Holidays - where´ve you been, where´re you going ?

[Frances]

Salt Lake City. Las Vegas. Portland. Reno.

Maybe Lake Tahoe.

[old barney greyheron]

Going to south Devon soon..killing two birds with one stone..my son lives there and i've booked a small apartment not far from his town, but in the countryside..will spend a couple of days at his place after my holiday..people ask me why pay for a holiday when I could stay at his house for nothing..haha, we'd kill each if we spent too long in the same room even now we're both 'mature' hehe...

[firehazard]

Going to south Devon soon..killing two birds with one stone..my son lives there and i've booked a small apartment not far from his town, but in the countryside..will spend a couple of days at his place after my holiday..people ask me why pay for a holiday when I could stay at his house for nothing..haha, we'd kill each if we spent too long in the same room even now we're both 'mature' hehe...

Nice one, barney. Hope you have a great time.

[old barney greyheron]

Going to south Devon soon..killing two birds with one stone..my son lives there and i've booked a small apartment not far from his town, but in the countryside..will spend a couple of days at his place after my holiday..people ask me why pay for a holiday when I could stay at his house for nothing..haha, we'd kill each if we spent too long in the same room even now we're both 'mature' hehe...

Nice one, barney. Hope you have a great time.

I had a very nice time, thank you firehazard..even though i'm an old arthritic fart, I went on walks up hill and down dale..i'm home now and my body has rejected me haha i'm totally fucked xx

[soulfinger]

Going to south Devon soon..killing two birds with one stone..my son lives there and i've booked a small apartment not far from his town, but in the countryside..will spend a couple of days at his place after my holiday..people ask me why pay for a holiday when I could stay at his house for nothing..haha, we'd kill each if we spent too long in the same room even now we're both 'mature' hehe...

Nice one, barney. Hope you have a great time.

I had a very nice time, thank you firehazard..even though i'm an old arthritic fart, I went on walks up hill and down dale..i'm home now and my body has rejected me haha i'm totally fucked xx

Good man yourself Barney. Keep moving!

[old barney greyheron]

Going to south Devon soon..killing two birds with one stone..my son lives there and i've booked a small apartment not far from his town, but in the countryside..will spend a couple of days at his place after my holiday..people ask me why pay for a holiday when I could stay at his house for nothing..haha, we'd kill each if we spent too long in the same room even now we're both 'mature' hehe...

Nice one, barney. Hope you have a great time.

I had a very nice time, thank you firehazard..even though i'm an old arthritic fart, I went on walks up hill and down dale..i'm home now and my body has rejected me haha i'm totally fucked xx

Good man yourself Barney. Keep moving!

Always, my friend xx

[Frances]

7 nights in Baltimore for $666? + the usual...
Uh, yes.

DC has bargains. Boston kinda. Philly, definitely. NYC and Honolulu? bupkis.

[Low D]

The north half of Vancouver Island. So far have seen many deer, a rabbit, a black bear, a sea otter, a stellar sea lion hunting AND a whole stellar sea lion colony, a pod of Dal's porpoises, and 5 humpback whales feeding, including a mother and calf.

The smell of a sea lion colony is... memorable, which is a shame as one would rather forget it.

20 years ago I spent about a day hiking out to Cape Scott, the actual tip of the island, and one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Turns out it takes about 20 minutes in a boat

[Frances]

The north half of Vancouver Island. So far have seen many deer, a rabbit, a black bear, a sea otter, a stellar sea lion hunting AND a whole stellar sea lion colony, a pod of Dal's porpoises, and 5 humpback whales feeding, including a mother and calf.

The smell of a sea lion colony is... memorable, which is a shame as one would rather forget it.

20 years ago I spent about a day hiking out to Cape Scott, the actual tip of the island, and one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Turns out it takes about 20 minutes in a boat

Gotta rate bear above whale.

A relative had a bear in their apple tree in the middle of the night and knew due to motion detector lights.

I wasn't around and missed the big event.

Four feet good.

[Low D]

I mean, I saw some whales from a ferry once (greys & humpbacks), but this was (at times) CLOSE. Bears are lovely and make me so happy, just to know they've managed to survive near us. However, I've certainly been lucky to have seen a few black bears (Ursus americanus) in the wild (and at a few dumps) in my time, so this humpback mom & baby, who did every motion in perfect synch, was amazing to me.

Now a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) might trump a whale...I'll let you know if I ever see one.

[Frances]

I mean, I saw some whales from a ferry once (greys & humpbacks), but this was (at times) CLOSE. Bears are lovely and make me so happy, just to know they've managed to survive near us. However, I've certainly been lucky to have seen a few black bears (Ursus americanus) in the wild (and at a few dumps) in my time, so this humpback mom & baby, who did every motion in perfect synch, was amazing to me.

Now a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) might trump a whale...I'll let you know if I ever see one.

Some relatives used to live in Tahoe and the beer drinking one would walk to the bar where there were always bears. Bears!!!

Bears! Like them and mountain goats.

Have you seen Grizzly Man? Sleeping bags are the soft tacos of bearland. Derp.

[Low D]

Some relatives used to live in Tahoe and the beer drinking one would walk to the bar where there were always bears. Bears!!!

Bears! Like them and mountain goats.

Have you seen Grizzly Man? Sleeping bags are the soft tacos of bearland. Derp.

Grizzly Man is amazing. My friend's band wrote a song about that guy, you can see them play it with my youngest when she was young adding some ambience here:
https://youtu.be/_Fut8GCw_5M

Mountain Goats are lovely. We were going to go to Olympic National Park in Washington hoping to see Mountain Goats back in Spring 2019 but then this pandemic happened and...

[firehazard]

Gotta rate bear above whale.

A relative had a bear in their apple tree in the middle of the night and knew due to motion detector lights.

I wasn't around and missed the big event.

Four feet good.

A few years ago, eldest daughter was at a conference somewhere in Colorado where there were bears in the wild. They'd all been given instructions about how to stay safe if they encountered a bear. One night, she was with a group of colleagues coming back from a bar after dark when, right in front of them a few feet away, was a bear foraging through some bins. Being highly trained scientists, they all totally ignored the safety instructions, screamed and ran.

The bear ignored them completely.

[Low D]

Saw another black bear today, just outside of Port Alberni. Just a young'un, very cute.

[Frances]

Gotta rate bear above whale.

A relative had a bear in their apple tree in the middle of the night and knew due to motion detector lights.

I wasn't around and missed the big event.

Four feet good.

A few years ago, eldest daughter was at a conference somewhere in Colorado where there were bears in the wild. They'd all been given instructions about how to stay safe if they encountered a bear. One night, she was with a group of colleagues coming back from a bar after dark when, right in front of them a few feet away, was a bear foraging through some bins. Being highly trained scientists, they all totally ignored the safety instructions, screamed and ran.

The bear ignored them completely.

Bears!!!