And Here’s Glacier National Park

Beware of the bear of the North, that's my wife! Love the pics and the post, thank you.

 

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I'm one of the 9 who collected the entire set of ATB quarters including silver and clad proofs as well as the "for circulation" business strikes (P-D-S) and the Mint uncirculated sets. Also collected vintage postcards for each and every park represented by the coins. Both collections will go to my daughter.

 

Do they have grizzlies at the zoo??around the east coast???

 

No photos but years ago 2 of my friends and I went to Montana for vacation. Suddenly it happened. The one said “That's the biggest deer I’ve ever seen”. I busted my gut as I was laughing so hard. A few minutes later he asked what was so funny about that big deer. I started laughing again but finally said “That wasn’t a deer. It was an elk”. I still laugh when I think about it.

This is the same guy that made me laugh when I saw railroad tracks across the desert. Nothing for miles in either direction but I said “That’s something, you can tell a train just went past”. His reply, “How can you tell that?” My answer, “Because the train left his tracks”.

Then we got to town and passed by a cemetery to which I said, “Did you know it’s against the law in this town for the people living across the street to be buried in that cemetery?” Again, “Why?” To which I said, “Because they’re not dead yet”.

Thanks for the memories.

 

Beautiful! And it’s beautiful country!

 

Your last picture is way to close.

 

Some zoos do but seeing that rather large animal in the wild is amazing.

 

Snorted laugh on that one. I love the body chill when I do that

 

You crack me up girl!

 

Sorry @Collecting Nut didn't mean to highjack your thread.

I fished alone and did and do most of the time. I wouldn't have it any other way. I was fishing in the Swan River and a herd of elk had just came by. They aren't quiet animals by any means but were a joy to see and watch. They had moved on and about a half hour later I started hearing a terrible commotion not far from where the elk had been. When it got close enough to see what it was, it was that bear. The bear was dragging a mule deer through the woods, over and through whatever was in his path. He had gotten pretty close to me and when I tried to move he stood up on his rear legs. That was the photo I got while looking for a place to run. I determined that if I jumped in the river, it was moving faster than I could run. Luckily he could tell that I was already fat and not looking to take his deer and he moved on. It is hard to tell but if you look at this picture you can see him dragging the deer.

 

Not at all so no apologies necessary.

 

Here is my Glacier NP medal, commemorating 100 years of the NP system. So that means 150 years this year.

 

Sorry whopper64, for my head not being aligned with my fingers when I was making that wisecrack. Sometimes I’m thinking two(2) topics while I’m typing. The “ATB” quarter set is second only to the “States” quarter set as the most successful programs put out by the Mint. I have two(2) sets of each; BU and “pocket change”.

 

No problem at all.

 

Many of the national park quarter are nice. I collected the silver versions of them.