Summer Visitors

 One of the things I love about living where I do is the lack of pesky bugs this time of year. It means a lot not having to fight off mosquitoes and black flies every time I go out the door!

That doesn't mean we don't have our own brand of "pests" though. On a hike this morning we came across signs of two of our more difficult residents.

The first photo shows a nice, fresh grizzly bear print.   It obviously belongs to a mama griz as there was also a clear set of second tracks - much smaller than these - along side in several places. She probably has a one year old cub that is tagging along. Lucky for us we just saw the tracks, not the owners!

In the second photo you see a well camouflaged rattle snake. It is shaping up to be a big year for snakes on our property. So far we have seen 4 bulls and two rattlers. This guy stayed pretty calm and then slithered off into the rocks when I got a little too close.