With the holiday last week it gave me a few extra days hiking . I was hoping to catch a coyote or bobcat walking the ice. No luck ! Still a lot of open water out past the cove pictured above.

Bushwhacking for bears ( looking for bear dens) came up empty this weekend. I was poking my head in every tree cavity and root ball I could find The hole in the picture above was big enough to partially crawl into. I needed to do that to check and see if anybody was home and there was!
 A fairly large porcupine turned its back to me as a way to protect itself.This was one of two holes I located that housed a porcupine.
I sure hope that I don't stick my head in one hole too many and have my head handed back to me...Gulp
Jim