Varied Wildlife viewing yesterday

[Engorgeous George 2,131]

I got up early to drive to Steamboat Springs to raft the Yampa. Along the roadway and along the river I saw antelope, bison, bighorn sheep, elk, a black bear, a moose, eagles, a mink, beaver.  Not a bad day.

 

I must say, unless we get suibstantial late season snow it is going to be a dry year for the west.  Maybe tuesday's projected weather will help.  All the rivers and reservoirs are running unusually low and the snow pack seems very light.

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32 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

I got up early to drive to Steamboat Springs to raft the Yampa. Along the roadway and along the river I saw antelope, bison, bighorn sheep, elk, a black bear, a moose, eagles, a mink, beaver.  Not a bad day.

 

I must say, unless we get suibstantial late season snow it is going to be a dry year for the west.  Maybe tuesday's projected weather will help.  All the rivers and reservoirs are running unusually low and the snow pack seems very light.

This is living. Cheers.

I was just thinking earlier this am it might be nice to move to Colorado if I could swing it. Sounds lovely.

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That's awesome EG.  It's one of the things I love about living here and especially the mountains.

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Nice!

I usually just see tweakers and homeless people. 

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1 hour ago, Engorgeous George said:

I got up early to drive to Steamboat Springs to raft the Yampa. Along the roadway and along the river I saw antelope, bison, bighorn sheep, elk, a black bear, a moose, eagles, a mink, beaver.  Not a bad day.

 

I must say, unless we get suibstantial late season snow it is going to be a dry year for the west.  Maybe tuesday's projected weather will help.  All the rivers and reservoirs are running unusually low and the snow pack seems very light.

That would be an excellent day in my book, as I’ve never seen a mink in the wild.  
 

Cascades have a low snowpack as well, and that means increased likelihood of forest fires.