Wyoming CDT Final Tallies
Some numbers from our walk across Wyoming:
Miles Hiked: 539.1
Hours Tracked: 292.5
Elevation Gain (ft): 88611
Rattlesnakes: 1
Mink: 1
Badgers: 2
Bison: 2
Snails: 3
Bears: 3
Moose: 5
Jackrabbits: 5
Wild Turkeys: 5
Jackalopes: 10
Wild Horses: 22
Deer: 22
Elk: 144
Antelope: 411
Ticks: 547
Biblical swarms of mosquitoes.
Untold numbers of other insects, lizards, birds, marmots, and rodents.
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Ha, awesome! I love it!! I can’t believe you only saw three bears. I would have expected many more.
Where did you see 10 Jackalopes?!? Was it one of those long hot days without water?
Comment by Kate C — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 @ 08:18 am
How did you guess? They were milling about near 287 north of Rawlins. Granted, they were pretty far away, but they definitely weren’t antelope, horses, cows, or any of the usual suspects. Except Jackalopes.
Comment by cyberhobo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 @ 08:22 am
My tally from the last day:
1 mink
1 bald eagle
1 rattlesnake
1 missing link
2 muskrats 2 snails 2 badgers
2 bison
3 bears
4 jackrabbits
5 turkeys
8 moose
11 coyotes (10 may have been jackalopes)
22 (but actually 200) wild horses
33 deer
144 elk
411 pronghorn antelope
547 ticks (4 penetrated)
And lots of Man Made: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29230074@N06/sets/72157622020795030/
Comment by m[i]le[s] — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 @ 09:16 am
i remember one trip out to JTree we’d hung a plastic trash bag in a bush. you got up in the night and did something with it.
in the morning you were all “The coyotes were using it like a [i]pinata[/i]“
Comment by Ted — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 @ 10:01 am
Until then, I’d only seen raccoons play piñata.
Comment by cyberhobo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 @ 10:12 am
You guys are awesome. Seriously awesome.
Comment by Hitekhomeless (jenn) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 @ 10:16 pm