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To: Bill/WA who wrote (86514)	6/6/2002 7:16:39 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116791

<<Southerners love it with eggs (over easy) in the AM>> You don't like cheese grits covered with red-eye(ham) gravy served with ham hock & collard greens & corn bread for lunch? They call that HEAVEN in OK.

To: Bill/WA who wrote (86514)	6/6/2002 7:19:20 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116791

Or how about chilled sliced & pan fried & sprinkled with white cheese - like polenta? Damn, getting hungry!

To: Bill/WA who wrote (86514)	6/6/2002 9:46:12 AM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116791

Phone me or email me privately before you go and I will give you a travelogue. You will need that. Some of the roads are dangerous in places. The scenery is great. You will need a radio in the frequency of the logging companies in the area.(To check for oncoming trucks.) That is standard and they are obtainable by consultation with the major companies in the area I believe by rental. Perhaps a CB might do, though I thought they were FM. You have to be prepared to take the right ditch if you meet the truck too closely. They will or cannot not stop. There is limited room. You will definitely need a 4 wheel drive, mainly because of the odd steep road section. If you want to document river gold, you should get your assistant to pan the stuff and the gold can be visibily photographed in many cases in closeup. That is rarely done. In the spring the creeks are quite picturesque with rushing water and you sill see the odd grizzly, small and quite frightened. That is both you - and the silvertip or grizzly. In the right area you might see white black bear, called Kermode. I believe they have never been moving photographed. In actual fact you should carry a piece, as there are mountain lion coming back, and there is the remote chance of a surprise meeting. There are also elk and goat so you could use a long lens catadioptric telephoto. (1000 mm) Huckleberries in some areas are great. The bears know it too. If you don't know this, I would not attempt to photograph bears up close without someone with a rifle nearby, despite the salmon fishing photos you have seen, a bear cannot be predicted. Close for grizzly is 1/4 mile, across a meadow. Its madness to think you can guess they might be warm and fuzzy. They are like politicians, furry and friendly on the outside, prickly in true nature. Best scare device for bears is the crack pencil flare launcher. The red flares will also work for this too. Do not shoot it at the bear, but overhead. It could induce and attack, however. Be prepared to climb. Some people have been attacked climbing trees by black bears. The grizzly cannot climb, but the black is adept. Take appropriate defensive precautions that guarantee survival. One of the best is don't get out of the vehicle, or photograph from a tree stand. I will guarantee that you will need a declination adjustable compass and or a GPS to know where you are even with mountains and triangulation on roads in BC. Once you get off the road 1/4 mile and lose sight of peaks you rapidly lose orientation. Learn how to use a compass and pace. Use a 1 to 25,000 military/civil contour map and continuously orient by curvature as you drive the road. This usually takes two people or stopping. Test bridges or inspect. Learn the UTMGS system of map squares and location. This is km from base line south and km's from a control meridian east of you. The Yukon is easier country than BC on the average. The ground is less rugged, and the bush is sparser. Some of BC is big country as they say. Some is huge. There are two lenses one needs for the mountains. Wide angle 24 mm for Ansel Adams large format type pictures that look great in 1/2 tone at low f stop - low contrast, (and take in the close up stuff too), and loooong telephoto which will stack mountainsand count hairs on goats. A panoramic could be used too. EC<:-}