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How fascinating!  Badgers are rather rare to see, I think.
I had a wonderful experience on Applegate-Lassen multi-day ride some years 
ago.  Lud and I were managing it and one morning I was driving along a dirt 
road, not too far from a couple of ranches.  There was a barbed wire fence 
along the edge of the pasture, a few feet from the road.  All of a sudden, a 
Pronghorn Antelope ran through the pasture, jumped the fence, and ran 
alongside of my truck on the road margin (10-12 feet wide?) for at least 1/2 
mile or more.  Then, just as suddenly, he turned, jumped back over the fence 
and ran off.  I was stunned!  I have always wondered what he was thinking 
and why he did that.  He didn't seem afraid...it was more like "I'll take 
you on for a race."  When he'd had enough, he left.

I love all my wildlife encounters.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brenda Kossowan" <enduranceracing@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:16 PM
Subject: [RC] cougars and wildlife


> Maybe the best thing about getting stupidly and badly lost on my most 
> recent 50 was the series of wildlife encounters.
> Wiid and I were both thoroughly demoralized at my stupidity and were 
> trotting along a hot, dusty road when up pops a badger. I've lived in 
> badger country all my 53 years and have previously had only a fleeting 
> glimpse as the fat little buggers dive back into their holes.
> This time, the badger popped out of the grass and ran beside us in the 
> field, along the side of the road, for a good half mile. It's just a 
> guess, but she must have been hoping to keep us away from her babies.
> What a tremendous display of courage, to watch this valiant animal take 
> action against a much faster and larger, albeit less ferocious, beast.
> I decided not to finish the ride - the extra miles would have been too 
> hard on Wiid and me. But I will always cherish that moment.
> Brenda K
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