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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher He also said “Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect” so, go figure..

With all due respect I would disagree with this Roger’s. Yes today the pursuit is dollars. 1 million years ago it was bananas. History isn’t for fools…. It’s studied by the wise. Otherwise? We are doomed to make the same mistakes. And there is a plethora of species including the genus Homo who are no longer with us.

I take it you are up to speed on the Younger Dryas cataclysm event theory? We know very very little about our origins. In the words of Roger Waters: The monkey sat on a pile of stones and he stared at the broken bone in his hand. Then strains of a Viennese quartet rang out across the land and the monkey looked up at the stars and thought to himself - memory is a stranger. History is for fools. And he cleaned his hands in a pool of holy writing, turned his back on the garden and set out for the nearest town. Hold on soldier. When you add it all up, the tears and the marrow bone. There's an ounce of gold and an ounce of pride in each legend. And the Germans kill the Jews and the Jews kill the Arabs and the Arabs kill the hostages and that is the news. Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? He said Mama, the President's a fool. Why do I have to keep reading these technical manuals? And the joint chiefs of staff and the brokers on wall street said don't make us laugh, you're a smart kid. Time is linear. Memory's a stranger. History is for fools. Man is a tool in the hands of the great God Almighty. And they gave him command of a nuclear submarine and headed out in search of the Garden of Eden. Can't you see? It all makes perfect sense. Expressed in dollars and cents, pounds and shillings and pence. Can't you see? It all makes perfect sense.

Keep stirring. Blending the hot with the cold is good. Our history before the last Glacial Maximum is weak.

Today, Monday, Feb. 19th, is the "Family Day" holiday here in BC, so I took my youngest boy, Rick, out for a trip on the west side of Harrison Lake. This area is where the word Sasquatch originated with the St'aillis people, with many legends of their encounters over the centuries, and many more recent sightings by loggers, prospectors, hunters, and campers. We spent the day exploring some of the many side trails off the St'aillis FSR, some leading to secluded coves along the lakeshore, just above sea level, and some high into the mountain ridges separating Harrison from the lakes and valleys to the west, reaching over 5000' in elevation. On one trail in particular we came across several little ponds and boggy areas nestled in the folds of the terrain that look to offer ideal conditions for foraging man-apes, with lots of cattails and berry bushes, dormant now, of course, but definitely worth another visit later in the season. We saw no tracks of big game or actual animals all day, but the weather co-operated with sun in the AM, some overcast in the later afternoon, and showers starting as we headed home at dusk. It was a very nice father/son outing, which we don't do nearly often enough. Rick skipping rocks at a tiny cove on the lakeshore. Looking south down the lake towards Cascade Peninsula.

I am honestly not trying to stir the pot. I just take an interest in anthropology. And I feel that conventional wisdom is way way off with lots of stuff. And you’re right. Every day something new is discovered!👍

Sorry for the late reply, cmknight, I was out on the west side of Harrison Lake with my son all day, and just got on the computer now. That rocky stretch seems to be even worse now, I took it really slow in the H3, with the tires aired down to 20psi. I certainly wouldn't take the Mitsubishi up there like I did last time.