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Here's a shot of Mt. Baker taken from my patio at 8:20 this evening, and a little story about my first drive up the mountain back about 1964. Myself, my new bride, and another young newlywed couple made our first trip up Baker in my '49 Ford, at about this time of year. The drive to the resort was interesting, with great scenery, and lots of snow alongside the road at the higher elevations. After a lunch and making snow angels, we started back down the very twisty road, following a green VW beetle. At the 3rd or 4th hairpin turn, the VW hit an icy patch, spun 360 degrees, and punched through the snowbank on the downhill side of the road, disappearing over the edge. The ladies screamed, and I managed to pull over and stop without meeting the same fate. George and I got out and went to the edge of the snowbank to see if we could do anything, while the girls flagged traffic around my car on the narrow road. When we looked down the hill, the VW was sitting in snow up to the windows, having literally flown 20' out and 30' down, without touching the snow in between! As the 2 of us started down the very steep dropoff, we saw 2 people, a young man and woman, emerge from the passenger side window, as the doors were blocked by the snow. We got down to them, determined that there were no real injuries, and we all struggled back up to the roadway in waist deep snow, soaking wet by the time we got there. After all piling into my car, and cranking the heater up, we discussed the plan of action, finally deciding to drive to the base of the mountain to call for a tow truck, and allow the young man to call his Dad to tell him where his VW was. I left them at the service station to wait for the tow, and a ride home to Seattle, while our 2 couples drove back to Surrey, BC, with the heater blasting to dry us out. I've been back there a few times since, including on a Honda Silver Wing, which was great fun on that road in the summer, and always recall that incident on the hairpin turn.

Hello everyone! I'm a Californian native. I never really bothered to look into BF stuff until recently, always assuming it was all low-effort hoaxes. My main introduction recently was the Astonishing Legends podcast series on the Patterson-Gimlin film. I'm absolutely hooked. After pouring over the high resolution, stabilized footage, I've never had my assumptions changed so rapidly. I'm still a bit skeptical, but wow it is hard to deny that it is one compelling piece of media, and that it holds up quite well to all the good-faith criticisms of it. I'm looking forward to reading all about it here and discussing with those who know much more. I will admit that Bill being a regular twisted my arm a bit into absolutely needing to register.

Headed pretty far East in Idaho today with my dad and brother on an ATV ride to check out new elk hunting territory. Went to an area called Jackson Mountain. Some elk sign, but more moose sign, and really fresh wolf sign. And an actual moose. Just a little guy. Temperatures where in the upper 80's and the woods were bone dry. Normally, this area is snowed in until middle of July. Only snow we saw... Some beautiful views out there and could see mountains about 40 miles away... Stopped for lunch at the site of an old lookout cabin and dad showed us his soon to be patented ATV burrito cooker... Only covered 25 miles, but they were good miles. My brother broke in his brand new Yamaha Grizzly 450, dad rode his trusty and ancient 1987 Honda Fourtrax 300, and I rode my 2018 Honda Pioneer 500 UTV. I may trade in the Pioneer on a smaller ATV; they are just so much more nimble and versatile in the woods. I barely was able to follow my dad and brother on some of the trails today. And, no Bigfoot. No tracks, no tree structures, no sightings. In this country, you can see hundreds of square miles of land from a single vantage point. It is the ideal scenario for spotting a Sasquatch a mile away that has no idea you are watching.

Lots of fun! When I scouted a site a few weeks ago that our group camps at several times a year, there were many blowdowns blocking the trail in, most of them 16 to 24" in dia. It'll take a bit of work to clear that out.

Cutting out roads on my wifes parent old place over by Newport today!

Are you thinking about Lost Kingdom of the Yeti? They took a water sample at the top of the mountain and found e-DNA of something that was 99% human. Did one the expedition members suffer altitude sickness in the documentary that you saw?

The area around the ski area is pleasant to hike around. The image of Table Mountain and Mazama Ridge was taken years ago, during September. The postcard shows what skiing was like before rope tows and chairlifts. I think that the view is from a spot close to 'Artist Point'. The area below Table Mt. can retain snow into summer. Years ago, there was a report from persons who were at Artist Point and observed a large bipedal animal ascend the snow field from the lake up to Table Mountain at an un-human pace. Their cameras did not have telephoto capability.

No Columbia ground squirrels local to me, on the wet coastal side of the mountains, but I've found some large colonies about 2 hours' drive east, on the rain shadow side of the Cascades, in alpine meadows and some ranch grasslands. My daughter and I went out for a ride up one of our local mountains this afternoon, and found the snow had disappeared from the plateau at the top, and the salmonberry bushes were flowering. We saw one fresh bear scat, and several turkey vultures soaring above us, but no other wildlife. Great views of the Fraser Valley from the top

^ Sasquatch Ontario... While I am 99.9% convinced it's all a hoax, I'm 75% certain that Igor is not in on it. I think he's being played. Robin is a friend of mine and say what you will (politely) about her claims, she is not a part of this... Since I was there and caught some back story I'll share a little. It's absolutely remarkable! Alexi, when he was a small mouse, came across a lion who was in pain because he had a sliver in his foot... of sorry that's a different fable. Alexi, when a young man at age 14, came across Greg caught in a bear trap. Alexi released Greg and they've been friends since then. Now Greg talks on the phone whenever asked to.... (Want to impress me? Lets see a Zoom Call instead) Remember the Russian video of an Almas chasing young kids in a car? Mind you it may have been lost in translation, but I think Alexi was in that car. Strange that he'd be so scared when he is friends with Greg. For certain, the girl that Alexi is MARRIED to was in that car. Amazing how such a tight knit group of Russians have these remarkable experiences to share.

Had a great trip with Nathan! Pretty country! Rain today. Nice yesterday. Saw a couple cool suggestive track ways. Nothing solid. Nathan did some audio and thermal recordings last night. Saw lots of Mule deer. No Moose, no Elk. Saw a Griz hair pole Nathan knew about where biologists collect hair samples.

Yes. It was Snelgrove Lake. And yes, Meldrum was there, too.