The Cow Bell

As worn.

July 28th 2010
Geo: 61.2181, -149.9We had been cautioned by just about everyone to be careful about bears. We were advised to make lots of noise, preferably by talking, so the bears would know we were coming and, hopefully, get out of our way. Well, I don't talk well when hiking - concentrating too much on breathing I guess. So I decided to use a bell. Not the little jingle bell things they call bear b ... read more

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Anne & Lee

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Anne and I started our hiking trips back in 2001 and have managed to get two or three trips in each year since. Most of the trips were part of our quest to hike in all of the US National Parks, a quest we completed in 2015 with our trip to Alaska and the Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley parks. At that time there were 59 parks. Since 2015 we have revisited some of our favorite areas and those have been blogged as well. Additionally, along the way we’ve taken a couple of trips to Canada where we hiked in most, if not all, of the Canadian National Parks in the Rocky Mountains. And then ... full info

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