As we were leaving World Bird Sanctuary one of the staff told us about a park down the road called Lone Elk Park.
We opted to drive down and check it out. You basically drive through the park and there are semi wild buffalo and elk! They warned us in advance that we likely wouldn’t see the buffalo as they like to visit a pond over a hill. You are not allowed out of your car in the buffalo/bison area. We saw some elk at a distance but didn’t see roads near where they were. They were hanging out in a pond.
We took another turn and found these two males on a little ridge. We drove forward slowly and got really close, within 10 feet of them!
Daddy put the windows down and snapped a few photos of the elk.
They were so amazing to see so close and not in a zoo!
We eventually found a path that led down to the pond but couldn’t get the car too close or we would have drove off a ridge.
There is a song that B and I love called “Baby Wapiti” by a band called Banana Slug String Band. All I wanted to do was see a baby wapiti! A wapiti is another name for elk. We finally found one cooling off in the pond with its friends and family.
Baby wapiti, little elk calf
Born on a late May night
Baby wapiti, little elk calf,
Your fur is reddish-brown and spotted white