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I've been interested in the idea of bigfoot since I was young but always thought well PGF is cool and probably real but show me one in person. Then I got chased off a mountain in Colorado by something about 25 years ago and it's been in the back of my mind ever since. Life got in the way but now I'm at a point in my life where I can try to prove it to myself that what I think chased me that night is real - Randy

Another month of wet weekends, family obligations, and a 10 day nasty chest cold kept me out of the woods for a while, but today weather and circumstances allowed a day long get away. I went to the valley where I had my sighting and trackway find about 45 years ago, as it's only 45 minutes from my door. I first went to the top of the peak at the mouth of the valley, which has a great lookout at a rustic hikers cabin overlooking the Fraser Valley. On the way up I spotted a large hawk circling overhead, and when I parked at the trail to the cabin, I could hear several grouse doing their whoop call in the timber. I met 2 couples at the lookout who had never been there before, so I was able to point out landmarks visible from there to them. After a pleasant 1/2 hour chatting, they continued further along the ridgeline, while I went back down the very steep grade to the main FSR leading further back into the watershed. On the way down I heard a very noticeable noise from the area of the left front wheel, which I assume to be either the brake wear indicator tab, or I somehow got a rock between the brake rotor and the stone guard. I'll have to get that checked out this week, before I do any more trips with the H3. Once back on the main road up the valley, I was watching for a mine adit that I had spotted years ago, just up the bank off the roadside, but I couldn't spot it. As I explored the side branches off the main FSR, I found that most led to snow patches in the shaded areas that can be vey easy to get stuck in when the spring melt makes snow heavy and wet, so I didn't push my luck on those. I did check for tracks in those areas, but found only boots, dogs, and tires had left their marks. After meeting several more people out there enjoying the better weather, I headed back out towards pavement, still watching for that mine adit, and finally located it. This time I pinned it on Gaia, so I can find it again, when I bring the right footwear and lighting to go more than a few feet into it. I got back home in time to fire up the BBQ for the family for the first time this year. A good day all around.