Reply to: EO's Big Adventure

[SupremeSpod]

the missus has been looking for bear bells and pepper spray, for the Grizzlies.

She asked me where and what habitat we could find the different species, and how could we tell what to expect.

So I told her we would examine the poo. Black bears poo contains berries and nuts, Grizzlies poo contains little bells and smells of pepper

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Welcome back!

[EternalOptimist]

the missus has been looking for bear bells and pepper spray, for the Grizzlies.

She asked me where and what habitat we could find the different species, and how could we tell what to expect.

So I told her we would examine the poo. Black bears poo contains berries and nuts, Grizzlies poo contains little bells and smells of pepper

[Old Greg]

If you're passing near Whistler, you could do a lot worse than staying overnight at:

Pemberton Valley Vineyard Inn & Lodge - Pemberton BC near Whistler, Accommodation & Lodging

B & B in a vineyard in Pemberton Valley. Mrs OG and I soppted there about 4 years ago. The owner was away in the evening so got a fantastic chef in for the guests (just Mrs OG and me). Very memorable meal with wine made on premises in a stunning setting. I still remember the breajfast frittata as well. Mmmm.

[TimberWolf]

I always make a point of going to the bar on my own, so she can have a good hard f@rt, without having to be ladylike. like.

fahrt

[EternalOptimist]

Sounds like a grand plan!

If you dont mind me asking, how did you plan this?

Quite envious of you now. How much will this trip cost?

I have always wanted to do somethign like this but never got off my lazy arse.

Have a great time.

To be honest planning it is the easy bit. A trip like this for two, costs about £5k.

The most important thing is to get the attitude right, you will be spending some uncomfortable days, some uncomfortable nights, and you will be with the other person almost constantly.

I always make a point of going to the bar on my own, so she can have a good hard f@rt, without having to be ladylike. like.

If you plan on doing 400 - 500 miles per day, with a 1000 miler thrown in, you can bank three four day stops, which become mini holidays in their own right, in wildly different parts of the continent.

And the stories, adventures and experiences are worth all the pain

[fullyautomatix]

Sounds like a grand plan!

If you dont mind me asking, how did you plan this?

Quite envious of you now. How much will this trip cost?

I have always wanted to do somethign like this but never got off my lazy arse.

Have a great time.

[Paddy]

It's that time of the year again. Adventure time, time to pack the holdall, check the passport and tickets, empty the cider bottle of coins and get the currency.

Two weeks today we fly to San Diego. Hire a car and ..vrroooom

Golden Gate bridge
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone (meeting some geezer)
head north for the border
through British Columbia
Into Alaska
Anchorage
stop for a wee
Back through Canada
Seattle
Fly home to Manchester


its going to be a toughie, possibly 8k miles


I'll bring back some news, i intend to prove, once and for all, that bears do sh1t in the woods

Don't miss out on a visit to Shed World

Southern California Wood Storage Shed, Garage, and Barn Builder

[norrahe]

Have fun!

I think you'll find that its the pope who sh!ts in the woods and not bears

[EternalOptimist]

Well, mind how you go.

I was on holiday up in the Yukon a couple of years ago. One morning, I was just ambling along minding my own business when suddenly I turned to my left and was face to face with a Grizzly bear no more than one metre away. They are huge!

Luckily that one had been killed and stuffed some time before it was put in that museum but it right put the willies up me I can tell you!

I got chased across the desert in Oz once by a ten foot camel with a three foot boner


luckily I could get more traction in the sand than he could get in my Sh1t

[Gonzo]

I'll bring back some news, i intend to prove, once and for all, that bears do sh1t in the woods

Well, mind how you go.

I was on holiday up in the Yukon a couple of years ago. One morning, I was just ambling along minding my own business when suddenly I turned to my left and was face to face with a Grizzly bear no more than one metre away. They are huge!

Luckily that one had been killed and stuffed some time before it was put in that museum but it right put the willies up me I can tell you!

[TimberWolf]

Thats it, TW
almost exactly

It might seem like a bit of penny pinching alternative coming up, but you could do the whole trip on streetview / google earth.

Here, I've got you started. Just 6000 miles to go:

[EternalOptimist]

Thats it, TW
almost exactly

[TimberWolf]

Something like this?



Looks like quite an adventure.

[Gibbon]

Alaska - Survival Tips

See you're off to Alaska,

Don't go to Fairbanks unless you want a real look at what the wild west was like.

If you do:

Don't play Eskimo women at pool, if you win you're expected to sleep with them, if you lose their husband sleeps with you!

If some random cowboy adventurer type says he's got something to show you in his pickup truck politely decline and run. Else you may be staring down the wrong end of a couple of loaded and cocked rifles with him advising you that a round from this in your face and 'you ain't goner get up from that' .

Take plenty of big freezer bags, they don't have butchers as such, they wait for some moose roadkill and butcher them on the roadside.

Also if you see any yank serviceman remind them that back in 1994 we whooped their arses in a flying exercise.

HTH

[SupremeSpod]

Tell Bill that I said "Hello".