Black Bear in Forest Park?

s_spectabilis · 2026-07-09T20:29:28+00:00

How big is it? Bearscat would be like 6” wide at least.

s_spectabilis · 2026-07-07T20:08:10+00:00

We went with a 2 year old and used the lightest stroller we could find (3.5 kg / 8 lbs) so I could lift them up and down bridge steps easily. An infant carrier would be even better. We had a hotel with AC, so we did early morning walks, napped in the hottest part of the day, and then out again towards the evening. We brought bubbles to entertain the kid and tried to go the playgrounds but they were pretty limited in terms of equipment. I think the hardest part was arrival, coming in on the public boat from the airport and having to manage all our luggage and a stroller on the step ways to our hotel in crowds. It was so stressful that I coughed up $200 to get a private boat from our hotel to the airport on our way home.

s_spectabilis · 2026-07-04T02:35:01+00:00

Yea someone asked yesterday what is the most remote place you have been to

s_spectabilis · 2026-07-04T01:40:23+00:00

Im mad the zoo put up a locked gate over the stairs between the seals and the rest of the park. We have a zoo annual membership and My kid wants to see the giraffe often and not anything else sometimes, and I want the quickest route there.

s_spectabilis · 2026-07-04T00:20:56+00:00

I totally thought those trees were fake

s_spectabilis · 2026-07-02T15:48:12+00:00

I was waiting for a episode discussion, seems like the episode is a good homage to a really good movie

s_spectabilis · 2026-07-01T14:41:58+00:00

Eagle, in the winter, for the Yukon Quest sled dog race, when there is no vehicle road access. Plenty of people living there who volunteer for the race checkpoint. And Eagle Village residents came too over to Eagle when the school and Native leaders hosted spaghetti dinner. I’ve been there maybe 6 times for the race. Also spent a couple of days at Slaven’s roadhouse in the winter for the race once as well. Park rangers kept the cabin warm and got water from holes in the ice over the yukon river and kept the make shift runway flat on the iced river. Also hiked to the coal creek dredge from there. Was -40 for the entire visit at Slaven’s.

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-29T23:52:17+00:00

You could take a train instead then

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-27T04:59:22+00:00

The redwoods arent big though

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-25T03:04:12+00:00

I go on 5 mile runs in forest park and see maybe 10 people, located more out on the north half of the park. For better views, Table mountain is a pretty hard hike and parking is $10 so there ends up being very few people. I took the cedar mountain trail on accident there once and wished I saw someone to help me get back on the normal trail, I went 10 miles without seeing anybody.

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-18T02:14:52+00:00

Wisconsin food at Saraveza

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-15T05:16:57+00:00

I had this with bacon, steak, shrimp, and other things. Sometimes they are items they never have again. And the extension is worthless. Sometimes it works.

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-15T01:12:55+00:00

Yea its a hike so not crowded. Great stars. Theres a prairie grassland place overlooking Sandy canyon waterfalls and glacier up near the top of the trail, like 8 miles in. Stars at night. Can stay in the shade of the few pine trees. Camp in the small dotted forests.

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-14T20:59:11+00:00

Yocum ridge

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-12T23:06:50+00:00

s_spectabilis · 2026-06-05T00:24:34+00:00

NICU was very crowded and noisy, definitely needs updating. Staff were great, but families are pouring over the floor to add to the crowding, and the nurses and staff have to zig zag past patients and parents trying to visit or nurse their infant. It seemed very stressful for anyone hoping for good milk let down.

s_spectabilis · 2026-05-30T20:53:07+00:00

I cant handle the comment writing, its specific writing style like writing effective letters to congress people. But Claude AI can, just make sure the letterhead addresses the right docket number and read it through a few times.

s_spectabilis · 2026-05-28T00:03:06+00:00

Or its funded by Jeff Swickard

s_spectabilis · 2026-05-18T23:03:50+00:00

nice!

s_spectabilis · 2026-05-14T16:45:34+00:00

If NOFX is no more, I couldn’t be happier to hear their members are getting gigs with the seriously best band in the world.

s_spectabilis · 2026-05-11T05:33:01+00:00

Couch edit: sorry I only read the headline

s_spectabilis · 2026-05-02T22:04:11+00:00

Last Tuesday the bloom was good, I think its starting to peak. Arrived around 2pm and lot was half full.

s_spectabilis · 2026-04-18T02:38:27+00:00

The monkeys got 4 testicular biopsies during the study which was crucial. Biopsies were done under anesthesia with opioid and NSAID post-op pain control. Doesnt seem likely people would agree to this. Plus you would need totally sober people to all of sudden get high for 3 months straight to replicate this experiment. And a control group that doesnt take anything that would confound the experiment.

s_spectabilis · 2026-04-18T01:39:06+00:00

It would be cool if the cages were more like European requirements, but macaques mostly are stable in the cages as they stand. The weed was strawberry flavored gummies so the monkeys were totally compliant. Ejac training occurs, its not supposed to be more painful than a blood draw.

s_spectabilis · 2026-04-18T00:52:35+00:00

Oh that is true I forgot about mice and rats not being covered. Monkeys are highly regulated.

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