Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 12, 2024

  1. Img 0910
    BE THIS GUY  11 months ago

    Pig wants to get close to nature in comfort.

     •  Reply
  2. Missing large
    cmxx  11 months ago

    For a one-step-even-further-removed experience, one can go through it on a bus tour.

     •  Reply
  3. Dragon
    Asharah  11 months ago

    Take a nature cruise.

     •  Reply
  4. Mrpeabodyboysherman
    iggyman  11 months ago

    Cheetos, of course!

     •  Reply
  5. Ding a ling
    BasilBruce  11 months ago

    Enjoy nature, but don’t give it a chance to get you.

     •  Reply
  6. Avatar tmp 56884 thumb
    orinoco womble  11 months ago

    I used to know a guy who said, “You seen one tree, you seen em all.” He would drive through a park like that with the radio on. He was also the guy who would go to a safari park and get out of the car to take pictures of the lions and zebras, ignoring the large warning signs saying “Stay in your car”.

     •  Reply
  7. Missing large
    parforden  11 months ago

    Gunsight pass in Glacier N.P, was the place I hiked into a looooong time ago. There are bears….

     •  Reply
  8. Gentbear3b1a
    Gent  11 months ago

    Was that fuel car or electric car Pig?

     •  Reply
  9. Missing large
    finzleftright  11 months ago

    Hmm. I’ve ridden through on Amtrak. So Pig’s experience sounds pretty first hand to me. I only hope to drive through it someday. Cheetos optional.

     •  Reply
  10. 1628996 t1
    enigmamz  11 months ago

    Heated Cheetos? Is that really necessary?

     •  Reply
  11. Purplepeopleeater small
    Purple People Eater  11 months ago

    If you want to get up close to nature, try this:

    https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=I2aCVi4ekps

     •  Reply
  12. Large img 0056
    Zykoic  11 months ago

    Should have ditched the car. Next time take your RV diesel pusher with the satellite dish and espresso coffee maker.

     •  Reply
  13. Grandbudapesthotel cr alamy
    Imagine  11 months ago

    That’s like driving past a cemetery and calling it a near death experience.

     •  Reply
  14. Avatar2
    Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 11 months ago

    What an immersive experience!

     •  Reply
  15. Screenshot 20180802 120401 samsung internet
    Kurtass  11 months ago

    Cheetos and cold beer, that’s the ticket.

     •  Reply
  16. Missing large
    cracker65  11 months ago

    We used to take our oldest daughter to drive through safaris. Those are awesome.

     •  Reply
  17. Ellis archer profile
    Ellis97  11 months ago

    Guess he didn’t want to get all cold.

     •  Reply
  18. Huckandfish
    Huckleberry Hiroshima  11 months ago

    I’ll bet you subscribed to both.

     •  Reply
  19. Missing large
    KageKat  11 months ago

    Nothing wrong with Pig’s way of doing things!

     •  Reply
  20. 3c777ff2 4bb1 47cd 9770 62ea9f8bab9b
    monya_43  11 months ago

    Sure it was an “up close” experience. If Pig rolled down his car window, he would be able to actually feel the cold.

     •  Reply
  21. 041ce150 741f 443a aa6a 84618520b989 1 201 a
    jessegooddoggy  11 months ago

    At least Pig is smart enough to not pet the fluffy cows.

     •  Reply
  22. Fox picture avatar  2
    phritzg Premium Member 11 months ago

    Glacier National Park is a great experience even if you’re just driving through on Going-to-the-Sun Road. Whether you’re the driver or the passenger, the views are just incredible. I’ve vacationed there a few times and hiked a lot of its trails. Also been on the train, both westbound and eastbound. I definitely liked driving better, as we could stop at many places, get out, and soak in the views.

     •  Reply
  23. Missing large
    Dom999  11 months ago

    I went to Iceland to enjoy the parks, and over 90% of the other people there were walking around staring down at their phones or posing for selfies. Less than 10% were actually looking at the nature

     •  Reply
  24. Missing large
    anamchara42  11 months ago

    My wife and I have stayed there twice. “Really pretty” isn’t nearly strong enough.

     •  Reply
  25. Img 4869 original
    Marcia Gibson Premium Member 11 months ago

    I read this the other day, I’m not sure if I can properly credit the source. “I’m not outdoorsy, I’m outsidey. I want to see the beautiful mountain but from a roadside viewpoint. I want to eat a meal outside, but on a restaurant patio. I want to take a walk through the forest for less than a mile and nice and flat. I want to sit next to a fire in the woods, but then go sleep at a hotel.” @samanthas_suitcase

     •  Reply
  26. Cobra 1
    [Traveler] Premium Member 11 months ago

    Maybe the best drive in the country, and I’ve seen many, many of them.

