re: #170 lawhawk

We were in Banff in the early 70s on a family vacation and went hiking in an area that had signs advising people to make noise since grizzlies were in the area. My father later remarked that it was the only time on the trip where all three of his children were silent. :p

He actually instructed us as we were walking along that the eldest said “Snap”, the middle child said “Crackle” and then the youngest said “Pop”.

The other major hiker threat was where the trail ran alongside a pond created by a beaver dam. The moose used the trail and went into the pond to graze on lilypads and such. They make *big* tracks.