We saw Moose galore this trip! Rod and I tried to go out early in the morning and then again at dusk to catch a glimpse of a Moose. The first one we saw was a momma and her twins! The mother looked small to me. I think she was very young and that perhaps this was her first birthing.
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| I spotted her as we turned into Harriman Park, right of the side of the road and down in a gulley. |
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| One of the baby twins. They were so tiny and cute! |
The next Moose sighting was very early one morning as Rod and I hiked around Silver Lake. Rod spotted her down by the shore. We tried to sneak up to get a closer peek, but she spotted us and bolted. She actually ran right to the path that we were using and then trotted on ahead of us for quite a while.
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| Rod getting his Moose picture. |
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| She turned around and looked right at us |
As they trotted ahead of us, we could hear their steps on the wooden bridge. It was so cool!!!
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| This elk crossed the road right in front of us, then turned around and looked. |
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| Rod is very proud of this baby buffalo picture. |
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| The guys thought they owned the picnic area. |
We saw a beautiful deer in the velvet one night by the river feeding in to Silver Lake, and other stags as we drove down some of the forest service roads at dusk. We also saw some amazing pelicans flying up the river in formation just like the Blue Angels. You could hear their wings beating the air.
The mosquitoes were very bad! Wish we hadn't seen any of those!
One night we stayed up very late so we could take the girls out to see the stars. We drove out to the road that goes to Mesa Falls and parked in a pull out. It took our breath away as we looked up and could actually see the Milky Way. There were shooting stars. We all saw a great big one, and Ava said in the cutest little voice, "I see it. I see it!" We all laughed at her joy and delight in this experience of her first shooting star. I will always treasure this time with Rod, Becca, Julie and Ava.
