Ansel Adams' Donkey

Go ahead and throw up a picture of yourself, out in the wild, to help us get to know each other.

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A much younger Archie L. hanging out with Sheridan Anderson, The great Fly Fisherman, Outdoor Writer, and artist for Zap Comics... 

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Thanks so much for sharing everybody!

Cran.. at the foreign backpackers during your bush shower!

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That is me up top, holding a young ocelot named Mishi, or little chief.

He was found at an Ecuador market, being sold. Some good people got it taken away from the merchant, and rehabilitated it. They then allowed it to be soft released into the rainforest. The rainforest is shrinking fast in Ecuador, and the village called Playa De Oro allowed me and a few other people to visit, in order to help them save the forest they treasure. http://touchthejungle.org/

Another adventure I enjoyed was with the Cheetah Conservation Botswana group.

This is Duma. That adventure was incredible. The trouble with Botswana is an example of what this group is about. The Kalahari desert used to take several days to cross, on dirt roads that destroyed even the toughest vehicles. Now there is a road across it, and you can do it in about six hours. There was a cheetah killed by a car (That was heading in or out of a diamond mine.) while I was there.

 I kept the photo small - but I assure you, this was a cheetah. Mine personell had placed the body here away from the road, since we were up north on that road through the Kalhari while this happened. This next photo is what most of Botswana looks like - FLAT

Another place I visited not too long ago, was Isle Royale. This is America's smallest national park. It is in lake Superior. There are no roads here. You walk, paddle, or sail to get around. The island has a moose population, and a wolf population. The female moose use the people side of the island to calf, and so it is no wonder we had a mother and calf walk out onto the trail in front of us.

The weather we had was great!

While this group is all about keeping the roads out, I have to share this with you all. Finding pug marks is much easier when you have a road.

Bonus points for naming the tracks. On trails, you get clues to what wildlife is in the area through things like this:

Just another test, to see who here knows sh...

Best, Eric

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THE GRANDCANYON!

The turf cottage

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Hi Eric & Sade,

 Wow, everyones' photographs are magnificent. We watched the movie,Duma and I almost cried.,and there you are right next to one. I've had a Colorful huge Green snake on my shoulder(with the  trainer near by of course.)but, not quite as courageous being with a Duma!!!wow!  Sadie, where was your cottage photograph taken at?

The trip to Botswana was filled with great experiences. Try this link for more on it.

http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/africa03.html

The website that houses this story is also worth a look.

http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/

This is my green snake photo. It is of a Boomslanger, one of the most poisonous snakes known to man. Happily, it has a very small mouth, so it is not very dangerous. That is a good thing, because I did not know what it was when we encountered it.

Best, Eric

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These undug ruins are at the mouth of a 56 mile long canyon. There are approximately 80 ruins within this canyon. The nearest access point to the canyon is a good 4 1/2 mile hike from the nearest road making this area not a prime tourist target.

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So I will just state the answers.

The top pug mark is of a lion, in South Africa.

The second paw prints are of a cheetah, in Botswana.

The first piece of cr.. is Mountain lion, and the second is Bobcat. Both were photographed in the Sequioa national park on a trail leading to Hockett Meadow, out of Mineral King.

Ross, that looks like a great canyon!

Best, Eric

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Me, doing what I love, caving at Davenport Cave in the Black Hills.  I set the camera on a rock nearby the entrance to get the picture. 

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I just wanted so thank all of you for sharing your photos!  As I am presently living in the Big Smoke (London), I find myself so excited to see a squirrel when I walk in the park.  I miss the grand "outdoors".

Your photos are inspiring and such a lift!

xAngela

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That looks like human construction....

A small Sasquatch???

  (just kidding)  What do the locals think it is?

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I suppose we diverge from the topic -- but here it goes :

An Analysis of an Alleged Sasquatch Nest

.....in the Kern River

Kernville, CA

June

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