Friday, May 6, 2011 - Kearney NE
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American Robin, Dugway Recreation Area, Sinclair WY, May 1, 2011
Humid
The party is over. I'm barely halfway across Nebraska and already I'm in the soup.
Night camp
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Kearney NE
Kearney Walmart Supercenter Store #598, 5411 2Nd Ave, Kearney, NE 68847 - (308) 234-8448
- No level parking - no trucks - I used the adjacent Hilltop Mall lot to the south.
- Verizon cell phone service- good
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service - good
- Locate this Walmart on my Night Camps map
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
Absolute Silence
I remembered hearing of a backcountry Park Service ranger who was cleaning up after dinner one evening when he heard a chilling scream. He ran out of his cabin in time to see a mountain lion standing with a dead deer next to her. The lion saw the ranger and bounded off. The ranger realized this might be a rare opportunity to closely observe a mountain lion, so he stationed himself a short distance away from the deer carcase. He sat in absolute silence, and listened closely as night deepened. After sitting in darkness for well over an hour, he gave up hope of the lion's returning and stood up. In the powerful beam of his flashlight, he could clearly see that the dead deer was no longer there. ...
Caught in Fading Light: Mountain Lions, Zen Masters, and Wild Nature by Gary Thorp