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Ogla



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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Lophosaurus]
#26999703 - 10/23/20 01:01 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I was reading that glacier national park and waterton lakes national park in Canada have joined to become an international peace park and that one can continuously hike across the border into the other country legally via Backcountry trails. Had anyone here ever done such a thing and how plausible would that be at a time like right now? Would one be able to Uber to the he closest city in Canada to resupply before heading back?
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: GreenHorns] 1
#27000009 - 10/23/20 04:11 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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GreenHorns said: Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park are good options for those of us who hate crowds of fanny pack wearing tourists. You can't get more in the middle of nowhere in the lower 48, best star gazing in the lower 48 and its Cactus country 


Yes I enjoyed Big Bend. Been there twice. Want to go back. I'm in Texas so one might think I can't be that far from it, yet I'm still a 9-ish hour drive away
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Ogla] 1
#27000012 - 10/23/20 04:13 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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lositos said: If all plays out right, I'm gonna end up in Alaska this summer and I was hoping to visit Wrangell or Kobuk valley. It's way the fuck out there. You ither need to hike or airtaxi in, but once you get to the river, it's clean packrafting for a couple hundred miles and you can ultimately make it to the city of Kotzebue and take a commercial plane back to Fairbanks. If your in the Anchorage area, you can ride a bus to Denali or talkeetna and kayak the susitna down to the bay. I was reading an article where this couple had kayaked for 3 months along the passages near Juneau and were foraging , catching fishyl and crab. All they brought was a spice kit and I'm assuming a tent and a camera. They just camped out and lived off the ocean all summer. It be fun to do some shit like that. Plenty of fish that time of year
That would be an unforgettable adventure, man.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Ogla]
#27000024 - 10/23/20 04:18 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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lositos said: I was reading that glacier national park and waterton lakes national park in Canada have joined to become an international peace park and that one can continuously hike across the border into the other country legally via Backcountry trails. Had anyone here ever done such a thing and how plausible would that be at a time like right now? Would one be able to Uber to the he closest city in Canada to resupply before heading back?
Sounds like a good way for me escape into Canada
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: twighead]
#27001444 - 10/24/20 03:21 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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twighead said:
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lositos said: I was reading that glacier national park and waterton lakes national park in Canada have joined to become an international peace park and that one can continuously hike across the border into the other country legally via Backcountry trails. Had anyone here ever done such a thing and how plausible would that be at a time like right now? Would one be able to Uber to the he closest city in Canada to resupply before heading back?
Sounds like a good way for me escape into Canada 
Naturally, you make it to townsite in Canada inside the park and you wish to stay a night at a lodge. An American passport may raise an alarm that there's an American there who might shouldn't be, yeah? So prehaps what might help is a fake Canadian license. Not for the purpose of underage drinking, but more for the purpose of traveling inside the state and renting lodging without raising an alarm to an American being there who shouldn't be. Idea sounds crazy and I'm not familiar with IDs and would worry some trying to pass it off, but it could work. Might be able to pull off a secret few weeks vacation in the neighbor up north. What you think?
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Ogla]
#27001464 - 10/24/20 03:35 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I would probably cross the border with light camping gear in case I needed to rest - but mostly I would just use my phone to get lyfts/ubers and other sort of non-ID transport until I got to a friends house either in Alberta or southern BC and do it that way Also you may be able to do some air bnb/couch surfing type things without ID
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: twighead]
#27001492 - 10/24/20 04:01 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I would be even better if I didn't need a fake ID. I'm most concerned about going into town to resupply befe heading back and possible ID checks at the lodge or upon reentry to the park.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Ogla]
#27001809 - 10/24/20 07:43 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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San Jacinto state park. On top of a mountain on top of the desert. I miss that place but it was time to move on. Some one of a kind places for sure.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: ReposadoXochipilli]
#27001810 - 10/24/20 07:45 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yellowstone. One word: Supervolcano!
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Ice9] 1
#27010393 - 10/29/20 01:29 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just returned from a short trip to one of our nations islands with a massive nature reserve (Schiermonnikoog)
Dropped LSD (100mics) and did a walkabout for about 5-6 hours
Epic dunes and remote beaches with noone around for miles. It was super windy and clouds mixes with sunshine and rain. Best rainbows I have ever seen.

Another thread here inspired me to drop early in the morning. Walking the village and interacting with people whilst spacing out at 10 in the morning was interesting
The island has only a few cars and I forgot what real silence was
Def need to get out more
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