TRACKS IN THE SNOW..... VIKKI'S TRIP BACK TO LAKE

VIKKI SAID GOODBYE TO BRYAN AND HENRI  AT 5:30 PM AND HEADED BACK THE 27 KMS.  HALF WAY UP ONE OF THE STEEP HILLS HER TUNDRA STARTED TO SPIN OUT.  FOR A BRIEF COUPLE OF SECONDS NO ONE WAS MOVING.... QUICKLY SHE JUMPED UP AND DOWN ..... AND THANKFULLY INCHED AHEAD AND GOT A GRIP AND OFF SHE WENT UP THE HILL.


FRESH MARTEN TRACKS

 SQUIRREL TRACKS

 MARTEN TRACKS

 NOW THIS IS INTERESTING.....   MAYBE A FOX???   HAVE TO LOOK MORE

 STARTING TO THINK IT MUST BE OTTER BECAUSE IT IS NOT RUNNING LIKE A FOX.

YES..... IT IS OTTER

 ONCE YOU SEE THE SLIDE.... THEN YOU KNOW IT IS OTTER.  THE OTTER HUNT IN THE BEAVER LODGES LOOKING FOR UNGUARDED BEAVER PUPS.

 NOW THIS ANIMAL IS BIGGER AND IS BUSTING THRU THE COMPACT SNOW.

A SMALL WOLVERINE.... MAYBE A FEMALE.
WHEN BRYAN CALLED VIKKI ON THE SBX AT 8:30 PM HE FIRST ASKED......   "DID YOU HAVE TROUBLE ON ONE OF THE STEEP HILLS?????"  "NO.... I JUMPED HARD AND MY SKIDOO BIT IN."  WELL, THE STORY WAS THAT HENRI ONLY GOT HALF WAY UP AND HAD TO BACK DOWN THE STEEP HILL .... THEN TRIED AGAIN AND STILL NO LUCK.  THEY HAD TO CHAINSAW RUTS IN THE ICY HILL .... TOOK THEM HALF AN HOUR.  BRYAN SAID TO VIKKI " GOOD GOING TO GET YOURSELF UP THAT BAD HILL".