[pct-l] Hunters! Now Tracks

[cvano at tmail.com]

I got out for a short 10 miler yesterday on Blanchard Mountain, between 
Anacortes and Bellingham WA.  Anyway, horses are allowed there and 
mountain bikes.  I was walking along just minding my own business when I 
happened upon the biggest horse tracks I've ever seen not pulling a beer 
wagon.  They must have been 12" wide!  I thought sure there was a Morgan 
or Clydesdale up on that mountain somewhere.  As I was taking a break on 
the way down, a group of 3 horses passed me.  Yep, the third one had the 
biggest feet I've ever seen on a horse although the horse herself was of 
modest stature.  Sure was strange looking - like a horse with scrawny 
legs and snowshoes!  I'm pretty sure it was a horse, it didn't look like 
a llamma or an elk and there was a guy riding her.  I guess this could 
either be filed in the 'strange stuff seen on the trail' or the 'who 
gives a scat' file.  C

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 7:30 pm, Marion Davison wrote:
> One fall day we were hiking an in-and-out from Southfork parking to
> Slushy Meadows in the San Gorgonio Wilderness, with three llamas.
> On our way out we spotted three hunters hunkered over the trail,
> intently studying the ground.  As we walked closer they all busted up
> laughing.  They said, "we thought we were tracking the three biggest 
> elk
> in the wilderness!"
> Nah, just us llamas.
> That incident left me thinking hard about hiking with llamas in the 
> fall.
> Marion
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Beyond this point
There be dragons...

Chris ~ S/V Drifter
Anacortes, WA. ~~~_/) ~~~