     •  Reply
  27. Boston
    MS72  11 months ago

    There are nuts that get out of their cars and approach buffaloes in national parks.

     •  Reply
  28. Bob 65
    Droptma Styx  11 months ago

    This is why I have a convertible.

     •  Reply
  29. Img 20230511 134023590 portrait 5
    markkahler52  11 months ago

    And the glaciers are receding, also.

     •  Reply
  30. Picture 039thumb
    dogbreath84  11 months ago

    When I was there I thought it’s name should have a NO- in front of it.

     •  Reply
  31. Img 20190428 152052 hdr kindlephoto 2072758
    SusieB  11 months ago

    That’d be me too.

     •  Reply
  32. 250
    ladykat  11 months ago

    That’s one way to do it. A lot of parks discourage you from getting out of cars and interacting with the animals.

     •  Reply
  33. Gospers glider gun
    DavidPlatt  11 months ago

    A lady I worked with, once had an incredible outdoor experience in Glacier. She went camping there.

    In the wee hours of the morning, a bear wandered into their campsite. She woke up to the tent shaking, and the sight of a very large paw pushing in on the side of the tent fabric.

    The bear eventually left. It had pulled down the food bag they’d carefully strung up in a tree, and eaten their food. It had also chewed up and eaten the camping-permit tag they’d twist-tied to their tent rope (as required by the rangers). Only the wire twist-tie remained.

    They packed up and left immediately. “I’m never going back to Glacier”.

     •  Reply
  34. 96480   copy  2
    Goat from PBS  11 months ago

    Nature really is beautiful from a car window.

     •  Reply
  35. Michaelparksjimbronson
    well-i-never  11 months ago

    I’m here to tell ya, my Google Earth experience was awesome!

     •  Reply
  36. Missing large
    bngooby  11 months ago

    Heated car seats are the only way to go.

     •  Reply
  37. Missing large
    royq27  11 months ago

    Traveling the American way!

     •  Reply
  38. Hat 2
    Paul D Premium Member 11 months ago

    Wait . . . Pig, Goat, Zebra and the Crocs ARE “Nature”

     •  Reply
  39. Plsa button
    Richard S Russell Premium Member 11 months ago

    Are there any glaciers left in Glacier National Park? If so, what’s their currently estimated half-life?

     •  Reply
  40. Missing large
    guy42  11 months ago

    My family drove through Glacier National Park a couple of decades ago (Road to the sky) in a mini-van. It was beautiful with the road passing within feet of a glacier and an incredibly beautiful lake at the bottom of a valley.

     •  Reply
  41. Missing large
    wolfgang73  11 months ago

    Pretty much grew up 20 minutes from GNP. Hiked a lot of trails, climbed a bunch of mountains, backpacked, cross-country skied. It was my “backyard” for several years. One of the most beautiful places in the world. It has gotten so busy and crowded the last few years, you need a reservation to get in now most of the year. Can’t find a parking spot to go for a hike. Stopped going about ten years a go. We’re loving our wilderness to death.

     •  Reply
  42. Img 1610
    WCraft Premium Member 11 months ago

    Don’t forget to bring along the Diet Mt. Dew.

     •  Reply
  43. Missing large
    T Smith  11 months ago

    The bison prefer Cool-Ranch Doritos (don’t ask me how I know).

     •  Reply
  44. Photo 1501706362039 c06b2d715385
    Zebrastripes  11 months ago

    Some never give up the comforts of home

     •  Reply
  45. Missing large
    John Jorgensen  11 months ago

    Did you pull over and take pictures out the window with a zoom lens?

     •  Reply
  46. Greg backlit
    mindjob  11 months ago

    At least he could have parked his Winnebago and watched TV

     •  Reply
  47. 319312 412581075444989 1358740700 n crop
    waes-hael  11 months ago

    Out of the Frying Pan (Crocs) and into the Fire (Grizzlies)…

     •  Reply
  48. Img 0808
    Brilliant_Birdie   11 months ago

    Not to close, but just enough to stay in your comfort zone.

     •  Reply
  49. Nowyoulisten
    zeexenon  11 months ago

    Too bad the Google Maps lady doesn’t include a geography and history narrative.

     •  Reply
  50. 1017207 10200214106421862 492754112 n
    Cameron1988 Premium Member 11 months ago

    We’re spoiled rotten these days with today’s technology

     •  Reply
  51. Missing large
    sheashea  11 months ago

    Hey, if you’ve got Cheetos, you’re good.

     •  Reply
  52. Willy wonka factory
    dsom8  11 months ago

    Dumb Questions Asked at National Parks and Tourist Attractions

    Any National Park…“Have we done all there is to do, or are we missing something?”“What is there to do around here at night?”“Is there anything interesting up the trail, or just more of the same? (trees, rocks, streams, you know)”“Tourists to one another: “Are you seeing anything good?”“Since there are bears here, should I keep my cat inside the tent?”

