#31--and then there were moose...

]The day started a bit rocky—our propane had run out and it was 45 degrees in the trailer—cold. The dogs refused to come out from underneath the covers to do their morning thing…But we had other tanks, so once we got through some morning BS, it got much better.

I made the ideal camp breakfast—eggs, bacon on the grill, and fried potatoes—excellent. Then we headed out to explore the park—and look for our elusive “buck” moose.

Of course in one of the first lakes we saw a moose in the distance and decided to hike to it to get a better look. Several things were learned—but the important one was that it wasn’t wise to use moose trails—when they get muddy—they get really muddy and can suck your shoes off. Of course I was the leader so that lesson was a biggy to me. But we eventually found a cow on the other side of the lake. Not really worth the hike since she was still far away. And we headed on…

We were treated to deer, pronghorn, buffalo, elk and then finally MOOSE! We were checking out campgrounds and drove into one to see it and there, just hanging, were 2—yes—TWO bull moose just laying there taking a map. Yuliya got the credit for seeing them first--but they were laying right next to the restroom—and since I had to go it was probably a sure thing—but don’t tell her that. We took pictures and could have sat on them if we wanted to—they were oblivious to anything around them. But once again it was a primo experience. Moose count up to 9—bears STILL stuck at 12!

We then went on exploring and decided that we still like our campground best, for at least a couple more days. And then we will probably head to what is now known as the “buck moose campground”. It’s on the south side of the park and getting pretty close to Jackson.

Of course on the way home we found another lodge that bragged about their margaritas so we couldn’t help but stop. We had an appetizer with our drinks and then headed home. All over priced, but since we save so much on camping, we do it relatively guilt free. Then we headed home to our homey, WARM trailer.

Since we got home early enough for some good generator time I worked more on pictures and if you are reading this—they’ve been posted. I changed most of the picture page and although I didn’t lable any of them, I tried to do them in a chronological order. I’ll try to do much better on that since I have found some shortcuts and have learned to SAVE—then when mistakes are made you don’t have to start all over—much easier. Hope you enjoy and we will probably do much the same tomorrow as we did today. With luck we will have an exciting—although not too exciting—story to tell.