Cougar Bait

This post is especially for Katie who went running alone on a canyon trail in cougar country on the Main Salmon raft trip in Idaho last summer. I apologize, Katie. Looks like I gave you bad advice when I told you it was safe.

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Larry and I drive toward Olympic National Park in Washington and see this sign. We remember Katie's solo canyon workout and decide to investigate.



A few miles down the road, we come upon this sign:



Then we see these:



And this:




And finally this cat watching us from the rocks above the trail we're hiking:



We get in the car and drive away, vowing never to return and certainly never to jog here alone.