It's my job to give the wildlife report this trip. I guess that be for a couple of reasons...
- I'm the one who cares the most. I could spend hours looking out the window just certain that around the next curve of the mountain or bend in the river there will be a beautiful whitetail or a herd of buffalo or maybe even a bear! Turns out that I'm not right all that often, but it's still an adventure for me.
- It's rather nostalgic for me. I can hear my Daddy saying, "You're not looking for details, you're just watching for shapes." Brings back the memories of so many family road trips watching for antelope or deer.
On that note, here's what we've had the privilege of spotting so far...
-herds of buffalo
-a dozen (or so) deer, both whitetail and mule deer
-a LONE wolf in Yellowstone (I guess it's true what they say)
-two grizzly bears!
-one otter
-a herd of mountain goats high up in the Beartooth Pass
-numerous chipmunks & ground squirrels
-countless birds, including one bald eagle and two bald eagle nests)
-swarms of mosquitoes (wait, do those count?
Three of the deer have a pretty amazing story. We were driving at dusk along Palisades Lake between Idaho Falls and Alpine, WY. We came over a rise and standing in the road was a startled doe and her two fawns. It was so precious to see her actually standing over the top of her two fawns, protecting them from the coming danger. Amazing!
Signing off for now. Blessings to all our friends and family!
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