@Troady What an awesome adventure you and your wife are having. Glad you made it through all the unknowns and obstacles along the way and delivered that load as promised. Nothing you can't handle now, right! Just bring it on!
Godspeed to you, my friend, as you make your way home.
Trip Dallas, TX to Anchorage, AK
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Troady, Aug 21, 2018.
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Loved the pictures and this whole thread. Thank you for sharing. How cool a plate from Florida and a plate from Alaska! Repeat...sooo cool.
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Not every bear is like a grizzly bear. On the I'm going to eat you just cause your a smelly human and your mere presence is pissing me off list...
1. Black bears(American) - Chill. Unless you piss them off. We have them on the refuge. Can usually get pretty close to them if your not an idiot. Keep your distance an snap photos an tell everyone bout the cute little cubs you saw. I've been within ten feet of them, with no cage, car, or anything else between us but empty air and a healthy respect for each other. Black bears are very chill/timid. Still a bear, so don't go expecting it to want to be your best friend.
2. Grizzly bears - You know them, you fear them. They will eat you if you piss them off or mess with their cubs. IRS will go easier on you in a audit then a grizzly will. Hell Bubba in jail will look like a cupcake compared to a pissed off momma grizzly.
3. Kodiak Bears - Like a Grizzly, except you know...their in Alaska.
4. Polar Bear - Yes, the cute Coke mascot Bear will kill you. He will eat you, and then drink a coke with his closest buddies.
5. Sun Bear aka The Honey Bear - Looks cute but his claws will disembowel you just fine. Cute...but quite deadly if you want to test it.
6. Asian Black Bear - Like the American one, but a bit more pissy when angry. Don't poke the bear an you won't be eaten like a box of Doughnuts in a squad room full of cops.
7. Sloth bear - Kinda chill. Doesn't like people and will eat your soul out of your head if it feels threatened or cornered.
8. Panda Bear - It's a PANDA. It's like the stoner of bears. If your a bamboo shoot it might eat you. Like a Buddhist bear. It's got patience but if you piss it off you'll find out it really is a member of the bear family.
Long story short...Bears are cute. They are also dangerous. The cubs are usually why people don't fear them, that an the whole Smokey the Bear thing, Yogi, etc. We've taught generations of children that bears are like cartoons. When their not. With the exception of a couple above most on the list aren't a threat unless you do something to make yourself one. Don't be stupid an you won't get eaten by a bear.
Bear's are apex predators. There is no other animal besides man that hunts them as prey. Will something? I'm sure it happens, but other then bear on bear(lol) violence, it's not a common thing.
We had a lady here on my sandbar/refuge area that is known as the bear lady. At one point she was feeding something like 15 bears. They never laid a paw on her. When she died they thought a bear had got her, turned out it was one of the poachers of a group she got arrested a couple years prior. Crazy lady but eh, she had a way with them that's for sure.
Yes yes, I know...boring. It's things you learn when you live with bears.
PErhaps one day one of you will be on Jeopardy an remember this post. If so...i want a cut of any prize winnings.
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Some bears like their meals seasoned.
And the most important thing to remember when hiking in bear country is to always hike with a buddy and carry a knife. That way if you encounter an aggressive bear you just stab your buddy in the leg... you don't have to be able to outrun the bear, just your buddy.CellNet, vikingswen, dunchues and 5 others Thank this. -
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An this my friends is why you don't piss off a Canadian.
They'll go all Ninja on you but without the spiffy black suit. Imagine...dying is bad enough but for the cause to be a fella dressed like a lumberjack and who can speak french most likely. An they will be just so #### polite about it also.
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Despite my humor...I enjoyed the read.
Thank you, and glad you made it back safely.
We await your next thread on where you go south of the border, like to Peru or something.
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Keeping the windshield clean, cost a lot of cleaning liquid, I got 5 gallons with me at the beginning of the trip, had to buy another 3 yesterday in Walmart here in Anchorage (at $5.20 each) in order to keep it clean on the way back, lots of mosquitoes this time of the year, you got a couple of them for every mile you ride.
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