The hummingbirds are back. I hear them all around as we walk. I worry (of course) that they haven’t found a place to eat yet and wish I could direct them to my house. We were socked in with fog this morning just as we were yesterday. Yesterday was a little drippier so we took only our “short loop.” Today though we witnessed elk crossing highway 74 in thick fog. It is just a fact of life in Evergreen that elk are “there” and drivers have to always be prepared to be suprised by them just over the next ridge. They couldn’t have chosen a more dangerous place to cross this morning and as Boofy and I approached the elk were split up on both sides of this four lane highway. We were between a group of three hanging out on the service road and the highway. As we approached they got skittish – as a group – kind of like they were tethered together and I was nervous that they were going to head for the highway. So I did what we do in a situation like that, I quietly stared telling Boofy to “leave it,” I avoided eye contact, and we started moving ahead briskly. That has worked for us on several occasions when I have found myself too close for comfort.
So anyway, we had a nice big walk along “Painters’ Pause,” up to “Sleepy S,” up to the parking lot at Stagecoach, and over to the off leash area. This walk takes about an hour and a half. It was great today and Boofy is not coming in the house any way but through the dishpan.
