Buffalo Sighting

(Rawlins, WY/Provo, UT) It was super clear and there were nice blue skies when we awoke this morning – but that meant it was really cold. Certainly time to move on.

As usual, we stopped about 1:00pm for lunch. It just so happened that in a large field right next to the rest stop there was a herd of buffalo.



One of them was super huge and when he saw us with four dogs he decided maybe he should get up. But he was so big that in order to get up he had to roll and roll to get enough momentum to help him up.



My, what a process this big guy had to go through to get up. Then we noticed a baby feeding from the mom. Now that's a big baby!



It took a while but I finally got one to look at me!




The whole time we were looking at the buffalo, the dogs were putting their noses in the all the holes in the ground. Then we noticed a badger running around and pouncing. I guess it was hunting time.



About that time a large bird came swooping down as he figured he’d just found lunch.



But when he realized how big the badger really was changed his mind. You could certainly tell he was disappointed.

From there we had to go over some mountains to get to the Salt Lake City area. There was some snow on the ground but fortunately not on the road. We made it to our campground in Provo, UT just fine. We've been to this campground before - it's quiet as it is away from the freeway and not near any train tracks which is highly unusual!

Debbie
9/25/07