[Citizen Soldier]

I had not read that incident. The book I read had a lot of encounters with grizzleys and the first hand accounts of ones who survived. And then some didn't. It really is an interesting book.

The bear expert who spoke to us talked about this Canada to Yellowstone bear corridor they want to create. They need to acquire the land to do it. Hmm.... I wonder where it will come from? /sarcasm>

After we left Glacier we drove up into the Canadian Rockies and passed under one of the useless multimillion dollar bear crossing overpasses over the TransCan Hwy. They can't even get the wolves to cross over on them, much less the bears. They really aren't that wide and cannot hide the traffic noise, i.e. trucks.

Do you have a can of Counter Assault? The bear experts at Glacier HIGHLY recommend it as the best bear repellent spray but I read about a guy in Glacier who decided to be smart and rub himself down in it before he went to bed and the bear who ate him during the night probably thought, "Yummy, seasoned meat". They also said those bells hikers wear are dinner bells for bears.

[Modok]

You know how to tell the difference between grizzly bear scat and black bear scat? The grizzly bear scat has bells in it.