It's Getting Closer...

It's getting closer! We have been to the park a few times over the last couple of months, finally deciding that campsites #6 and #12 are best suited for the project. We have gathered most our gear and are making progress towards the tentative date of December 12th through the 19th. So far, we have:

• Small Sine Wave Inverter
• Portable 9Ah Lithium Battery
• 70Ah Lead-Acid Battery
• 5 IR Trail Cameras (possibly a couple more before we go)
• Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 OS Super-telephoto Lens
• Plenty of Other Photo Items
• 1Tb Hard-Drive
• Puma Field Guide
• Tent, Clothing, Boots, etc.

What we still need before we go:

• Plaster Kit
• Food Ideas

We plan to spend the first three nights at site #6 and make our way over to site #12 for the rest. We'll have a car, so we will have a battery charger in case something happens to the inverter. Also, we can drive the 5-6 miles across to the trailhead for site #12. The date is not set in stone, because we have to work out our schedules to find a week both of us can do it. There was another report of a Mountain Lion emailed to me recently and I saw a Bobcat on the back side of the park near US-129 (closest to sites #12 and #14). No photos of it, but here's a peek at a nice buck I stalked with a friend in Cade's Cove a couple weeks ago.

On another note, Dr. Don Linzey, the leading expert on the Eastern Mountain Lion and the man with the map of reported sightings, is coming to the Smokies as part of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee's "Wilderness Wildlife Week". He will be speaking about the search for Panthers in the Smokies on Saturday, January 8th at 12:30 in the Music Road Convention Center. Maybe I can get him to write a foreword for the book.

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