Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Echo Trail trees
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CabinAfter |
-Road safety? -Snow clearance? -Something more??? |
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TuscaroraBorealis |
...of course, there's always (at least) 2 perspectives to every story. |
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Savage Voyageur |
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CabinAfter |
Savage Voyageur: "I’m in favor of the road clearing. Might give me two or three more seconds to stomp on my brake pedal when an animal decides to cross the road. " Or an SUV coming around some of those sharp turns! |
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BearBurrito |
CabinAfter: "Savage Voyageur: "I’m in favor of the road clearing. Might give me two or three more seconds to stomp on my brake pedal when an animal decides to cross the road. " I agree |
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Speckled |
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thegildedgopher |
Speckled: "I think they clear the shoulders and it turns into a nice grassy area for the dear to come eat. Look at Highway 61 between Duluth and Two Harbors, Nice big grassy median, nice big grassy shoulders and hills - there's deer every where. Deer grazing on the grass, dead bloody dear laying on the side of the road. It's ridiculous. You can drive a back road (not cleared) and hardly see a deer." My kid and I counted 30 some deer on the way into Ely a few weeks ago. They are everywhere, all along the side of the road spread out for a few miles heading into town |
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Stumpy |
Speckled: "I think they clear the shoulders and it turns into a nice grassy area for the dear to come eat. Look at Highway 61 between Duluth and Two Harbors, Nice big grassy median, nice big grassy shoulders and hills - there's deer every where. Deer grazing on the grass, dead bloody dear laying on the side of the road. It's ridiculous. You can drive a back road (not cleared) and hardly see a deer." I agree. The Echo trail is fine....just slow down. Enabling people to speed up, will bring on more accidents with animals and cars. I hit a deer going 70 (the speed limit) a few years ago in Wisconsin and totaled our car....thank God wife & dogs & I were ok. That wouldn't happen that badly, going 40 on the Echo Trail. |