Hunting Season - Week 1

I went down to Cabin Creek again this year. Bill (our pastor) and I hunted 3 days. On the first day we didn't see any elk but did hear them bugling. Some were within 200 yards of us in the timber.

On the second day, I spotted 3 bull elk feeding up high on the mountain side. They were about a mile away. I trotted over there on the horse as fast as I could. On my way there, I rode by a big Grizzly Bear in a meadow. He stood up on his hind legs and looked at me trotting by. He looked very suprised- I guess he had never seen someone trotting on a horse before- so he turned and ran.

I made it over to the elk, tied up the horse and tried to get as close as I could.

I managed to get within about 60 yards but the wind swirled or they saw me so they spooked a little and ran away a short distance. I tried to circle around and get in front of them again. I was walking by a clump of trees and I heard a big crashing noise in there and figured I must have spooked another elk out of there. I bugled with my elk call and out stepped Grizzly Bear #2 at 50 yards! I got my bear spray out as he started walking toward me. I got a short video of him running away after I yelled at him:

I moved on around to where I thought the elk were and decided to sit down and wait until the evening to see if they would come out again. After a few hours of sitting there, I looked over and there were 3 more Grizzly bears coming out of the timber- a sow and two medium size cubs. They were about 200 yards away. I watched the cubs chasing after birds and digging in the dirt. After awhile they started moving in my direction so I headed on out of there.

We had some snow that evening. The next morning, we got up and spotted 6 bulls up on the mountain about 1/4 mile away. We sneaked in on them but they spooked when I was about 60 yards away.

In three days of hunting, I saw 2 bull moose, 5 grizzly bears, 9 bull elk and 52 mountain goats!

Shed and garage wire

This weekend Terry and I got a few things done around the place. Fall weather will be here soon.

I spent most of the day putting in a 100 amp service wire underground from the house to the garage. Before, we just had a temporary wire strung up in the air.

We are building a new shed to replace the old one in the front. Terry put stain on it today. It still needs a roof.

I sawed the lumber out of about 6 logs.

Grand Teton, Wyoming Part 2

The blue line represents Signal Mountain Road that we rode our bikes up.

Brandon posin' on a break from riding up the mountain.

Finally!

We made it!

There was a fire but not near too near us. This is part of the group that was fighting the fire.

Look carefully and you can see a baby moose in the middle of the pic.

Here is the Mama.

Here is Brandon at the beginning of our 5 mile ride up Signal Mountain Road.

Here I am at the start.

Brandon, Fred and Shadow at the Jenny Lake Dam.

Snakes at the beginning of the trail to Two Ocean Lake.

A Bull Moose

Reading about the Cathedral Fire

This is the cable for the aerial tram in Jackson Hole.

A Paraglider - that will be me on our next trip here.

An old homestead