BC witness Posted July 6, 2020 Author Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) The town of Yahk on the Canadian side of the border has a pub called the "Horny Owl", with a huge owl on the roof. Hmmm - I just did a google search, and that same pub, which I last visited about 20 years ago, is now called the "Smoke'n'Jugz", and the rooftop owl is gone. Edited July 6, 2020 by BC witness
norseman Posted July 6, 2020 Admin Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, BC witness said: The town of Yahk on the Canadian side of the border has a pub called the "Horny Owl", with a huge owl on the roof. Hmmm - I just did a google search, and that same pub, which I last visited about 20 years ago, is now called the "Smoke'n'Jugz", and the rooftop owl is gone. LOL. Yaak-Yahk Okanogan-Okanagan Kootenai-Kootenay We can never agree on spelling! I really miss exploring Canada. Hopefully they will unlock the border soon. Close guess on our route and mileage. I wanna find a dirt route from Nordman Idaho to Bonners Ferry Idaho. Edited July 6, 2020 by norseman
hiflier Posted July 6, 2020 Posted July 6, 2020 3 hours ago, BC witness said: Hmmm - I just did a google search, and that same pub, which I last visited about 20 years ago, is now called the "Smoke'n'Jugz", and the rooftop owl is gone. Uh..........any "Smoke'n'Jugz" on the roof? 1
PNWexplorer Posted July 8, 2020 Posted July 8, 2020 Norseman, you've been all over my area. I'm jealous! So many beautiful and remote areas to explore within a day's drive of my home and no time to do it. I grew up in this area and visited many of the same places you've covered as a kid camping with my family. Haven't been there for decades. You've inspired me to use some of my leave time to explore some beautiful parts of the area. Ordered a pickup bed tent for my utility trailer to pull behind my 4Runner. Now I just need to convince my girlfriend to actually camp in a tent, lol. I've been wanting to go back into the Burgdorf Hot Springs area for years. Haven't been there since I was a kid. 1
norseman Posted July 8, 2020 Admin Posted July 8, 2020 6 hours ago, PNWexplorer said: Norseman, you've been all over my area. I'm jealous! So many beautiful and remote areas to explore within a day's drive of my home and no time to do it. I grew up in this area and visited many of the same places you've covered as a kid camping with my family. Haven't been there for decades. You've inspired me to use some of my leave time to explore some beautiful parts of the area. Ordered a pickup bed tent for my utility trailer to pull behind my 4Runner. Now I just need to convince my girlfriend to actually camp in a tent, lol. I've been wanting to go back into the Burgdorf Hot Springs area for years. Haven't been there since I was a kid. Same here. I packed mules in the Selway and Frank as well as the Salmo. We live in one of the most beautiful places on Earth! Also have you ever heard of the Mosquito creek monster? Its somewhere between Avery and St. Regis. (The crick)
PNWexplorer Posted July 9, 2020 Posted July 9, 2020 Never heard of the Mosquito creek monster. Was just up in Avery a year or so ago and did a little hiking.
norseman Posted July 9, 2020 Admin Posted July 9, 2020 Ran across a guy doing chainsaw carvings on Craigslist in Idaho of Bigfoot. Called it the “Mosquito creek monster”. Im fairly sure this is the crick in question.
Popular Post wiiawiwb Posted July 12, 2020 Popular Post Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) Yesterday, I went on a hiking adventure rather than a sasquatching one. I hiked with a buddy and we went up and over three mountains on a peninsula. The interior forest was a bit hazy as we started up the first one. Then, as you proceed from the first mountain to the second one to the third, you walk some of the way along a ridgeline, where you are treated to a view of both sides. The area is well known for its population of timber rattlers and if bitten there is no fast or easy way back to your car. That doesn't bode well. I've been hiking and backpacking many years and this hike was the most difficult one I've ever done. That includes Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, Desolation Valley, and the Grand Canyon. Steep climbs, then sliding down nearly-vertical terrain on your backside as you proceed down the mountain. The descents, with their rock ledges and narrow pathways, were more rigorous than the ascents. One missed step, which becomes easier when you begin to get tired, and you're tumbling down nearly vertical cliffs in some areas. All-in-all it was a great day hiking and the continuous views along the way inspired us to continue forward. Edited: To add the last picture. At the summit of the first mountain there was a deer. Didn't expect that. The reason I am including it is to show why "blobsquatches" are prevalent in pictures today. I had to hurry to get a picture of the deer as it began to move away. The camera focused on the vegetation rather than the deer. Edited July 12, 2020 by wiiawiwb 1 5
norseman Posted July 12, 2020 Admin Posted July 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, wiiawiwb said: Yesterday, I went on a hiking adventure rather than a sasquatching one. I hiked with a buddy and we went up and over three mountains on a peninsula. The interior forest was a bit hazy as we started up the first one. Then, as you proceed from the first mountain to the second one to the third, you walk some of the way along a ridgeline, where you are treated to a view of both sides. The area is well known for its population of timber rattlers and if bitten there is no fast or easy way back to your car. That doesn't bode well. I've been hiking and backpacking many years and this hike was the most difficult one I've ever done. That includes Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, Desolation Valley, and the Grand Canyon. Steep climbs, then sliding down nearly-vertical terrain on your backside as you proceed down the mountain. The descents, with their rock ledges and narrow pathways, were more rigorous than the ascents. One missed step, which becomes easier when you begin to get tired, and you're tumbling down nearly vertical cliffs in some areas. All-in-all it was a great day hiking and the continuous views along the way inspired us to continue forward. Beautiful! where?
