Thursday, July 02, 2009

Not Top of the Food Chain










I never remembered the drive to Alaska being so long, or the road being so warped. If it wasn’t so beautiful and wild… why would anyone make the effort? Humans intact. Truck #2 intact. Travel trailer intact, (though I thought it was going to launch off the back of the truck several times.)

A couple nights ago we were camped in Stewart, BC under some tall pines, next to a small river. The fire was crackling. Between the trance of the flames and swatting mosquitoes, everyone was occupied. Then, we noticed a wolf quietly watching us from across the river, not 30 feet away. Was it sizing up Caiya, (our dog), in hopes of a meal should we leave our mutt unattended?

The wolf and other animals along the road kept us entertained. It’s a rush to be in situations where you aren’t the top of the food chain.

Our favorite ‘sighting’ was a fox who approached us in the middle of nowhere and spent a few minutes being our buddy. (See the photo, above).

We made it to the Anchorage area yesterday.

5 comments:

  1. Great pictures. Loved the animals-bear, moose and the eagles. Love, Donna

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  2. You lucky dogs. We really missed you all here today @ moms Sunday party @ the house. all the north side people were even there. Tonya & her gang. We needed Creighton there to run the younguns when they got out of hand. Karac can thow a frisbee too that would of been nice. So keep on trekin. Love the soppy fox!
    Happy Trails***
    Love
    The Foxes

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  3. one more thing.... have you been using the camper crapper?
    Kyle

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  4. Jealous! The wildlife at raging waters doesn't quite compare:)

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  5. Those are great pictures...I hope you are having a great time...BTW, I am adding you to my bloglist...Tammy

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