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Today I’m doing alright really, thanks for asking. Two days off from work in a row is like magic.

I took the bus halfway to Coal Creek this past Friday. On the second leg of our trip we noticed a small group of elk divided by the roadway.  Their backs are more interesting than their fronts, but I didn’t get a shot of them from behind.  On our way back down the next morning, the group was all together on the other side of the road.

Back in Brooklyn, I became obsessed with Planet Earth.  Best dvds ever. It blew my mind that there could be herds of thousands anywhere on the planet.  Not that it’s theoretically impossible, but in my experience, us humans have been in the way of everything. How is there still the space for herds of hundreds? I grew up in the ‘country’ and all we had were raccoons, deer, squirrels, chipmunks, and birds.  No room for packs of wolves or migrating herds of elk.

Here in Colorado, my path is crossed by a large wild animal almost once a week. Every time it happens, I stop and think ‘Wow’.  They’re still trying to deal with us. Our houses, cars, roads, fences.

It really is amazing when you are 10 feet away from an elk larger than you are and you understand that YOU are completely in their way and making their lives beyond irritating.

 

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