"Wanna" see YOUR magnificent trails...

@campforums, moose have actually been domesticated and used for pulling, plowing, and even some have been trained for riding. I think the main reason this does not happen often, is because moose are wild animals, which means you would have to find one as a baby moose, and domesticate it before being able to train the moose to harness. Even starting a horse to harness can be a challenging experience; and they are used to being around people.

However, partially due to the wolf overpopulation, wild creatures like deer, elk, and even moose are coming into towns to live. In Sandpoint, Idaho, the little town where I grew up, moose now roam through the streets of town during the fall and winter when there is snow in the mountains. They have always come down to the lower elevations when the snow was deep, but now the wolves are so thick up in the mountains,, that the animals are coming into town to keep from being eaten alive by the predators.

 

Caribou are used for pack animals, as well as food sources in some societies. They are a magnificent creature. With all the talk of moose I think I'll get away in May and bring my moose photos up to date.



Sorry...I couldn't resist.

 

This is great to see online - hope others will share their trails with us.

 

Agreed. You do it once, if you do it all, and that's all folks. I get the impression that it's a once in a life time sort of thing. You can tell people you did it. The Forest tends to be expensive - that's why my plans for 2015 will focus a lot more on Algonquin.

 

I did actually - and I realized that I can get more for the buck else where and with better planning.

 

Every time I see one I think "there's' a horse" and have to look again. They may or may not be friendly - they are unpredictable. One day I bicycled 'close enough' to one just north of Libby, Montana. The moose was between the road and a standard 3-wire fence. In the blink of an eye that moose hopped from standing on one site of the fence to standing on the other side. An amazing thing to see. They like to eat weeds from the bottom of ponds. I canoed around one day. He kept a close eye on me and I kept a decent distance away.

Oh, yeah, that's not the topic. Here's a photo from the Mt. Scott trail in Crater Lake National Park.

 

Excellent!

 

Explorer, that is an awesome picture !
It has been years and years since I have been in Oregon; but I kind of remember seeing Crater Lake when we went through the area. I had an aunt that lived in Klamath Falls, and we visited her a time or two.

Now , the town of Libby, is much closer to my old stomping grounds !
I grew up in Sandpoint, but lived a long time in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, as well. Libby had a large Bluegrass Festival in the summer,and we sometimes went there to watch the Festival.
Were you trail-riding when you took that picture of Crater Lake ?

 

Really? I thought a guy like you would be running down to the lake, jumping into the war canoe and would be pumped for the challenge.

 

Hi Happy Flower Lady,

I was on foot. Crater lake has no stock trails with a view of the lake. They do have some stock trails away from the lake itself:

• Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), not including the PCT alternate
• Bald Crater Loop Trail
• West Boundary (Bert Creek) Trail
• Stuart Falls Spur Trail (from park boundary to PCT)
• Lightning Springs Trail (to hitching post 1/4 mile below Rim Drive)
• Bybee Creek Stock Camp and access trail

We were probably at the festival in Libby at the same time. We used to enjoy the steak restaurant on the hill above Bonners - 25 years ago - probably gone by now.

 

There are several good restaurants around Bonners Ferry; but I am assuming that you mean up on the north side of town, either going towards Canada or Montana. I think the most well-known one is off of the highway to Canada. I can't think of the name of it right now; but it has a small pond with fresh fish that they will cook for you at the restaurant, and are also known for their steaks.

My husband is a chef, and we had a small cafe that was right on highway #2, about halfway between Bonners and Troy. You might recognize the picture of it. We had a Cajun Buffet; but did a lot of business with rib eye steaks. It might have been called "Three G's" when you were in Montana. It had been closed for a while when we got it; but I think that was the name on the old sign; before we renamed it the "Cajun Kitchen".

 

We had the restaurant when we lived in Idaho, @campforums, but that was around 12 years ago now. We moved from Idaho to Alabama where my daughter lives, so that I can be closer to her. We not only had one of the few buffets in the area; but we also had about the only place in North Idaho that served Cajun food. People loved to come in for the fresh crawfish, frog legs, oysters, soft-shelled crabs, and even once we had alligator steaks. Kids went to schools bragging that they had tasted a real alligator!! Probably, some of the parents did that, too.

It was fun; but a lot of work for the two of us, and really long days. Bobby cooked the food, I made the salads for the salad bar, and desserts, and served customers. We had fresh loaves of home-made bread and a little bowl of butter and jar of home-made jam; so there was lots for people to eat. Many of them ate from the buffet, and took most of the steak home for the next day. The main problem we had was that we were out of town, and people didn't come out that far for dinner in the long, cold Idaho winters. If we had been closer to town, or only stayed open on weekends during the winter, it would have done better.

 

Chicken out? We need a different kind of expression because I'm with you on that one and I ain't no chicken.

 

Somehow I had a hunch that you are a people person involved in some kind of business. And I was absolutely right on when I figured out you cooked and baked beyond the beans and wiener menu.

Your situation reminded me of the story of Colonial Saunders of the Kentucky chicken fame. Do you know the story?