October 10

Thursday Oct. 10. It rained on and off all night and it doesn’t get much better during the day. I think we see the sun twice. No matter, it has to rain sometimes! At least Opa Henk doesn’t miss much when he’s working ;) We turn the heater up a little, make coffee, I put the tomatoes on to stew into sauce, and we get comfortable. After lunch we do need a little bit of fresh air, it’s relatively dry, so the chicken and mushrooms go in with the tomatoes and we go for a ride. And that’s when the fun starts.

-          Something running on the hill behind the campground. I’m hoping it’s an interesting animal but Henk thinks it’s a rabbit.

-          Before we leave the campground, three bison at the side of the road. Didn’t know they are SO! BIG!

-          One curve later, a few bison on the hillside on the right, with a small herd of mule deer in front of them.

-          From a look-out point on a side road, five bison all over the group camping area below, it looks like the boy scouts in those little tents will have plenty to tell back home ;)

-          Past the visitor center, more bison on the mountainside. Did I mention this island has its own little mountain ridge?

-          At the old ranch, now a museum, a sleepy great horned owl in a tree. Aha. That explains the rabbit (or vv.)

-          That’s where the road ends. On the way back, three pronghorn antelope just off the road where it starts rising towards the mountain.

-          A few curves further down, five more pronghorn.

-          When we’re back at the campground, the bison are ON the campground. Didn’t know they are SOOO! BIG! Btw, that’s the nose of our loaner car, parked in front of the RV.

-          Looking after them when they graze onwards, a coyote on the sandflats. That also explains the rabbit.

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And dinner was delicious.

Btw, internet connections are spotty. It's a lot easier to write posts than to post them...