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Monday, September 17, 2012
Cheri Sept-16-12
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Sharp's Travels
Today we were on the road by 8:15am. The road south of Watson Lake to Fort Nelson is loaded with animals. That animal card of mine is plum full.
It began with a single Bison, just grazing along the road. Not far beyond him we saw some Stone Sheep. They were right in the road. They like to lick the minerals off the road surface.
We were wondering where the herd of Bison was and we finally came upon them. They were lying on both sides of the road—some were grazing and some were right in the road. They can weigh up to 2000 lbs. There were lots of little ones in the herd. They meander along so slow.
We hadn’t seen any caribou yet. Not even while we were in Alaska, and that was so disappointing. Well, there were only a couple (in the road) but at least we could say we saw some.
It was not long and we spotted more Stone Sheep. They are not afraid when you drive up. They just gawk at you as if to say “OK I’ll move.”
What a surprise when we drove upon a herd of Caribou. They were just standing in the road. Gay drove right up behind them before they decided to move.
We saw about 9 deer in the course of the day, one with a nice big rack on him.
The Big Horn Mountain Goats were the best. One doesn’t see them too often. They were a little more skittish then the rest of the animals were. They were quite a site to see.
We were still seeing one Bison now and again, grazing all by themselves.
At the end of the day I told Gay I was getting bored because we weren’t seeing anymore animals, up pops a Black Bear. He was feeding on a dead carcass on the side of the road.
Our road was very bumpy today it about shook us to pieces. Thank goodness for all the distractions of all the animals. They made our day.
We traveled 455 miles today. We finally found a wayside to pull off into about 6:30pm. It has been an animal crazy day!
To see pictures of the day click on this link https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on album: South of Watson Lake to Fort Nelson.
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