Moose sighting! But sadly not by us but our closest neighbor. It's a bull moose nicknamed Bullwinkle and we think it's probably the same one from last year. If you read the blog last year you know this was the first sighting ever at Star Mt. and much excitement. I didn't see him last year but holding out high hopes for this year.
Snow continued to fall for most days since my last post. We woke up to white and then it would melt by noon. I think,hesitantly, that it's done. Gorgeous if a bit chilly weather the past couple of days. I may actually get out to take down our 100ft snow fence. Yes, we have strange tasks out here in the wilderness. Stay tuned for another project: replacing our front gates with cattle guards, This we're not actually doing ourselves just paying for. The gates have been less than satisfactory so here comes a substitute.It's all to prevent the cattle that roam here all summer from coming in our fenced in portion of the property. Gotta have something...they are destructive critters.
Aren't these male dusky grouse a hoot! I counted five on one morning walk. Clearly the females are nesting at this point with dads in full protective mode.That's the fake giant eye they puff up to to scare us all away.
Crested Butte is very quiet as its still off season. Only a couple of restaurants open, McGills being one and there were only 8 people including us when we stopped in for lunch. This is the land of an hour plus wait when you show up in the summer. Everything will be back open by Memorial Day, but we'll have already flown back to Florida. Mark is doing beautifully in recovery but still needs help and it's weeks before that sling comes off. The office is calling! I cannot lie, I'll definitely miss the continuing spring blooming around here. I'll be back June 13th and Mark will follow a couple of weeks later.
Elk, elk and elk. No boys though. They are flitting around somewhere else until that universal mating instinct kicks in early fall. Hoping the girls are still around with their new babies when I come back.
Watching everything wake up here is quite magical. Bears are supposed to be coming out of that long winter sleep. I was skunked on sightings last year, hope to see one this year, from a distance of course.
Crested Butte is very quiet as its still off season. Only a couple of restaurants open, McGills being one and there were only 8 people including us when we stopped in for lunch. This is the land of an hour plus wait when you show up in the summer. Everything will be back open by Memorial Day, but we'll have already flown back to Florida. Mark is doing beautifully in recovery but still needs help and it's weeks before that sling comes off. The office is calling! I cannot lie, I'll definitely miss the continuing spring blooming around here. I'll be back June 13th and Mark will follow a couple of weeks later.
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