Apparently, it does. The Redwood forests of Northern California are home to more than 2000 Roosevelt Elk. The only other place that has these elk is some remote Canadian place called "Vancouver Island". I remember seeing elk signs near Campbell River but I had to come more than 1400km to see them.
We spent two nights at Elk Prairie State Park in California. This meant that we got to have a day without riding. Of course, Chloe does not believe in true "rest days", so the day was spent hiking about 20km down to a Fern Canyon and eating our lunch next to giant elk that were doing the same things. The elk seemed uninterested in my cream cheese and we were equally uninterested in their grass shoots, so the meal was pleasant for all. The hike was great, actually, with towering Redwood trees all around us and numerous types of ferns and berries for Chloe to quiz me about (I think I'll need a re-test)
The nights in the forest were cold though and the water that I'd left out for quick hot chocolate making in the morning was starting to ice over (As a side note, I'm a little concerned about the amount of hot chocolate powder that I've been consuming in the past few weeks, I really hope it's not carcinogenic!)
No comments:
Post a Comment