The Great Outdoors
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Just set up our trailer at Bear Creek Provincial park in Kelowna BC.
Bear Creek Provincial Park - BC Parks
Will staying here over the weekend with some friends and the weather forecast is looking great. This will be our third outing this year since returning form our big trip. It's first come first serve now that peak season is over with and we lucked out with this big lot right by the lake shore
About thirty steps from the back of our trailer is this here.
I'd like to get in one more trip early October, will post pictures of the cool colour changes if I do.
Bear Creek Provincial Park - BC Parks
Will staying here over the weekend with some friends and the weather forecast is looking great. This will be our third outing this year since returning form our big trip. It's first come first serve now that peak season is over with and we lucked out with this big lot right by the lake shore
About thirty steps from the back of our trailer is this here.
I'd like to get in one more trip early October, will post pictures of the cool colour changes if I do.
Nice thread. I'm renting a cabin rather than camping but I'm off to Shenandoah Valley for a week on Saturday. The hiking there's stunning so I'll make sure to take some pics. I'm hoping to get my other half on a horse as well, I don't think he's done that since he was a small child.
That's an awesome campsite bro. Have fun. I'm super jealous.Just set up our trailer at Bear Creek Provincial park in Kelowna BC.
Bear Creek Provincial Park - BC Parks
Will staying here over the weekend with some friends and the weather forecast is looking great. This will be our third outing this year since returning form our big trip. It's first come first serve now that peak season is over with and we lucked out with this big lot right by the lake shore
About thirty steps from the back of our trailer is this here.
I'd like to get in one more trip early October, will post pictures of the cool colour changes if I do.
Not sure what part of the Shenandoah Valley you're staying at
@silentsinger , but if you are close to Roanoke you should definitely hike up to McAfee Knob. It's on the AT, but you can park your car off the road and it's about a 2 hour hike to the top. It's a steep climb, but it's well worth it. The view of the Blue Ridge Mountains is amazing. Once up there you can hike along the ridge for about a half mile or so if I remember correctly. That area is called Tinker Cliffs.
@silentsinger , but if you are close to Roanoke you should definitely hike up to McAfee Knob. It's on the AT, but you can park your car off the road and it's about a 2 hour hike to the top. It's a steep climb, but it's well worth it. The view of the Blue Ridge Mountains is amazing. Once up there you can hike along the ridge for about a half mile or so if I remember correctly. That area is called Tinker Cliffs.
Strange you mention Roanoke. Depending on work commitments we were planning on spending an extra couple of days in Roanoke before coming back to Fairfax, we're staying in Luray this time though.Not sure what part of the Shenandoah Valley you're staying at
Those pictures are stunning.
I found a dead bobcat today, kind of an odd discovery. Don't see them very often, alive or dead. Not really on point with this thread, but still kind of interesting IMO.
That's gnarly. very cool.I found a dead bobcat today, kind of an odd discovery. Don't see them very often, alive or dead. Not really on point with this thread, but still kind of interesting IMO.
Les Stroud would've salvaged that for a mealI found a dead bobcat today, kind of an odd discovery. Don't see them very often, alive or dead. Not really on point with this thread, but still kind of interesting IMO.
Back when I was in my early 20s, my uncle - taught winter wilderness survival in the usaf, eagle scout, had been park ranger in the Tetons - lived in Leadville Co. The highest incorporated city in the US iirc. Well we went out to visit him, and I asked before I took my dogs out hiking for the day if there was any chance that I'd see a mountain lion. He just laughed it off and said "No. But they will see you."
He told me where a nice trail was, but fuck that shit, I don't hike on trails, I hike through the woods. So off I went. Got totally lost for about 6 hours with my dogs and came across some fresh mountain lion tracks. My Rottweiler was about 130 pounds, and her feet were small compared to the tracks. I have said that there is nothing I'd rather not be attacked by than a crocodile/alligator/dinosaur with large predatory cats being a close second.
It's one of the few times I was ever truly scared in the woods. Luckily I happened to walk the right direction, and ran into the trail I was advised to stay on just as the sun was setting.
When I told my uncle about it later over a glass of vodka, he took his glasses off, looked me in the eye, and said "well, that was fucking stupid." We never spoke about it again.
He told me where a nice trail was, but fuck that shit, I don't hike on trails, I hike through the woods. So off I went. Got totally lost for about 6 hours with my dogs and came across some fresh mountain lion tracks. My Rottweiler was about 130 pounds, and her feet were small compared to the tracks. I have said that there is nothing I'd rather not be attacked by than a crocodile/alligator/dinosaur with large predatory cats being a close second.
It's one of the few times I was ever truly scared in the woods. Luckily I happened to walk the right direction, and ran into the trail I was advised to stay on just as the sun was setting.
When I told my uncle about it later over a glass of vodka, he took his glasses off, looked me in the eye, and said "well, that was fucking stupid." We never spoke about it again.
Abby, aka Abs of Steel, (edit: the shepard mix not the rott) had a killer evil dog face when she wanted to, as opposed to having her ears down and looking beta as fuck like she normally did, unless we were in the woods, which she knew was her domain. Wish this pic was clearer, but the fucking 90's man. The fucking 90's. Where were my megapixels then fuckers?!
There wasn't much left...but I'd watch Les eat it
It had already been picked over pretty good (probably by vultures), organs and eyes were gone. And most of the bones had been cleaned off. I was looking for a wound or something to try to figure out what got him, but it was hard to tell in the state he was in.
Well, where the fuck were you?
Hah!
Nope.Not sure what part of the Shenandoah Valley you're staying at
It's not as bad as it looks. it's sort of an optical illusion. the actual drop from the edge right there is probably only about 40' or so.
Currently 34 degrees and I'm actually hot in my sleeping bag. Gonna keep my long johns on until the inevitable urge to piss comes on in the middle of the night and I have to venture out of the tent - but after that this camper is going commando!
I was confused until it dawned on me that you're talking Fahrenheit and not Celsius.
Always sleep commando in freezing temperatures. Just make sure you have the right sleeping bag.