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This was great because I had enough to finish outfitting myself for my backpacking trips...I even had enough to buy supplies to make my own dehydrated meals and some beef jerky...enough for at least my first 2-3 day trip...Yea!!

Now all I need is for the weather to cooperate and melt the snow in the highlands.

I can't wait to get up there and backpack 20 miles away from anyone and hopefully take some magnificent pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbanneck/sets/ 72157623432123063/

Enjoy!

As for the backpacking...ya. I find the only way to get decent pictures of wildlife is to get far enough into the back country that there isn't any other people (or very few). The trick is to not be eaten by a Grizzly Bear...but to that end I have a lens that allows me to capture them on film from about 1/8 of a mile away and I carry a airhorn to scare them away, 4 bottles of pepper spray to blind them and only if all else fails and I find myself in a hand to hand combat with one, a very long, very sharp knife (which I pray I never have to use).

The challenge for me is the weight of my pack. My pack weighs about 40 pounds which is pretty standard but I have to also carry 20 pounds of camera equipment so at around 60 pounds, my pack is on the OMG heavy side for a 20-40 mile hike.

I just looked at all your pictures, they are "amazing" i love the wildlife, you must be at such peace when you do your backpacking. I love nature too and going way out in the wilderness, i've done it and saw Moose, Deer, Mink, Porcupine. We call it bush camping.

My favorite pics are of the Bears, Buffalos, Squirels, and especially the Wolves.

Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

My husband is looking at a job in Ceour d'Alane (?). I'll let you know if he gets it.