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Drove to Pacific City on the Oregon Coast yesterday to introduce two camp companions to Mr. Peter Byrne. Peter is 92, approaching 93 and is in great health. He guided us to a first rate little seafood restaurant and exhibited a good appetite. His sidekick Hal Halderman came to lunch. As an aside Hal, who I've known for about 20 years, quietly and happily reported Peter is still in great shape, climbing slopes and setting cameras. Peter was in good spirits and conversational; he solidly impressed my friends. After losing John a month ago, I was relieved thinking it great news. Joe Beelart here Peter spent a lot of time on and about the east, west and north slopes of Mt. Hood, but amazingly enough no time at all from south of Mt. Hood from where I took this photograph. Please don't steal this click without my permission. It was difficult to access the site and wait some days over a summer to take this photograph. Wow ! That didn't take long ...... In the USA esquire is normally attached to a lawyer or diplomat's name. Esquire is an honorary title of respect in the British Isles and commonwealth. Since Mr. Byrne was born in Ireland; and is certainly a diplomat of scientific research, I strongly feel Mr. Byrne deserves the title.

What a great time at the 2nd Annual Nebraska Bigfoot Conference today! Bob Gimlin and Cliff Barackman could not have been kinder to my 7 year old son and everyone else in attendance. Great job! Very well run conference!

Last year was fun but this year was a huge improvement. Well organized. Great vendors too. Lord, my kid probably talked me into dropping $250 on BF swag.

Me too, but that's not gonna keep me from trying, I plan to focus on wooded areas near the Missouri and tributaries. Ponca State Park seems like it has a chance, and Loess Hills in Iowa. Those guys on the Omaha Reservation sure seem to have a lot of activity also.

Believe it or not, there's quite a few trees in the mountainous areas. Google Earth doesn't really show the small trees that well.

I didn't talk to Bob directly. He was always surrounded by fans and he was very gracious with everybody. I'll probably start a thread about Bob's movie soon. I also enjoyed the conference and am pretty sure I'll be back next year. I got some good information on places to hang my recorders now that I'm in Nebraska for good. Was surprised and happy to find an old squatching buddy from Wisconsin there. Bob at the start of his presentation All the presenters