Animal Discovery

April 29, 1805

The biggest and strongest animal we have discovered on the trail was no doubt the Grisely Beare (Grizzly Bear). We had to shoot a Grisely Beare more than 10 times to kill it. It's fur can be various shades from tan to dark brown. We called it the Grisely Beare because of the white tips on their fur. It's claws can grow up to 4 inches! Their height can be from 4-8 feet tall! We mostly saw them on mountains and near the river. I guess that the weight of the one that we killed was about 500 pounds. These animals have razor sharp teeth and are carnivorous. These animals are also very fast at swimming.

Animal Discovery

July 3, 1805

The most interesting animal that we have discovered was the Beever (Beaver). This animal would create dams in stream and rivers and making their lodge homes. I am pretty sure that the Beever's have a warning signal because I saw one slap its tail against the water and then all the other Beevers fled. The Beever must have seen something that scared it. Also, the Beever's teeth are as strong as an axe. We kept seeing Beevers chew through trees and plants. The Beever's fur is all brown and very soft. They have very small, but powerful teeth. They also have a long and scaly tail that they use for swimming.

Animal Discovery

August 8, 1804

Today we discovered a new animal, the American White Pelican. We saw these birds floating on the river in a pack of 5. We also saw these birds flying over head in a huge flock. One of my men got pooped on. The beak on this bird is an orangey yellow colour and about 1 foot long. The body is very plump and is all white. I am not so sure how long the wingspan is because they were flying so far over head. On the border of their wings is black. The eyes and below the beak are both orange. They also have orange webbed feet.

Animal Discovery

November 9, 1804

Today we discovered an animal with strange features. The body is about 10-18 inches long including their 6 inch tails. Their legs and arms are about 1-2 inches short. They are gingerish-brown in color, with yellowish-white belly fur. The animals live in burrows in the ground always near to each other. They are very good at climbing trees, we even saw one swimming in the river. We decided to name this animal the Long-tailed Weasel.

Animal Dicovery

February 21, 1806

Today we spotted a very unusual animal that looked very fascinating. We called it the Silver Fox. We have only seen these animals twice so I'm not sure if my information is correct. The body of this animal was about 2-3 1/2 feet including the 15 inch tail. The Silver Fox has a round head with a snout that is about 3 inches. The fur of the Silver Fox is black and white on the body. The legs, tail, ears and snout are all black. The tail is all black except for the tip which is white. The teeth are small, but very sharp. The Silver Fox is a meat eater because we saw one eating a Cotton-tail Rabbit. We do not know what kind of habitat this rare animal lives in because we only saw one running around the water, and the other in a large field.

Animal Discovery

February 28, 1806

Today we found this very unusual animal that we named the Pole-cat (Stripped Skunk). Today we have seen about three and its only midday. These animals are black with two white stripes going down from their head to the end of their tail. Their whole body (including the tail) is about 20-28 inches long. The Pole-cats body is about seven inches wide. We found some of these animals under boulders, in burrows in the ground and under a rock pile. The Pole-cat is an Omnivore because we saw a few eating mice and some eating plants. We mostly saw these animals out at dawn and dusk, but sometimes we saw some during the day. One of my men tried to capture one but it sprayed him with a very unpleasant smelling odor from its anus. I believe that if this animal feels threatened by another animal, it sprays its odor at the animal it feels threatened by. The smell lasted for about two weeks and then finally went away. Pole-cats can spray the odor up to 10-25 feet! I would consider these animals more dangerous than prairie wolfs because of the smell they give off.

Animal Discovery

One of my favorite animals that we discovered is the prairie wolf (coyote). We first spotted these animals on September of 1804 in South Dakota, and that wasn't the only time. Almost every week we saw about two or three. Every once in a while we even saw a whole pack of them. We did not know the were carnivores until we noticed a pack prairie wolfs snacking on a deer. The color of the coyotes pelt varies from grayish brown to yellowish gray on the upper parts, and the throat and belly have a white color. The forelegs, sides of head, snout and feet are a reddish brown color. They have ears that stick up about four inches and long fluffy tails the same color as their body. These animals may look friendly, but hey are very aggressive when they are in a pack. They also have razor sharp teeth that can tear anything into bits.

Week One

Good-Bye Santa Barbara, Hello America

Date: Summer 2002

Location: Somewhere on East Coast

This first week has been loads of fun. I cant read the future, but I can tell that this will be the greatest experience in my life. The highlight of the week is when we ate at Ben's Chilly Bowl. I'm gonna be honest at first when the waitress gave me my bowl of chilly it looked like poop in a bowl. I thought I was going to throw up. I kept inching the spoon to my mouth, the first bite I took tasted like heaven in a bowl. It was GREAT! I ate the whole thing and licked the bowl clean. That days ride wasn't too hard. I think we rode about 15 miles. The rest of the week was a breeze. I cant wait for what in stock for us next. Bring It On America...