Popular Post Explorer Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Posted July 14, 2020 Just got back from 6 days of exploring a small portion of the Six Rivers National Forest and the Siskiyou Wilderness in Northern California. Spent 2 nights car camping in the SRNF and 3 nights backpacking into the wilderness. The best part of the trip was the backpacking part, since I went deeper into the wilderness and I saw plenty of wildlife. Below are some pictures of the wilderness area and the lake where I camped the first night. Also showing a picture of my thermal imager setup. This was the first time that I backpacked with a large lithium battery (the Jackery 240 Wh portable power bank). I had backpacked before with my full size tripod, since the image quality is better when stable. I wanted to test the ability to run the thermal imager and video record all night (8 hours) for 3 nights (without having to monitor and replace the 4 AA lithium batteries every 7 to 8 hours). First night, I heard noises coming from the brush, got out of the tent ~9:38 PM, started recording on the thermal, and saw the buck in the photo. The unit recorded as the buck came out of the bush and walked in front of thermal imager. The time stamp and date on this FLIR unit is not correct and cannot be fixed (apparently the battery that runs the clock is internal to the unit and cannot be replaced unless I ship the unit to manufacturer; this is a design flaw). The 2nd FLIR photo was the 2nd night and occurred down 600 ft in the valley. Again, I left the unit running all night for 8 hours and it captured this bear walking towards the creek. While the photo is not clear (because the bear is far), the video shows its bear shape and motions more clearly. BTW, the buck moved on to the other side of the lake and disturbed the only other backpacker there from 1 to 4 AM. I saw the guy in the morning and he was so scared that he did not sleep and started a fire. He never saw what was making all the noises and stumping the ground. I told him it was the buck, since it did the same in my campground earlier that night. Not sure what was the problem with this buck, but I also captured a doe in the imager that came later, so maybe the buck wanted to clear the area? I was happy to have a thermal imager and see what was making the noises. 1 2 4
hiflier Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Were there as many dead trees there as it appears in the images?
BigTreeWalker Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 13 hours ago, Explorer said: BTW, the buck moved on to the other side of the lake and disturbed the only other backpacker there from 1 to 4 AM. I saw the guy in the morning and he was so scared that he did not sleep and started a fire. He never saw what was making all the noises and stumping the ground. I told him it was the buck, since it did the same in my campground earlier that night. Looks like you had some great country to see there. I have a question about what you called stumping. I assume it's the animal stomping? I'm glad you mentioned that. I have seen both deer and elk do that when disturbed. Just another thing to be aware of when out in the wild, especially at night.
Explorer Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 11 hours ago, hiflier said: Were there as many dead trees there as it appears in the images? There was a fire in the area 2 years ago and it did kill many trees on my way up to the lake and on the valley. In addition, I think there were many other trees that were dying or dead due to the bark (or pine) beetle infestation. I have seen that devastation also in Emigrant Wilderness up in the Sierra Nevada. Real sad. 9 hours ago, BigTreeWalker said: Looks like you had some great country to see there. I have a question about what you called stumping. I assume it's the animal stomping? I'm glad you mentioned that. I have seen both deer and elk do that when disturbed. Just another thing to be aware of when out in the wild, especially at night. I heard loud noises that sounded like stomping (while in place) instead of walking but it was sporadic and not continuous. Attached is a small audio sample from my recording at the lake around 12:30 AM so that you can better understand what I heard (it lasts about 1 min 45 seconds). There is some walking there at the end, but with some hard footsteps. BTW, I never saw the animal stomping, it just sounded like that. The guy who was camping on the east side of the lake told me that he also heard stumping like sounds and that at first light he went looking for tracks and found a spot of dirt that had been kicked around. The spot had deer prints. He showed the dirt spot to me, and it did looked like a deer had been kicking the spot. Buck_Stomping_Sounds_Normalized.mp3
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