Bearizona!

[Smokin' in AZ]

Hey Ray, I do a ton of trout fishing up here in the mountains and you do not need a downrigger for them. They are only dumb littte ass stockers. Fun to catch and decent table fare.

Call me or PM me and I can clue you in on the nuance's of trout fishing in AZ. Been doing it for 10-12 years now. Quite a bit different from the big lakes further west.

 

[Bearcarver]

Nice Looking Bird Parts, Ray!!
Looks Mighty Tasty!!
Like.

Your Bearizona looks a lot like My Buddy's Back Yard, up in Potter County, PA.
He has Bears running all around his Permanent Residence Cabin.
Pennsylvania Black Bears & Cabin

Bear

 

[Winterrider]

Glad you and the Mrs. will have a chance to get out a little bit.
Stay Safe. . . And enjoy !

 

[thirdeye]

Trip cancelled, Covid-19 is running rampant in AZ and Jan doesn't want to chance having to use their restrooms. We're setting a new record for reported cases every day for a week and a half, hospitals are beginning to fill up according to the morning paper. Better safe than sorry. RAY

Reading through these posts made me realize I overlooked the situation in AZ. We have some hot-spots in Wyoming but overall our numbers were under control enough for stage 1 of opening up in late May and those orders continue through June 15th. Many people however, look right past the recommendations and throw precautions to the wind. Mrs ~t~ grocery shops about every 8 to 10 days at the early Senior hours and other than that our sheltering plan is working out okay. My city did have 3 days of protest marches but all normal summer events like the fair, rodeo week, concerts, baseball leagues, and the like have been cancelled. The county is trying to figure out a way for all the 4H kids to show their livestock to judges only, no public showings. I have 2 days of barbecue contests scheduled for October, so I'm hoping that will pan out.... all my other competitions were forced to cancel. Our fire danger is going to be high this year as well. So, better safe than sorry is the name of the game.

 

[JLeonard]

While travel nursing with our 5th wheel we stopped for a couple of nights at the RV park right past Bearizona and went to the Grand Canyon on our way to Reno, NV. Man that's some beautiful scenery out that way.

 

[SmokinAl]

That’s some good looking chicken there Ray!
I’m in a very small town & every store you go in requires masks.
This started about 1 week ago & already the number of cases is going down.
If only they would have mandated this from the beginning I don’t think we would be in the mess were in right now! My God, how would you like to live in Miami! And with a possible hurricane coming, I would rather die in my home, than go to a shelter & come out positive for Covid!
Al

 

[chef jimmyj]

Ray, the Chicken looks great. Did you ever make the trip to Bearizona? It reminded me of a place I visited when I was 10 years old, the Summer of '72 .

Back in 1972 Warner Bros. opened an enormous Petting Zoo and Drive Through Wildlife Park in northern NJ. They called it Jungle Habitat. There was an assortment of AFRICAN Wild Animals including Lions, Baboons, Monkeys, Zebras, Elephants, Ostrich, Impala, Gazelle and others. It didn't take long for the animals to lose their fear of the parade of cars and grew closer and folks got better pictures.
Folks were not so Safety minded or Litigious in those days.
The animals became familiar with the cars and stared damaging car bodies and paint, jumping on hoods and the roof. The popular, at the time, Vinyl and Landau Roofs were particularly vulnerable.

Courtesy of Weird NJ.

Jungle Habitat: Wild, Free and Abandoned | Weird NJ

Weird NJ is a travel guide and magazine to places you won't find on state funded maps or located on any tourist attraction pamphlets.

weirdnj.com

The first time Jungle Habitat made headlines occurred only months after it first opened for business in the summer of 1972. An Israeli tourist named Abraham Levy was riding through the safari in a taxi cab, when he decided to roll down the window to get a better look at some of the animals roaming around. Two lions attacked the car and mauled the 26 year old tourist, causing not only lacerations to his face and shoulder, but a ton of negative publicity for the park. The melee died down shortly however, when Levy publicly took responsibility for the incident.

In spite of car damage and Mr. Levy's incident the park did fairly well until there was too much traffic for the small town and too many animal escapes, fortunately no Lions! Jungle Habitat was closed in 1976, from Township pressure and literally Abandoned. Soon it was looking like a set for a sequel of Jurassic Park! The animals were " mostly " gone but everything else was pretty much as it was the day it closed, just overgrown, for many more years. The park was eventually torn down, but the stories of Animal Sightings continue...JJ

 

[Bearcarver]

Ray, the Chicken looks great. Did you ever make the trip to Bearizona? It reminded me of a place I visited when I was 10 years old, the Summer of '72 .

Back in 1972 Warner Bros. opened an enormous Petting Zoo and Drive Through Wildlife Park in northern NJ. They called it Jungle Habitat. There was an assortment of AFRICAN Wild Animals including Lions, Baboons, Monkeys, Zebras, Elephants, Ostrich, Impala, Gazelle and others. It didn't take long for the animals to lose their fear of the parade of cars and grew closer and folks got better pictures.
Folks were not so Safety minded or Litigious in those days.
The animals became familiar with the cars and stared damaging car bodies and paint, jumping on hoods and the roof. The popular, at the time, Vinyl and Landau Roofs were particularly vulnerable.

Courtesy of Weird NJ.

Jungle Habitat: Wild, Free and Abandoned | Weird NJ

Weird NJ is a travel guide and magazine to places you won't find on state funded maps or located on any tourist attraction pamphlets.

weirdnj.com

The first time Jungle Habitat made headlines occurred only months after it first opened for business in the summer of 1972. An Israeli tourist named Abraham Levy was riding through the safari in a taxi cab, when he decided to roll down the window to get a better look at some of the animals roaming around. Two lions attacked the car and mauled the 26 year old tourist, causing not only lacerations to his face and shoulder, but a ton of negative publicity for the park. The melee died down shortly however, when Levy publicly took responsibility for the incident.

In spite of car damage and Mr. Levy's incident the park did fairly well until there was too much traffic for the small town and too many animal escapes, fortunately no Lions! Jungle Habitat was closed in 1976, from Township pressure and literally Abandoned. Soon it was looking like a set for a sequel of Jurassic Park! The animals were " mostly " gone but everything else was pretty much as it was the day it closed, just overgrown, for many more years. The park was eventually torn down, but the stories of Animal Sightings continue...JJ

I've never been there, but I thought "Six Flags Great Adventure Safari", in New Jersey had a drive-through animal thing with Lions & Tigers & Baboons, and such.

Bear

 

[chef jimmyj]

You are correct. The Great Adventure one was in Southern NJ. Tickets could be had separately or in a package with the amusement park. Dad's company did a bunch of the HVAC work so we had CompTickets for opening day. Funny part was the number of Rides opening day were few compared to what the park became over the next few years...JJ

 

[Bearcarver]

You are correct. The Great Adventure one was in Southern NJ. Tickets could be had separately or in a package with the amusement park. Dad's company did a bunch of the HVAC work so we had CompTickets for opening day. Funny part was the number of Rides opening day were few compared to what the park became over the next few years...JJ

I was never there, but I believe Bear Jr & one of his crews did some tower work on the Park.

Bear