2014.05.25 19:00 - Bears in the Woods

The Guardian for this meeting was Calvino Rabeni. The comments are by Calvino Rabeni.

Korel Laloix: Osiyo
Calvino Rabeni: Good evening !
Korel Laloix: Not a big crowd today I see.
Calvino Rabeni: just us
Korel Laloix: Sometimes that is good.
Korel Laloix: Been needing some quiet times recently.
Calvino Rabeni: same, here, sometimes without even me there
Calvino Rabeni: myself minus me
Korel Laloix: Trying to get away from yourself is a difficult task for sure.
Calvino Rabeni: when theres something to be dealt with
Calvino Rabeni: I like to do it if possible while sleeping
Korel Laloix: Even when not I think. Trying to look from outside.
Calvino Rabeni: yes
Korel Laloix: need to go for a nice long alone camping trip again soon.
Calvino Rabeni: good season for that
Calvino Rabeni: my neighbor has started sleeping outdoors
Korel Laloix: Yes.. will wait till it gets a little hotter.. and i have more time off built up.
Korel Laloix: Maybe will do the 4th of July weekend.
Calvino Rabeni: oh, you are at higher elevation?
Korel Laloix: Not really a high elivation, I just like it obscenely hot... smiles
Calvino Rabeni: oh :)
Korel Laloix: Love being able to just go camping an lay there on top of my sleeping bag.
Calvino Rabeni: i like that if I have a net
Korel Laloix: Oh yes... I have a mesh tent that I love to use.
Calvino Rabeni: nice
Korel Laloix: But it has a waterproof cover for the rain.
Calvino Rabeni: good combination, mesh tent and rain fly
Korel Laloix: And made for two, so I can put me and my riding gear in. And it fits in one of my sadlebags.
Calvino Rabeni: motorcycle, not horse
--BELL--

Korel Laloix: yes. I have a Buell.
Calvino Rabeni: with dirt tires?
Korel Laloix: lol.. no. Not an off road bike. I take until I am at trail head or the like. WHere I usualy go I park it at the ranger station and hike up the mountain.
Calvino Rabeni: I used to take the bike into the back country alone, but now the idea makes me nervous
Korel Laloix: Makes me nervous as well... one of the reasons I do it really.
Calvino Rabeni: Circling around behind Mt Shasta, where there are sand dunes and no one lives there
Korel Laloix: Face the fear I guess.
Calvino Rabeni: nods
Korel Laloix: That suonds lovely.
Calvino Rabeni: except its too far to walk out
Korel Laloix: I take my pistol and tazer though.
Calvino Rabeni: good notion
Korel Laloix: Just in case of perverts or mountain lions.
Calvino Rabeni: no bears?
Calvino Rabeni: you have to be fast, with those lions
Calvino Rabeni: sneaky
Korel Laloix: Bears not so much I don't think. Just he lions.
Calvino Rabeni: one time I was hiking in the mountains and I thought I saw a big brown bear coming through the bushes .. reddish brown
Calvino Rabeni: and I found myself running off
Calvino Rabeni: then I decided, no, I was imagining it,
Calvino Rabeni: it was only cattle in the open range
Calvino Rabeni: grazing in the brush
Calvino Rabeni: so I felt better
Korel Laloix: Nice.. but I think a bear could ruin your day.
Calvino Rabeni: until years later, I met the ranger
Calvino Rabeni: the ranger told me "there are no cattle in that area"
Calvino Rabeni: sometimes stories change later
Korel Laloix: Nice.. maybe it was lost... or free range bear.. smiles
Calvino Rabeni: I will never know
Calvino Rabeni: just that it did not ruin my day
Calvino Rabeni: and if I return, I might bring one of those big cans of spray, the size of a small fire extinquisher
Korel Laloix: That is supposed to work.
Calvino Rabeni: I heard some campers thought it was "bear repellant" so they put it all over, on their tent, and other places
Korel Laloix: I like the electrical option a bit more though.
Calvino Rabeni: it probably made the place smell interesting and attractive
Calvino Rabeni: you have heard it works on bear? I did not know that
Korel Laloix: There are some that do...
Korel Laloix: But you have to catch the bear in the right mood evidently.
Calvino Rabeni: moody creatures
Korel Laloix: Just like us..
Calvino Rabeni: nods
Korel Laloix: So did I talk you into going camping again then?
Calvino Rabeni: it seems like it :)
--BELL--

Calvino Rabeni: there is a wedding party next door, and the champagne is doing its work as they start to dance around the fire pit
Korel Laloix: RL you mean?.. you should go take part.
Calvino Rabeni: nods, I should return.
Calvino Rabeni: It sounds rustic, but this is an urban area
Calvino Rabeni: Two signs of it being Seattle: steady rain, and the ribs were cooked with coffee :)
Korel Laloix: That sounds lovely.
Calvino Rabeni: OK then, if you will excuse me .. I go.. good to see you, bye for now
Korel Laloix: OK.. take care... ciao
Calvino Rabeni: Be well