Thursday, June 16, 2016

Bears, Bison, and Stone Sheep--and a rabbit too!

Wow!  What a day!  After looking and looking for wild life along the road, we hit the jackpot today.

We were happy to see the sun come out after several rainy days.   We stopped to view the beautiful Muncho Lake, one of the largest lakes in the Canadian Rockies.
Mucho Lake
As we were continuing on the highway, we were delighted to see two stone sheep.


Then we couldn't believe our good luck when we began to see bison grazing along the roadside.  Before we reached Watson Lake, where we are camping tonight, we saw one large herd, one small  herd, and nine solitary bison!  These are a few of the many pictures we took of them. 

  



And the bears!   One even crossed the road right after we stopped to photograph him!  They were eating the dandelions along the roadside.  We took pictures galore, of course, and here are a few of them.  



We can't figure out what a black bear and a brown bear are doing
together, but they sure were cute!



As for the rabbit--he was too fast for us to get a picture!

We arrived at the Downtown RV Park in Watson Lake and settled in before going to dinner to celebrate Jackie and David's anniversary.  This was quite a chore because there are only 4 restaurants in town--one was closed, two were at truck stops, and the other one was Chinese.   Fortunately for Steve, the last one also had chicken tenders and fries!  

Following dinner, we went to the Signpost Forest where Jackie and David added their Georgia license plate to the more than 75,000 signs.    Steve and I were happy to be able to find the ones we put here in 2012.  

The Colt signs. 
Weis = GL977B  

1 comment:

  1. Cool wildlife photos! In looking closely at your black bear/brown bear photo, I think the brown bear might be a cinnamon colored black bear.

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