What?!? You say! The Rocky Mountains in the Fall and NO Wildlife?!? (Save, of course, Richard Hahn's awesome photographs that now grace our walls.) Well, I must admit, we did not see the Huge Elks monitoring their Huge Harems like we did last year. We were never in the right place at the right time or, well, you know our chauffeur's aversion to long lines - he he! Yes, there were very long lines to enter the Park at times. But what we missed in drama and excitement was more than made up by the closeness of our sightings. We found this Elk and his Harem on our way back to the Y from The Pool.
...and check out this little one! His mother was right behind him. It didn't dawn on me in Sept. 2008 that the young offspring were with the Elks' Harems, but I guess they would be! That's the advantage of getting up close and personal!
Another up close and personal sighting occurred when we returned from our steak dinner at the The Rock Inn. And, you might know, it occurred on the Y property. Two cute little Bambis. Mule Deer, I think?
Isn't he precious?!?
Last, but not least, it did snow! At our low (LOW? Ha! It's all relative!) elevation, it was only a dusting, but it surely made everything look so pretty!
