big john

You can rent an RV and now there are private party rentals but they are not cheap. If I owned a nice RV I wouldn't want to rent it out.

Mojo31

The rentals are good for local use only. If we had one, we would want to head to places like southern Utah, Colorado, California, etc. Most rentals come with 100 miles per day included, but then a $1.00 or more per mile adder. If you take it far, it gets expensive really quickly. Frankly, I'd rather fly and stay in a nice hotel.

When the kids and I were camping a lot during their childhood, we did rent RVs for some of the winter campouts when the weather forecast was bad. Worked out very nicely.

Mojo31

And, I would've rode faster than the guy next to me. I would have ridden like Lance!

LAJ

I was thinking the same thing. Unless that camera had a telescope for a lens, that's way too close.

phrantic09

Hi

Jack Tone 

My buddy and I went to a motocross race in the Nevada desert. He drove the van to the highest plateau he could find the night before, and we slept out under the stars. In the middle of the night I heard the strangest howling that sounded like a hundred animals coming our way. We jumped into the van and locked the doors. Whatever it was ran past, but that's where we stayed. I suppose it was coyotes.

indyfabz

They are grizzlies. Shot was likely taken from inside a vehicle by a worker involved with plowing operations.

Great Flickr album from last year. A few other grizzly shots and one of a black.

2020 Plowing Photos | Flickr

Can't wait for the 2021 album.

When I was riding back down from the pass back in 2000 a black bear wondered out of the brush and crossed the road about 50' in front of me.

abshipp 

2nd Moderna dose in my arm

Of course I'm a big ol' dummy and forgot my vaccination card at home

indyfabz

Check out the link posted just above. Almost certainly taken by a plow crew driving up to work.

I have a friend who was up in Banff a couple of years ago. She and her travelling companion were driving long a road slowly when a grizzly came out of woods and just started walked along side their vehicle. They got it on video. Amazing footage. Amazing experience. Even grizzlies are not that aggressive when not with their cubs and not startled or molested.

But things can go wrong. The ex-husband of a old friend/former student of mine from law school was killed and partially consumed by a grizzly in Yellowstone a few years back. Thought is he surprised a mother with two cubs. Experienced outdoorsman who was volunteering in the park. Wrong place at the wring time.

Even more recently, a Forest Service cop was mountain biking not far from Glacier N.P. in an area known for a heavy bear presence. He was bombing a decent, came around a corner, hit a grizzly that was in the middle of the trail, crashed and was mauled to death by the animal. His brother-in-law was not far behind when he came upon the attack, but there was nothing he could do. The investigation indicated that the deceased had, at most, three seconds to react after rounding the curve.

datlas 

i Hola !

indyfabz

You might also be able to get a good deal on a house in Montana when people who bought there to escape COVID realize they hate the harsh winters. I read some articles last year about people buying properties for well over what had been regular market value, sight unseen in some cases.

Jack Tone 

Exactly what my brother in law did.

phrantic09

I had nothing to contribute

big john

My friend lives in Great Falls. Her husband took the family there when he was in the military. She hates it, as you would imagine from someone who grew up in Southern California and loved the beach, etc.

bampilot06

Dont feel bad, that’s me everyday!

bampilot06

When I lived in Alaska, somebody got mauled by bear almost weekly. I was told pretty early on that black bears were worse than grizzlies. Grizzlies will hit you and leave you alone, black bears make sure you are dead.

Most people mauled, were running with head phones in.

Jack Tone 

We went to a wedding in Montana years ago in the Summer. REAlly hot. Stayed in a beautiful house with lots of windows overlooking a small river. That night, with the lights on in the house, the windows were COMPLETELY covered in bugs so you couldn't see anything. I'll pass.

genejockey 

I spent a week in Montana some years back, at the invitation of a virtual friend from an archery forum. We were rifle-hunting deer (yes, I got one), and after sitting in a ditch, wearing polypropylene tights under two layers of woolen longjohns, under woolen camo, in EARLY NOVEMBER, I decided Montana is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

I put all that stuff on back at his house, then we drove like an hour to the hunting spot, so of course I had to pee when we got there. With all that stuff on, it brought a different meaning to "Fly Fishing".

genejockey 

Yesterday was a beautiful day on the road. It's still green here, but you can see the signs of it drying out, about a month early. Wildflowers still blooming, especially the lupines all along Canada road. I think it was about 80 degrees most of the time. Not too warm, just warm enough.

WhyFi

Hey.

WhyFi

Good to hear that you didn't get bike-jacked.

genejockey 

Yes, I narrowly avoided it by living 40 miles and a long bridge away!

phrantic09

I had a pretty awesome weekend to celebrate hitting 41.

Mom, stepdad and grandmother all came for a visit (we are all vaccinated) and we spent the day relaxing. Later on, we hit up a my friend’s brewery and had some food truck food. We finished off the night grilling, was a good time. No bike riding was involved. Sad!

WhyFi

When I was in Brooklyn, it was always funny and/or annoying when my (MN) friends and family would express similar concerns about something going on in a vastly different corner of NYC, so I figured I'd pass it along.

WhyFi