If it burned you on contact, then you definitely had a reaction to something in it and really should restrain yourself from ever using it again. Not that that sounds like it will be a big sacrifice on your part... Congratulations on getting your lather to a consistency you like! That's a big step and it can take awhile.
Photographing the bears from INSIDE the car -- excellent planning! I once nearly had a heart attack when I came around a blind curve on a mountain road in Banff. A bunch of cars were parked half in the road (no real shoulder) barely ten feet past the curve. Meanwhile the gaggle of tourists were all standing in the MIDDLE of the road, also just barely past the curve. Why? So they could all photograph the cute bears in the ditch -- the cute mama bear and her cubs. The cute mama GRIZZLY bear and her cubs... It's a good thing I didn't hit any of the idiots, because the smell of blood would have been like ringing the dinner bell about fifteen feet away from the bears. The first responders would have been able to take world-class photos of the Banff bears snacking on tourists...
My wife and I had a very similar experience walking up on a Grizzly in Glacier national park on a hike in the middle of nowhere. 10 yards away and lived to tell the tale. Apparently she wasn’t hungry. We were very, very lucky.
Sounds like a wonderful trip Charlie. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a great road to enjoy the Smokey Mountains. I particularly enjoy it during the weekdays when it’s less crowded. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
April 29, 2018 Colonial Razors The General Feather Pro Super El Druida D7 Manchurian Fine Italian Citrus Soap & AS ADP Colonia Essenza
Thank you, I've spent so much time trying to figure how to lather well, and in the end a 2 minute clip on lathering La Toja, with a Captains Choice lathering bowl, gave me my aha moment. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thank you, I hope so. The biggest issue is I'm going to have to learn control the pressure, without the naked blade feel on my skin. A problem I'm more than happy to have. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sunday April 29 - Eucalyptus just shaving Supply Co V.2 SE Injector on two - dot plate / Personna ( 15) JR #276 white ash and boar brush The Little Horn Quaich shave bowl Vitos Eucalyptus shaving cream Alum and Osage Rub My daily shave with this setup is now drifting into "just shaving" territory. The Jayaruh brush whipped up a morsel of Vitos lather in the Little Horn Quaich then painted it on my face. The injector wiped it all away again along with my whiskers in 2.5 easy passes to a clean face. The alum was totally silent, and the splash chilled it all down. I am using larger palmfuls of the Osage Rub now, but otherwise it was all the same as usual. My brushes no longer have any notable smell, but the tub still has cream in it and the Personna injector blade is going strong on shave 15. It looks like I will be continuing with this rig into May. I have no MAYhem planned this year, so I may just spend it seeing how long I can make an injector blade last...
I would assume black bears, but the grizzlies have probably all moved up to Banff where the tourist pickings are better and come pre-seasoned with pepper...
Wasn't it John Denver who sang: Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Parkway, No wifis for your B&B's
And now, fresh from the above goofiness, time to be serious. This probably was my final "cold weather soap/A.S." until next fall, but it was a good one. Hard to say whether or not I'll need more Sandalwood A.S. in this "NB 18", but if so, it sure is nice to know I can proceed with my plan of buying it from the Shave Den Shop and still be safe. Thanks, moderators .
They are all over, depending on where you are. I actually walked up on on one once, coming around the corner of my house, carrying my 18 month old son. He was standing on my porch, eating out of the dog food. One of my German Sheherds, launched herself over the retaining wall, damn near over my shoulder, landed on him, and rode him half way across the yard before he rolled her and got a big swathe out of her rib cage. She chased him into the woods, and I didn’t see her for a couple of hours. That was a healthy vet bill I couldn’t afford at the time, but damn I loved that dog. Black bears though, are mostly not that big a deal. Been living around them my whole life, and have honestly heard more stories of them chasing women hunters during their time of the month than anything else. Really. Which is good news for us guys. And a quick survival tip for the gals.
