That's our teepee in the left middle distance
We ended up finding an additional 2 sites and used a transit to create a map of the whole area with all of the old house depressions on it. One site had 20 house depressions while another had 10. That's a lot of house depressions to map. Molly also dug test pits so we could get an idea of the character of the site deposits. She dug test pits while I wandered all over the place looking for sites. In the end we examined 5 different sites - 2 looked like late prehistoric sites, another about 1000 years old, while the other 2 looked even older.
We camped using the same teepee and wood stove I'd used less than a week earlier on the elk hunt. With 6 guys inside on the elk hunt it had seemed tiny, but with just Molly and I it was HUGE. And it got very, very cold. We were super happy to have the woodstove and even kept it going the entire second day. My hands would get cold while on the transit and periodically I took a break in the teepee to warm my hands by the stove.
While wandering around looking for sites I had one tense moment when I came upon a sow and 2 cubs at less than 50 meters. The wind was in my face and they had no idea I was there. So I ducked down and backed up and then crossed over to the other side of the river. Then I watched as the sow caught my scent. She stood up on her back legs and looked all around - she still had no idea where I was located! Then all three of them took off running in the opposite direction. But I am quite sure that if I had surprised her at less than 50 meters she would have at the very least bluff charged me. Patrick
The place was rife with bears!
That's Molly and all our gear getting picked up by Keller and the helicopter
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