Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Skyline Drive: Shenandoah National Park

Skyline Drive: Shenandoah National Park

 Sometimes it takes Ted's keen eye to spot wildlife, other times they just meet us on the road. 

This deer was happily licking the road with complete disregard for cars.
We inched up to it slowly, then stopped, we sat there until it finally decided to move on.

A couple steps into the woods.

Checking back to see if we really were going to drive down its road.


 Last night, driving the car on the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Forest, he said, "I'd like to see some bear." The words weren't out of his mouth when we say there three dark splotches in the woods. Ha! Bear. It was just before dusk, we were able to sit in the car and watch them for a while.
Before the words, "I'd like to see a bear."  were out of Ted's mouth,
we spotted this trio in the forest right next to us.

We pulled to the side of the road to watch them, when they were close to us, they were obscured by trees and brush.

As they started to move away, a bit more light broke through the forest
and we could clearly see their golden noses.


With supper in our waist pouch, Ted and I found a rock near these deer
and sat and watched them while we munched away as well.  

Then the van of noisy folks pulled up,
they kept inching up on the deer with their video camera.














The whole time, this young man was yelling at the deer.
Finally they moved away from them, up the road a bit.


Then the other quiet observers crowed in on the deer until they moved into the large meadow at Big Meadows on the Skyline Drive.  Many other deer were grazing on the far side of the meadow.



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