Hey Ryan,
Since there is several folks that count everything from F,P,X, to
various animals observed on the letterboxing hunt, should there be a
TL count?
Don
We are in
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Started on 2003-11-03
We are in
From: gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2003-11-03 16:06:51 UTC
Re: We are in
From: rscarpen (RiskyNil@pocketmail.com) |
Date: 2003-11-03 17:27:52 UTC
> should there be a TL count?
Hmm.... Not sure. What's TL stand for? Turtle? =)
It's kind of funny, but I never really counted anything but PFXE and
considered counting HH separately since they're definitely a class
very different than the typical finds. But when I started hiking the
AT, I started counting all the snakes, turtles, lizards, bears,
moose, and anything else I typically saw, on average, once a week or
less. I ended up losing count of the snakes and turtles by
Pennsylvania (somewhere north of 10--out of fingers and I can't count
anymore!) Lizards were surprisingly uncommon--at least compared to
California--and I never really had the heart for counting anything as
mundane as a lizard. Although I have to admit, it was fun seeing
some freaking looking lizards instead of the usual western fence
lizard that's so common in California. Bears and moose: I saw five
bears and two moose. In the wild, at least. If you count bears seen
in captivity in the Bear Mountain Zoo (which the trail does go
through!) you can add two more to that count. Then there was another
circus bear I saw in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, but it was
actually located about five miles off the the trail so I definitely
don't think that one should count.
But I digress.... what does TL stand for? =)
-- Ryan
Hmm.... Not sure. What's TL stand for? Turtle? =)
It's kind of funny, but I never really counted anything but PFXE and
considered counting HH separately since they're definitely a class
very different than the typical finds. But when I started hiking the
AT, I started counting all the snakes, turtles, lizards, bears,
moose, and anything else I typically saw, on average, once a week or
less. I ended up losing count of the snakes and turtles by
Pennsylvania (somewhere north of 10--out of fingers and I can't count
anymore!) Lizards were surprisingly uncommon--at least compared to
California--and I never really had the heart for counting anything as
mundane as a lizard. Although I have to admit, it was fun seeing
some freaking looking lizards instead of the usual western fence
lizard that's so common in California. Bears and moose: I saw five
bears and two moose. In the wild, at least. If you count bears seen
in captivity in the Bear Mountain Zoo (which the trail does go
through!) you can add two more to that count. Then there was another
circus bear I saw in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, but it was
actually located about five miles off the the trail so I definitely
don't think that one should count.
But I digress.... what does TL stand for? =)
-- Ryan
Re: [LbCA] Re: We are in
From: Gwen & Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2003-11-03 13:07:24 UTC-08:00
Talk Lists. We saw a cool small black bear on the road into the Japanese bombing site. Gwen and I generally keep count in our own records for P,F, and X so that we can try to stay even or atleast close to even on the P &F. This year I could have really increased my rattler count big time. Earlier this year I killed a nasty little 12 incher about 30 feet from our front door ,and just last week while chasing Quail I came across two huge rattlers within 20 minutes of each other. I vowed not to hunt that area until it gets a lot colder.Don
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From: rscarpen
To: LbCA@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:27 AM
Subject: [LbCA] Re: We are in
> should there be a TL count?
Hmm.... Not sure. What's TL stand for? Turtle? =)
It's kind of funny, but I never really counted anything but PFXE and
considered counting HH separately since they're definitely a class
very different than the typical finds. But when I started hiking the
AT, I started counting all the snakes, turtles, lizards, bears,
moose, and anything else I typically saw, on average, once a week or
less. I ended up losing count of the snakes and turtles by
Pennsylvania (somewhere north of 10--out of fingers and I can't count
anymore!) Lizards were surprisingly uncommon--at least compared to
California--and I never really had the heart for counting anything as
mundane as a lizard. Although I have to admit, it was fun seeing
some freaking looking lizards instead of the usual western fence
lizard that's so common in California. Bears and moose: I saw five
bears and two moose. In the wild, at least. If you count bears seen
in captivity in the Bear Mountain Zoo (which the trail does go
through!) you can add two more to that count. Then there was another
circus bear I saw in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, but it was
actually located about five miles off the the trail so I definitely
don't think that one should count.
But I digress.... what does TL stand for? =)
-- Ryan
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----- Original Message -----
From: rscarpen
To: LbCA@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:27 AM
Subject: [LbCA] Re: We are in
> should there be a TL count?
Hmm.... Not sure. What's TL stand for? Turtle? =)
It's kind of funny, but I never really counted anything but PFXE and
considered counting HH separately since they're definitely a class
very different than the typical finds. But when I started hiking the
AT, I started counting all the snakes, turtles, lizards, bears,
moose, and anything else I typically saw, on average, once a week or
less. I ended up losing count of the snakes and turtles by
Pennsylvania (somewhere north of 10--out of fingers and I can't count
anymore!) Lizards were surprisingly uncommon--at least compared to
California--and I never really had the heart for counting anything as
mundane as a lizard. Although I have to admit, it was fun seeing
some freaking looking lizards instead of the usual western fence
lizard that's so common in California. Bears and moose: I saw five
bears and two moose. In the wild, at least. If you count bears seen
in captivity in the Bear Mountain Zoo (which the trail does go
through!) you can add two more to that count. Then there was another
circus bear I saw in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, but it was
actually located about five miles off the the trail so I definitely
don't think that one should count.
But I digress.... what does TL stand for? =)
-- Ryan
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Re: We are in
From: rscarpen (RiskyNil@pocketmail.com) |
Date: 2003-11-04 01:22:55 UTC
> We saw a cool small black bear on the road into the Japanese
> bombing site.
What?! You mean my Bomb's Away letterbox?! I didn't realize you two
nabbed that box! Which is actually in Oregon, not California, but
it's so close to the border you could practically spit into
California if the wind is blowing in the right direction, so who
cares? =)
But to see a black bear too?! Sheeze, I saw a black bear driving
back down from that road too! And I got a report from somebody else
who had also seen a black bear on that road while getting the
letterbox. Wait a minute--that wasn't you guys that told me that, is
it? Hmm... Maybe you did tell me about finding that box.
In any case, it does seem to be an especially good place to spot
black bears since everyone that goes out there for the box seems to
see one. (Who'd have thought?)
Okay, I'm done.... =)
-- Ryan
> bombing site.
What?! You mean my Bomb's Away letterbox?! I didn't realize you two
nabbed that box! Which is actually in Oregon, not California, but
it's so close to the border you could practically spit into
California if the wind is blowing in the right direction, so who
cares? =)
But to see a black bear too?! Sheeze, I saw a black bear driving
back down from that road too! And I got a report from somebody else
who had also seen a black bear on that road while getting the
letterbox. Wait a minute--that wasn't you guys that told me that, is
it? Hmm... Maybe you did tell me about finding that box.
In any case, it does seem to be an especially good place to spot
black bears since everyone that goes out there for the box seems to
see one. (Who'd have thought?)
Okay, I'm done.... =)
-- Ryan