Lou... 3,118 Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 2 hours ago, ftwildernessguy said: We started camping at the Fort in the’80’s. Times change, people get older. I had reservations for September which I must cancel due to a serious health issue. I do hope to get there again next year but I don’t know how many more trips I have in me. Sad. What's sad for me is that you are one of the few Fiends that have evaded me, and that was hard to do, just ask Ray. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lou... said: They sure are great memories. I met so many great folks during my hundreds of unannounced vists to the Fort. I've remained close to many of them. Like...knock, knock..Linda "yes",, "Hello, I'm Lou"....Linda "who"?... 😂 She wasn't on FF.. She still talks about that.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: Like...knock, knock..Linda "yes",, "Hello, I'm Lou"....Linda "who"?... 😂 She wasn't on FF.. She still talks about that.. She cracked me up when she first told me that story long after we became friends, it cracks her up too. To paraphrase her "Who is this guy and why is he just showing up here?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 18 hours ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: I just consider it a friendly discussion and thanks we've always enjoyed the times we've met up. Hope you get to have another great summer trip this year. Those are always great memories, our kids (50,47 & 46) still talk about our travels. Thank you. Last year we were blessed and saw a TON of wildlife in Yellowstone... except for one: no moose. Our fingers are crossed that we'll get lucky and see one or two at Glacier. So blessed to be able to make these memories with our kiddos. Tom was able to join us for the full trip last year and he's joining us again this year (the previous two I drove out and he flew out to meet us). I pray that our children, like yours, hold these memories for a lifetime. We are definitely blessed ❤️ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 6 hours ago, twiceblessed....nacole said: Thank you. Last year we were blessed and saw a TON of wildlife in Yellowstone... except for one: no moose. Our fingers are crossed that we'll get lucky and see one or two at Glacier. So blessed to be able to make these memories with our kiddos. Tom was able to join us for the full trip last year and he's joining us again this year (the previous two I drove out and he flew out to meet us). I pray that our children, like yours, hold these memories for a lifetime. We are definitely blessed ❤️ Reminds me about a trip we took to Maine back in the 70’s. We were going down a road when Bullwinkle came trotting out of the woods and ran along side the passenger side of our convertible Jeep for about a mile. It was bigger than our Jeep. I yelled for my wife to take a picture while she was screaming that she was about to get gored by a moose! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 11 hours ago, Travisma said: Reminds me about a trip we took to Maine back in the 70’s. We were going down a road when Bullwinkle came trotting out of the woods and ran along side the passenger side of our convertible Jeep for about a mile. It was bigger than our Jeep. I yelled for my wife to take a picture while she was screaming that she was about to get gored by a moose! That's fantastic We were hiking in Smoky Mountain National on a very busy trail (so it was not quiet...which means this guy was not interested in us, thankfully) and this black bear came out of the bushes, about 4-6 feet in front of me and ran across the trail to the berry bushes on the other side. Of course, my first thought was, "what's that big black dog doing out here?". Took me a few seconds to realize that it was a bear Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Live4FW 30 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 20 hours ago, twiceblessed....nacole said: Thank you. Last year we were blessed and saw a TON of wildlife in Yellowstone... except for one: no moose. We saw moose in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. It was on the east side of mountain. Surprised the heck out of me and DW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Live4FW said: We saw moose in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. It was on the east side of mountain. Surprised the heck out of me and DW That's fantastic!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Live4FW said: We saw moose in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. It was on the east side of mountain. Surprised the heck out of me and DW You sure it wasn't an ELK.. Moose aren't that far South. The moose's range extends north to about 72 °N latitude and south to about 40 °N latitude [93]. It occurs from Alaska south through the Rocky Mountain region to Colorado; east to Newfoundland; and south to New Hampshire, northern Wisconsin, and northern North Dakota Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Live4FW 30 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 It may have been but sure looked like a moose to me from the shape of the antlers. I can’t honestly say I know the species that well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 16 hours ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: You sure it wasn't an ELK.. Moose aren't that far South. The moose's range extends north to about 72 °N latitude and south to about 40 °N latitude [93]. It occurs from Alaska south through the Rocky Mountain region to Colorado; east to Newfoundland; and south to New Hampshire, northern Wisconsin, and northern North Dakota We had a bull elk walk right in front of us in Rocky Mountain National. I wish I could figure out how to attach a picture, because he was HUGE. The picture I took, he was still a good 20 feet away....then he turned and walk right up to us, turning up the path about 4 feet before he reached us (yes, we were backing up ). The closer he got, the bigger he got. He just walked up the trail like he belonged there. It was fantastic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Many years ago, INC and took off in my little Saturn packed to the gills with a tent, cooler and assorted stuff, and headed west. We camped from Buffalo, NY all the way to Bainbridge Island, WA, up to British Columbia and east across the Canadian Rockies. One of the more memorable experiences was when we were camping in Yellowstone, and spent a day at the Boiling River. At one point, I was in the river relaxing with my back up against a rock outcropping, next to a waterfall where the hot spring water was gushing into the river. I couldn't hear anything over the roar of the water. INC was on the shore opposite from me, and I noticed her gesturing frantically to me and pointing up. I lifted my head to look above me, and standing on top of the rock peering down at me was a huge Elk. It's face was probably no more than 3 feet from my head. I'm glad that water was already warm because I probably peed myself. Unfortunately she was too shocked to get a picture of the elk, but here is a pic she took just a few minutes before. To think this might have been the last picture ever taken of me alive. 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Here are some ELK in Yellowstone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 hours ago, twiceblessed....nacole said: We had a bull elk walk right in front of us in Rocky Mountain National. I wish I could figure out how to attach a picture, because he was HUGE. The picture I took, he was still a good 20 feet away....then he turned and walk right up to us, turning up the path about 4 feet before he reached us (yes, we were backing up ). The closer he got, the bigger he got. He just walked up the trail like he belonged there. It was fantastic! Rocky Mountain NP is about the southern end of their range. The ones you find in Colorado are the smallest of the subspecies. We use to run into Moose quite a bit when we lived in Colorado and would go camping up in the National Forest along the Poudre Canyon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 How in the world did this thread go from FF dying to Moose? DinDavie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, Lou... said: How in the world did this thread go from FF dying to Moose? It's well past 10 posts. I'm surprised it didn't derail sooner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dblr....Rennie 224 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 34 minutes ago, Lou... said: How in the world did this thread go from FF dying to Moose? Just like old times fladogfan aka Gretchen and Ivy 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, Lou... said: How in the world did this thread go from FF dying to Moose? Guess we haven't lost our touch momof3kids-Yvonne 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivy 36 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 8 hours ago, dblr....Rennie said: Just like old times I was thinking the same 😀 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djsamuel 322 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Back to the stolen topic, this was at the Trailer Village campground at the Grand Canyon: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 It was just a matter of time before this guy showed up. djsamuel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 23 hours ago, dblr....Rennie said: Just like old times Haha....yes. The race was always to be first for a trip report and then the bet was, how long before the post was hijacked 6 hours ago, djsamuel said: Back to the stolen topic, this was at the Trailer Village campground at the Grand Canyon: Yes! We stayed there in 2018 and had the females (I'm guessing as no horns) take residency right behind our rig. It was great!! djsamuel and fladogfan aka Gretchen 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Lou... said: It was just a matter of time before this guy showed up. What, no squirrel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, keith_h said: What, no squirrel? The squirrels were busy raiding the tent campers food. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 54 minutes ago, Katman1356...Jason said: The squirrels were busy raiding the tent campers food. That sounds like a "voice of experience" comment... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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