Moose poops on the run, Tequilla acts angry, I find three moose and the lakes finally freeze over
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 4:02AM ;)
I set out on my walk a bit before noon and soon came upon this moose poop, scattered down the road. All I could conclude is that the moose who dropped these dozens of nuggets was running and pooping simultaneously. Why? A dog? Naughty children, throwing rocks?
Or was the moose just in a hurry to get somewhere and couldn't wait?
;)
Maybe it was this dog - Tequilla. I don't think so. Tequilla lives too far away from where the moose poop was spread down the road. True, I walked the distance easy enough and she could have, too, but I doubt that she did.
;)
On the upper marsh, I found this puddle frozen into a deep gouge left by someone on a four-wheeler.
;)
I descended into the lower marsh, where I found a momma moose and her two yearling calves. Was it one of them who had ran, pooping, down the road?
;)
Finally - Wasilla Lake has frozen over! Now, all we need is snow. On the other hand, the ice skaters will probably be glad if it doesn't snow for awhile. There are places near here where an ice-skater can go for miles and miles and miles, between freeze-up and the first snow.
I just heard the Anchorage forecast on the radio: zero to ten degrees (F) tonight, depending where in town one is. Tomorrow, even though it has taken so long to cool off this year, a warm front will move in already. El Niño. That's probably why. Temperatures will rise into the 30's and bring rain or snow, or snow and rain mixed.
During a cold snap, we tend to be markedly cooler out here than in Anchorage - just as we are hotter during a heat wave. I hope there is no rain, but only snow.
I did not go around to check all of the many lakes in this area, but, if Wasilla Lake froze, then you can be reasonably certain that all the lakes did.
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Just in case you are wondering, I was on my coffee break here. Margie stayed home to watch "Countdown" and had me drop a couple of bill payments off and that is why I came into this part of town.
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Closing view of Wasilla Lake, finally frozen over, at the beach I call "Wasilla Malibu" in honor of the bikini-clad gals who gather here in the summer to taunt the guys who want them.
Reader Comments (5)
I do enjoy your posts and photos. Thanks.
Yah know, your pictures sort of detract from the whole 'moose track ice cream' experience.
My eyes tricked me and I first read your words as "MOUSE poop" so I was a bit startled when I saw the first photo!
tho i haven´t seen a moose since my trip to fairbanks 40 yrs ago, i have seen horses, bill, and they poop when they walk. so if horses can poop while walking, why can´t mooses?
Albert - Thanks!
Patty - I am not sure what a "Moose track ice cream" experience is, but, basically, as a person who sometimes hangs out with moose, I would be leery of it.
Whitestone - Mighty mouse, monster mouse. Our mouses here are very tiny - shrews, actually.
Ruth - You are right, moose do poop and walk - but the range and splatter of this particular poop tells me that the moose was on the run.