The Adventures of the Wilderness Family

Adventures of the Wilderness Family aka The Wilderness Family is a 1975 family movie that stars Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan DamanteShaw. The film had two sequels, The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family 1978, aka Adventures of the Wilderness Familyand Mountain Family Robinson 1979, aka Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3. The filming location was the Gunnison National Forest in the state of Colorado, although the film is set in Canada.

From the start, the Robinson family seemed to be adjusting to their new life in the Canadian wilderness. A few days after finishing building their new cabin, Toby and Skip go out hunting one morning with their dog, Crust and succeed in catching a grouse for the family dinner. Later that day, while climbing along the rocky slopes of a large hill, Skip and his son almost get caught in a deadly landslide. They later find a pair of young grizzly bear cubs who have lost their mother to the same landslide they got caught in. The cubs are quickly adopted into the Robinson family, but Pat and Skip tell their children that sooner or later the cubs would have to be released back into the wild when they are fully grown.During the next few weeks, the Robinson family slowly adapt to their new life in the mountains. In addition to the two young bear cubs and their family dog, Skip and his family also befriend a raccoon that they find living near their cabin and name him Bandito. Jenny and Toby were collecting flowers, then, they encountered cougar cubs near their den. The family receive numerous letters and packages from friends and family back in Los Angeles. Pat receives several letters from her mother and Jenny and Toby are given numerous schoolbooks from the Los Angeles schoolboard. Skip continues hunting for small game and fishing in the nearest creek to provide food for his family, while his wife works around the house and their two children work on their schoolwork. ........

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