Communing with Nature

While in Colorado Justin and I have had an amazing time. Partly because of our wilderness activities and partly because we are just two amazing guys and no matter where we go we brighten the experience of everyone there even it is only the two of us. All that said we hiked St. Mary’s Glacier the other day and ran into a little wildlife, which soon became large wildlife.
We started our hike on some private property of a friend of Justin’s; which made the hiking pretty remote and thus increased the chances to encounter some creatures. It was an old ski resort that had been abandoned since 1988.

Here’s how it started. Justin saw an amazingly cute and cuddly brown bear, one that makes you want to take pictures of it and play with it.


And as we were doing just that the mother spotted us messing with her little baby. I heard a lot of splashing, huffing, and slight growling which made me turn in the direction and very quickly take this photo.


I can run really fast and I had a head start on Justin since I tripped him in the beginning of the getaway. Since I had such a head start I thought I would document our departure with a few photos. It’s a good thing because I got Justin getting really good air over this log.


Justin thought this tree was a good escape but upon further inspection we opted to keep running, and eventually hide in some bushes.

Then she saw us and Justin jumped up and started swatting at it and the bear swatted at him; but thankfully I remembered my youth.





















You see I was raised by brown bears for a portion of my early years and thus I became the “bear whisperer” (similar to the time I tamed wildlife in Boston). I was able to explain all that had transpired and we were able to clear up the misunderstanding. And in the end she waved us good bye and told us the quickest route to the top.

Something by G. Grant

I thought this was really good, and it’s a quick read. I don't know how to make it a clickable link but here is the address and if you know how to copy and paste you'll do just fine. http://www.kingsmeadow.com/2006/08/where-is-thy-blush.html

Nugget Point

When I left Antarctica the last time I traveled with a couple friends of mine and we come to Nugget point which is located on the South Island of New Zealand. Like all the rest of New Zealand it was beautiful and we saw a couple sea lions there as well. We hoped to see some yellow penguins but they were not do in for a few hours and we couldn't staty to see them anyway.