul 2010 20:51 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:32:54 GMT, "Stephen!" <NO(a)spam.com> wrote: >"don (Calgary)" <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote in >news:p09c469bc1rs8btfq6n18e8tisk8vdc47m(a)4ax.com: > >> You're just too close to it. For those of us who may only get there >> once or twice in our lives, it is an amazing place. > > I've been there *one* time on a pleasure visit. I took the wife >through after having been there multiple times 'on the clock'. It was a >bit frustrating (see below) but not nearly as frustrating as when I'm >three hours behind schedule and still looking for he next customer's >house. > >> As for the lookyloos taking pictures, as long as they don't stop and >> jam up traffic every time they see a friggin bison I don't mind > > Last time I was there I was stuck in a *THREE MILE* backup just because >some stupid baby bison was 50 yards off the road. *EVERY* vehicle had to >stop so people could get out and take pictures... > > There are two kinds of visitors to the park. "Grizwald's" and >"Gawkers". The Gawkers are driving around at 10 mph below the speed >limit, slamming on the brakes, and jumping out to take a picture of every >squirrel they see. The Grizwalds are screaming around at 20 mph over the >speed limit, passing in blind corners over double-yellow lines, slamming >on the brakes, and jumping out to take a picture of every squirrel they >see. > > The only time I've been in the park for work that I actually enjoyed it >was when I had the combo to the gate at West Yellowstone a few weeks >before the park opened to the public: > >http://imagesdesavions.com/ynp/ynp01.html having the park pretty much to your self is the perfect time to visit, but I see the roads are still jammed up, this time with Bison. <g> Great pictures.
From: S'mee on 21 Jul 2010 01:25
On Jul 20, 5:49 pm, sean_q <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote: > don (Calgary) wrote: > > I will stop and take pictures of a grizzly! > >http://actualriders.ca/yellowstone.htm > > Uh, you *do* know the scientific name is _Ursus horribilis_, eh? > > SQ heh and to them you are a threat if you get near their cubs or their food. Near meaning 100m. |