Taking Advantage of a Cloudy Day

[liralen]

When we were in Banff, we'd found out that the next two days were going to be cloudy and rainy, so we decided not to be that ambitious on the 25th. Besides, it had be cold enough during the night, that I actually put my stocking cap on for sleeping so that I'd be warm enough. John let me sleep in while he built a fire and made coffee and had his

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[incandescens]

It sounds splendid.

I have to admit, if I heard about "bear bells" I'd be assuming they were on the bear, as in "who will bell the cat?"

[liralen]

Yes!!

*laughs* that was one of our on-going jokes... "How do you put the bell on the bear?"

When we heard the bells on the trail, John said that he wondered if it was a bear... *laughs* So, yes, I think it's the natural progression of thought.

Bear Bells

[amberley]

There's a joke that goes like this:

A local tells some hikers that they should wear bear bells, to scare bears away, but it's also important to check bear scat when you come across it, to tell if it's black bears around or grizzlies.
"Well," ask the hikers, "How do you tell the difference?"

"Oh, that's easy," says the local, "If it's grizzly scat, it'll have bells in it."

Re: Bear Bells

[liralen]

Yes!! *laughs* And some of the locals actually say that when the bears hear bells, they move *toward* the sound 'cause they're curious.... and know there's probably food nearby.

Though the research is oddly more disturbing, in that when they were watching a bunch of bears, nearly none of them actually responded to the bell sounds at all, whereas the bears reacted instantly to a snapped pencil. So the bells don't even seem to register.