I forgot to mention that we saw a large black bear grazing along the highway yesterday. Some of the place names along our route are interesting -- Pink Mountain, Prophet River, Tetsa Lake, Indian Head Rock, and Steamboat River (near a mountain shaped like a steamboat). We are hoping to see more wildlife today - especially moose. John is obsessed with seeing moose!
It was a short drive from Summit Lake to Muncho Lake but about a 2000 ft drop in elevation. We are hoping it will be warmer! It is a beautiful drive thru the mountains and alongside big rivers. The sun is shining but it is not really warm. Just past Toad River Lodge (they have over 7000 baseball hats tacked to their ceilings!) we stopped along with another tourist to watch a Stone Sheep and its mate on the hillside. Then past Northern Rockies Lodge we finally saw our first moose and he was a beauty! He had a fairly full rack of antlers, was very dark in color and paused from eating on the roadside to pose for our picture! Then as we were nearing Muncho lake we spotted another moose in the parking lot of a road maintenance building. He posed for us too!
We are camped in the MacDonald Campground on Muncho Lake which is a beautiful aqua blue and surrounded by high, snow capped mountains. The campground host told us that a moose was wading in the water at the dock but we were busy setting up camp so did not see him. John took a short drive to see about getting a fishing license and saw a herd of sheep on the highway. These sheep are called Stone Sheep and are similar to big horn sheep but smaller and darker in color.
It rained just as we were getting ready for supper -- I hope this is the last of it!!!
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