dinner in the woods, and other adventures this Sunday
Started out late in the morning and drove to Squamish BC. My plans were to go stump wrecking in search of fatwood.
.......well, that was a very minor part of the day/evening. .....
As i drove the Sea to Sky hwy, i had Moron from the Fast and the Furious tailgating me thru a Hwy construction zone. Honking his lights, flashing his lights, making face gestures at me. I guess he is more important than anyone on the hwy and was in a hurry? I myself was driving the CONSTRUCTION speed limit of 50km/hour, in a Zone where the fines DOUBLE and Triple if you go over the limit. No way can i afford $500+ bucks in fines. So i kept on keeping on, driving the winding road, single lane. I was sure enjoying my egg salad sandwich as i drove the scenic hwy. Moron behind me tried to pass on THE RIGHT, on the traffic coned shoulder, but quickly discovered how soft the fresh dirt was. Swerved back in behind, just leaning on the horn and zipping left and right, furious as can be. As luck would have it, the speed zone DROPPED to 30Km/h, and so did all that traffic in front of me. Moron behind me was going absolutely frickiing ballistic. he finally snapped big time and roared past us, a trail of over 400 traffic cones crushed and strewn in his wake. He swerved back into line, causing a SUV to abruptly brake and swerve to avoid being hit. Traffic settled down again, i could see about 9 drivers in front of me reaching for their cell phones. Moron needs to realize that his plate # was clearly visible, and that there is an aggressive driver program on the Sea to Sky, with swift RCMP response. IDIOT!
I drove on, and turned off onto the Power Line access road. gate locked...damn. parked the truck, disabled the engine, battery, hid the spare jerry cans and rucked up and headed out , up the road.
my kind of road:
the powerline access road turns into a logging/blasting area:
the road continued on, i turned down the powerlines road, pausing to take the requisite gear pic:
powerlines road:
Explored a bit, then paused to , uh, use the facilities so to speak. Done marking my territory with scat, , I walked down the powerlines, pausing to check out a nice birch sapling for a walking stick. Was having fun with the TAC EDC blade, stripping the bark and shaping the stick, when a a loud CHUFF and snapping sticks just behind me, about 2 feet , scared the hell out of me. BEAR!! BEAR!!! BEAR!!!!! BEAR!!! screamed my instincts, my body went hot with terror and i turned raising my arms , stout stick in one hand and blade in the other, freaking freaked.
it was a small momma deer. Chewing leaves behind me. Literally behind me. It looked at me, i looked at it, my heart thumping at 50,000 BPM's and trying to escape my chest . Deer stripped off some more leaves, chewed them , looking at me. we both stood there for almost half an hour, 3 - 6 feet apart.
Started out late in the morning and drove to Squamish BC. My plans were to go stump wrecking in search of fatwood.
.......well, that was a very minor part of the day/evening. .....
As i drove the Sea to Sky hwy, i had Moron from the Fast and the Furious tailgating me thru a Hwy construction zone. Honking his lights, flashing his lights, making face gestures at me. I guess he is more important than anyone on the hwy and was in a hurry? I myself was driving the CONSTRUCTION speed limit of 50km/hour, in a Zone where the fines DOUBLE and Triple if you go over the limit. No way can i afford $500+ bucks in fines. So i kept on keeping on, driving the winding road, single lane. I was sure enjoying my egg salad sandwich as i drove the scenic hwy. Moron behind me tried to pass on THE RIGHT, on the traffic coned shoulder, but quickly discovered how soft the fresh dirt was. Swerved back in behind, just leaning on the horn and zipping left and right, furious as can be. As luck would have it, the speed zone DROPPED to 30Km/h, and so did all that traffic in front of me. Moron behind me was going absolutely frickiing ballistic. he finally snapped big time and roared past us, a trail of over 400 traffic cones crushed and strewn in his wake. He swerved back into line, causing a SUV to abruptly brake and swerve to avoid being hit. Traffic settled down again, i could see about 9 drivers in front of me reaching for their cell phones. Moron needs to realize that his plate # was clearly visible, and that there is an aggressive driver program on the Sea to Sky, with swift RCMP response. IDIOT!
I drove on, and turned off onto the Power Line access road. gate locked...damn. parked the truck, disabled the engine, battery, hid the spare jerry cans and rucked up and headed out , up the road.
my kind of road:
the powerline access road turns into a logging/blasting area:
the road continued on, i turned down the powerlines road, pausing to take the requisite gear pic:
powerlines road:
Explored a bit, then paused to , uh, use the facilities so to speak. Done marking my territory with scat, , I walked down the powerlines, pausing to check out a nice birch sapling for a walking stick. Was having fun with the TAC EDC blade, stripping the bark and shaping the stick, when a a loud CHUFF and snapping sticks just behind me, about 2 feet , scared the hell out of me. BEAR!! BEAR!!! BEAR!!!!! BEAR!!! screamed my instincts, my body went hot with terror and i turned raising my arms , stout stick in one hand and blade in the other, freaking freaked.
it was a small momma deer. Chewing leaves behind me. Literally behind me. It looked at me, i looked at it, my heart thumping at 50,000 BPM's and trying to escape my chest . Deer stripped off some more leaves, chewed them , looking at me. we both stood there for almost half an hour, 3 - 6 feet apart.
