Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Februray cold spell and our resident mooses

Last week we had near record warm temperatures, and in the last three days we've seen record cold.  I XC skied Monday dusk patrol in -3 and used Polar wax for the first time ever (it works great!).  But since then, the temps have gone even further down.  The high yesterday was negative 3 and last night we hit: 


We have had 4 resident moose at the ranch the last three mornings. It seems to be an entire family - two offspring (one male, one female), and the parents.  They have been totally happy here feeding on the willows and aspen shoots in the back meadow, then heading a bit uphill to nap on and off during the day. The horses are very curious about them, and the young male is very curious about the horses too.
The two male moose, the bull on the left and the up-and-coming-bull on the right.

The young male checks out the ponies

Lily, Snapdragon, and Chloe check out the mooses from afar

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