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You ever have one of those winters when you just couldn’t sleep, you toss and turn and you look at the calendar and it’s only half past March and you normally sleep until May. Try as you might your eyes just won’t stay shut and there is nothing for it but to get up and wander around looking for the grass that isn’t up yet, hoping to find a dead buffalo to eat that the coyotes haven’t ruined, maybe run into some of your bear friends who couldn’t sleep either. It can be a miserable time. If you’re one of those innovative kind of guys you can always go nosing around the campgrounds looking for one of those soft-sided camper things to open up, the ones with the red and white plastic boxes full of supper, there’s always something to eat in there. After all it’s been since last fall that you’ve had anything to eat. Mostly though you find yourself just walking around, visiting all your old haunts waiting until somebody else wakes up to keep you company. This is the north end of Yellowstone lake near Mary Bay and its still winter here for awhile. Next year denning up in early December instead of the first of November will be a better idea. Plus no pizza before putting out the lights.