Today was a wildlife day.
After failing miserably in an attempt to persuade the local Moose Pass float plane pilot to take us up in his magnificent flying machine, his pathetic excuse being bad weather, we decided to move on to Anchorage.
On the way, we stopped at The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
This non profit organization is where abandoned, orphaned and injured wildlife is brought, and healed.
We make no apologies for having spent a lot of time and money here, it is an extremely worthwhile cause, not like a zoo, and does a tremendous amount of wonderful conservation and research work, and helps cure suffering creatures, that would otherwise die. There are plenty of animals dying anyway, so it’s good to help conserve and save a few.
And, where else can you get 5 feet away from frolicking grizzlies, without being in danger?
The claws on these things are awesome. You really don’t want to be on the wrong end of them!
We saw black bears, grizzlies, reindeer, musk ox, elk, caribou, red fox, and mooses.
Moose are so big! They are just gentle giants, munching along, (just like Treebeard in Lord of the Rings) and so harmless. How people can go out and hunt these is beyond me.
I think I am going to bring out a new version of the John Lennon classic, “Give Peace a Chance”, re titled as “Give Moose a Gun.”
We then went to Anchorage, with Brian driving the yellow peril behind, and at one point we saw some Dall sheep on the hillside, so Marlipops phoned Brian, who was oblivious, and instructed him to turn round and get some pix. We pulled over a couple of miles up the road to wait for Brian, who went flying past several minute later, still oblivious!! “ I was concentrating on the road” was his lame excuse for not seeing us.
We have parked the coach outside the home of a friend right near downtown Anchorage, and from here we can explore further the delights and delicacies of the city. We have heard that there are micro breweries we have not been to…………yet!
Wildlife watch today is worth repeating.
Mooses, Black and Grizzly Bears, Elk, Reindeer, Caribou, Musk Ox, Red Fox, Bald Eagles, and Dall Sheep.
