From: sean_q on
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
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
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
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
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.