Don't Mess with the Moose

Yesterday a friend of mine who is on the Search and Rescue team was listening to his police scanner while feeding his horses. There was a call for the ambulance to go up Logan Canyon and retrieve someone who had head, neck and back injuries, as well as some injuries to the extremities. The ambulance responded promptly; while on the drive up, they asked dispatch what had happened to cause such trama to the 39 year old female patient. Apparently while hiking in the woods she had run across a cow moose...with her calf. Not a good scene. The momma moose then proceeded to do the Texas 2-step up and down this poor woman until she was satisfied that there was no longer a threat to her offspring....nothing like mutiple broken bones, lacerations and a concussion to slow you down. Ouch. At least this lady got run over because she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, unlike the idiots who go to Yellowstone on vacation. Every year in Yellowstone there is at least one dumb tourist who thinks they can get a picture with (not of, with)a moose; every year at least one dumb tourist gets trampled on my a moose. The park rangers hand you those flyers at the entrance to the park that specifically tell you to leave the wildlife alone. I will never understand what part of that these folks just don't get. And it's hard to feel bad for them when they cross that invisible line and violate the moose's "territorial bubble". Ya mess with the moose, you get the horns. And a trip to the ER.

Ran into a road block on my run yesterday; they were digging up the road to lay in new water lines into a new commercial development so I had to improvise. It was nice to go someplace new...see some different scenery. The river was running pretty good and I stopped at the bridge to see if there was any rainbow trout, but I couldn't see any.

Taking the kidlet and one of his buddies Cosmic Bowling tonight while my hubby is practicing with his Black Sabbath tribute band ("Electric Funeral"). We haven't done that in quite a while so I am really looking forward to it. Need to get the whole fam together and go one of these weekends. Really need to get everyone together to go play paintball - woo hoo!!!! :0)

Happy Tuesday!! Make it a good day!!!