The Moose Encounter
September 2001
2 years ago in Rocky Mountain NP I got up early and headed out to a trailhead and as I was driving along the road I saw a elk cow and calf cross the road.  I pulled off the road to watch them, then got out of my truck so I could maybe get a picture.  They moseyed into an incredible beautiful sunlit meadow, so I inched a little closer and was just about to get a picture when the willow nearest to me moved.  Out walked a huge cow moose.  She was just feet from me.  So I backed up rather quickly, and she followed.  She seemed more curious than anything.  I had left my car door open, so I jumped in, and she was right there, almost got in with me! 

Like the dedicated photographer I am, I took pictures of the event... 
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