    Glacier National Park" What does the park service do with all the animals in the winter?

     •  Reply
  53. Image
    SukieCrandall Premium Member 11 months ago

    How could anyone go to Glacier in the winter and not watch the gatherings of bald eagles?

     •  Reply
  54. Missing large
    elgrecousa Premium Member 11 months ago

    Don’t blame Pig for seeking comfort while enjoying Nature. That’s the modus operandi for most people.

     •  Reply
  55. Missing large
    Drbarb71 Premium Member 11 months ago

    OMG get out and at least take photos! They are AMAZING!

     •  Reply
  56. Mbsils
    marilynnbyerly  11 months ago

    If I were a major food group for large predators, I’d stay in my car, too.

     •  Reply
  57. Boyknifeoutlet
    Retired engineer  11 months ago

    Been there. I would have gotten a much better view of nature if they would just cut more of those trees down.

     •  Reply
  58. Screenshot 2024 02 05 at 6.32.06 pm
    librarylady59  11 months ago

    I worked at Glacier Park for 2 summers when a college student. Met people from all over the world. Hiked a lot (I was still healthy then.) Never saw a grizzly or black bear but always kept aware.

    My sister worked at Lake McDonald the “summer of the grizzlies”. My parents and I (still in h.s. at the time) visited her. On the drive there we were listening to a Montana radio station. Heard a news item that an 18 yr old girl working at Lake McDonald had been killed by a grizzly. Her name couldn’t be released because the family could not be reached. Well, I had never seen my parents turn grey before. Dad pressed the pedal to the metal. At the first gas station they both went inside to call my sister. She answered. Their – and my – relief was palpable. Turns out the girl had lived in the room across the hall.

    Rules were established after this summer for hikers, people staying and/or working in the park.

     •  Reply
  59. Missing large
    mousefumanchu Premium Member 11 months ago

    Love Cheetos!

     •  Reply
  60. 1306946534966
    Spacetech  11 months ago

    Next Year, let’s hire a drone – and experience the Park from Virginia.

     •  Reply
  61. Louis2
    PoodleGroomer  11 months ago

    Animals like Cheetos, too. Count your fingers when you’re done sharing.

     •  Reply
  62. Missing large
    ekke  11 months ago

    Getting up close and personal in Glacier Park can involve interaction with Grizzly Bears. Whether that is positive or negative interaction is completely up to the bear.

     •  Reply
  63. Missing large
    rick92040  11 months ago

    Now you need a $2. pass that’s impossible to get.

     •  Reply
  64. Missing large
    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  11 months ago

    Try that place in Manitoba,Canada where they take up-close auto tours through polar bear territory.

    We’ll get up a Vegas line on whether or not Pig survives

     •  Reply
  65. Missing large
    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  11 months ago

    I’ve never seen anything wilder than a deer.Fire Island,New York is full of them

     •  Reply
  66. Ericka huggins
    JLChi  11 months ago

    I went on a safari in Africa. Occasionally, a male lion would walk right up to our parked vehicle. I was telling a guy about my trip, and he asked if people could roll down the windows and pet the lions.

    Only once, I replied.

    He was really excited and said he wanted to go to Africa and pet the lions.

    Yes, some people are that dumb.

     •  Reply
  67. Copy of msg apa181
    The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member 11 months ago

    “Trees, rocks, and big holes in the ground.”—my evaluation after a week in Arizona with my wife about 45 years ago

     •  Reply
  68. Img 0013
    plaidley  11 months ago

    It’s important to travel with the right snacks.

     •  Reply
  69. Photo
    AndrewSihler  11 months ago

    True enough, but the road through Glacier Park isn’t conducive to sight-seeing. Not unless you have a death-wish.

     •  Reply
  70. Missing large
    Arghhgarrr Premium Member 11 months ago

    passengers on the road to the sun keep their eyes shut if they any degree of vertigo.

     •  Reply
  71. Amazing fox photos 25
    eddi-TBH  11 months ago

    A safer approach than trying to hug a bison.

     •  Reply
  72. Rugeirn
    rugeirn  11 months ago

    I have been known to introduce myself as “ … and lover of the great outdoors, especially when it’s on TV.”

     •  Reply
  73.  k3 6383
    AndrewSharpe  11 months ago

    What he really wants is pigs in a blanket.

     •  Reply
  74. Thinker
    Sisyphos  11 months ago

    You have to admire Pig’s practicality. How much closer do you really want to be to all that Nature stuff?!

     •  Reply
  75. Swallowed a hockey stick
    Ceeg22 Premium Member 10 months ago

    Totes

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From Pearls Before Swine