Thursday, August 30, 2012

Caribou Hunting

Several years ago I thought it was ultra adventurous to take an infant tent camping. Now we are going backpacking with an infant and a preschooler to go caribou hunting for five days!. This wouldn't seem all that crazy except the trail is known as bear corridor. These critters aren't just little California brown bears, these are giant brown grizzly bears. Anyway my grizzly bear nightmares have started up again. The wolves, lynx, wolverines etc shouldn't bother us. Luckily we are going with a friend and sleeping in rustic wooden cabin huts. The logistics are insane... for example, if we bring a caribou home (the meat and antlers) there will be 100+ lbs extra to haul home on a 13 mile-trail. Then there are diapers to pack, warm clothes, rain gear, food, hunting gear and, the list goes on....I hope it is fun and not as challenging as two kids on a 10-hour plane ride across the atlantic!

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