Closing in on liftoff
Within a time now measurable by hours in the two digits, the human members of the household will get on a plane for the other coast. There we'll meet the offspring and see for ourselves whether the wonders of Yosemite are truly wondrous.
One pauses when one reflects that other national parks are content with weather reports. Yosemite offers its visitors a periodic bear report. The management also chides people for having run over 13 bears to date this year. The latter is troubling because the bears already had enough reason to sashay through campgrounds and parking lots: a reason spelled F-O-O-D. Careless humans don't need to add revenge to the list of motives.
I recall reading signs in highway rest stops in Arizona and the Mojave Desert reminding us to be sympathetic to rattlesnakes. Being unable to muster sympathy, I settled for discretion, and I hope to offer the same to the bears.
Reliable information says that there is Wi-Fi in a number of Yosemite locations now, so I may carry on the tale on location.
One pauses when one reflects that other national parks are content with weather reports. Yosemite offers its visitors a periodic bear report. The management also chides people for having run over 13 bears to date this year. The latter is troubling because the bears already had enough reason to sashay through campgrounds and parking lots: a reason spelled F-O-O-D. Careless humans don't need to add revenge to the list of motives.
I recall reading signs in highway rest stops in Arizona and the Mojave Desert reminding us to be sympathetic to rattlesnakes. Being unable to muster sympathy, I settled for discretion, and I hope to offer the same to the bears.
Reliable information says that there is Wi-Fi in a number of Yosemite locations now, so I may carry on the tale on location.
posted by Uncle | 00:38
2 Comments:
Just read the bear report...still wondering how one misses a bear in the road, as in not see some huge animal in front of you. Unless its a cub, or I suppose your coming around a corner too fast and its there.
And goodness, bears would love my car, lotsa good smells there. LOL
They warn you that bears will tear a car to pieces for a stick of gum...then the rangers fine you for being careless. Glad it's not my car!
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