They live all around us apparently! This weekend was a great “wild thing” sighting time. On Saturday we were driving into town for our park fun when out of no where I saw a bear! I was looking intently for Elk because they often are along that way, but sure enough back in the woods there was a big fuzzy bear! I did a double take and then yelled out “A beeeeaaaaaaar!” (so Stuart says I said) and freaked everyone out. We turned around but “Teddy” had already disappeared into the thick woods so no one else got to behold him. Ain’t I special? We also saw the Elk and occasional Mule Deer, and a little heard of Antelope with their babies, too cute! Then yesterday as we were driving back from the new camp property just around dusk I saw a bob cat off in the field. I hollered again and Stu stopped and turned around. This time we were lucky enough to both get to see it. He was just sitting there in the grass waiting for us. Once he decided that we had actually seen him, he wandered off into the brush, but that was pretty cool! We also saw this ENORMOUS heard of Elk just grazing away like cows in a field. There were LOTS of them out last night. I’m sure we saw a couple hundred of them all together. It’s so cool to be in a place where you can experience God’s creation first hand! I told Stu that it was too bad that Qade had no concept of how cool it was to get to see all of these critters. But then again, Qade thinks that it’s awesome to look out the car window and see “Tows” and “Howsies” (cows and horseys) so he is impressed with God’s creation too. Maybe I should learn to think it’s cool just to see a cow or a horse. They are after all, just as much a part of creation as the Elk, Bear and Bobcat. 
I can learn so much from my little lads!
Where the Wild Things Live
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Wow, so many animals! That’s so cool! I forget about how many amazing creatures we have here in the US. That’s what happens when you exist in the ‘burbs I guess
I know what you mean about it being neat to see all those animals. We see deer at least once a week on our way to church, and a couple weeks ago saw a bear on our way to youth group! I have also seen moose several times! So cool! We actually saw a mommy moose and her baby when we were on our way to the hospital last year when I was in labor with Leila. Cool huh?
Liam loves to see the cows and horses too! Since we are surrounded by farms, we don’t go a day without seeing cows! Liam always says, “Look mommy, Cows!” (like it is the first time he has ever seen them!) So fun to experience life through your little ones’ eyes!
I am glad that you have had a good weekend. Have a great last week of camp for now!
Last summer there was a young bull moose that wandered into camp when we were in Canada. He “hung out” for quite a while and Stu and I were able to get some great shots of him with our camera. I think all the wild critters are awesome! The creepy-crawlies, not so much.