Wed Oct 19th 2005
Oct 19th~
Yeah--no bears overnight!! That was our scariest "pee" before going to sleep ever. We headed to Kings Canyon National Park (right next to Sequoia Nat park).....went for a semi short hike. I think all the activity is catching up with Laura. She usually is exhausted every night and then ready and willing for some activity in the morning...but today I finally have noticed that she's needing some more down time. By the way, we have been getting about 8-10 hours of sleep each night...it's unreal. Ok, so we are stolling along leisurely in Kings Canyon on "Hart Tree" path when we happen along a couple that spent the night in the canyon (in their tent) they told us that yesterday on the trail they saw a black bear. You can say that we were hiking with some heightened awareness. I still laugh when I think of this conversation with Laura.
Laura "you look straight ahead and to the right-I'll look to the left and behind us"
Lu "ok-sounds good-let's have a code word to say if we see a bear"
pause
Lu "well --lets just say BEAR-it's not like we're supposed to be quiet"
we were singing and giving out these yelps all along the trail "mow" was my favorite. 1/2 hr later i hear laura say "we have a bear to the left" i was like "are you kidding me"..NOPE i saw a big ole black bear--luckily walking the opposite direction. Damn we never wanted a hike to be over so quickly....oy!
We finally got out of there and started to drive towards Yosemite. We actually broke down and had a pay for a motel room. I just couldn't take my stench anymore! It's been six long hiking days (about 14 normal days) without a shower! Not pretty. We spent the night in Merced, CA -had some very good authentic Mexican food.
Yeah--no bears overnight!! That was our scariest "pee" before going to sleep ever. We headed to Kings Canyon National Park (right next to Sequoia Nat park).....went for a semi short hike. I think all the activity is catching up with Laura. She usually is exhausted every night and then ready and willing for some activity in the morning...but today I finally have noticed that she's needing some more down time. By the way, we have been getting about 8-10 hours of sleep each night...it's unreal. Ok, so we are stolling along leisurely in Kings Canyon on "Hart Tree" path when we happen along a couple that spent the night in the canyon (in their tent) they told us that yesterday on the trail they saw a black bear. You can say that we were hiking with some heightened awareness. I still laugh when I think of this conversation with Laura.
Laura "you look straight ahead and to the right-I'll look to the left and behind us"
Lu "ok-sounds good-let's have a code word to say if we see a bear"
pause
Lu "well --lets just say BEAR-it's not like we're supposed to be quiet"
we were singing and giving out these yelps all along the trail "mow" was my favorite. 1/2 hr later i hear laura say "we have a bear to the left" i was like "are you kidding me"..NOPE i saw a big ole black bear--luckily walking the opposite direction. Damn we never wanted a hike to be over so quickly....oy!
We finally got out of there and started to drive towards Yosemite. We actually broke down and had a pay for a motel room. I just couldn't take my stench anymore! It's been six long hiking days (about 14 normal days) without a shower! Not pretty. We spent the night in Merced, CA -had some very good authentic Mexican food.
posted by Lu Betti at 7:20 AM
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