Monday, July 18, 2011

Okay, we went to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center for my dear Mother-In-Law's birthday and we got some good pictures. I also learned a few things while we were there. I learned that animals are big. Really big. Like, bigger than I thought. And some of them are big and UGLY. Like this guy here:


And then there were the moose. A lot less ugly, but still QUITE big. I'd even venture to say HUGE. And this one's antlers aren't even grown yet!




And this guy's antlers were about as tall as the car we drove up in!



And they all seemed to make that face at us. We couldn't figure out why...THEY were the ones who smelled bad.

But the best picture of the day came when we approached the bear cage. This big fat furry GRIZZLY bear (who, by the way, looks NOTHING like the Bernstein Bear family) was sleeping right near the electrical fence. When almost everyone had walked away, he all of a sudden sat up, stretched, and gave a great big SALUTATION TO THE SUN, if you catch my drift. And then this is the picture we got:


It was HILARIOUS. Like he was saying WHAT?

A picture with my favorite moose was a great ending to another Alaska Adventure!

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