Remember when I told you that I love our place in Philipsburg because the town remind me of the '90's TV show "Northern Exposure?" Well, now it's gotten even better.
When we were up there last weekend we drove 10 minutes to Georgetown Lake and tooled around a bit. Suddenly we spotted a bull moose! . . . and then a cow moose! . . . and then twin babies! They were all munching and resting together. It was beautiful and amazing. I jumped out of the car to snap some photos and joined an older woman who was standing by the shore doing the same. She spotted a tree stump and jumped up on it to get a better view, then invited me to join her. I hopped up with her and we stood squished together on this little stump taking photos. We both noted how you never see male moose hanging out with the moms and babies – it's just not something male ungulates usually do.
"Maybe he's trying to be a more involved, 21st-century kind of dad," I said.
After a while they all walked uphill into the wooded campground and then crossed the street, just like the moose in the opening sequence of "Northern Exposure." Score!
Want to hear the opening theme to the show? You can click here and you'll be right back on your couch in front of the TV, circa 1992. Ahhh, I love going back in time.
Want to hear the opening theme to the show? You can click here and you'll be right back on your couch in front of the TV, circa 1992. Ahhh, I love going back in time.
Awesome Moose shots! I love them too, it was one of the animals we had a hard time seeing the summer we lived in Yellowstone, but when we were in Anchorage last winter there was one in the drive-thru at the bank! I also LOVE Northern Exposure and have watched it over and over-it's so comforting to me. We have a picture of us in front of the Roslyn Cafe sign-it's here in Washington state!
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I stopped in Roslyn on our way to Seattle one year while the show was still filming. I have photos of us in front of Chris's radio station and the Roslyn cafe too. So fun. I just loved that show so much.
DeleteDude... Those Lil' Meese look like awkward teenagers with their lanky legs :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a handsome family!
ReplyDeleteOnce when my husband and I were camping near the Grand Tetons Louis came back to our campsite looking rather pale after a bit of a morning hike. When I asked him what was wrong he told me he hiked by a big brown rock that suddenly stood up. "The moose was BIG!!!" =)
Gracie xxx
Yikes - I bet that was alarming. They are HUGE and can supposedly be REALLY agressive. I had a friend who clung to a tree while one charged and tried to trample him!
DeleteHow utterly perfect! They are beautiful. I have now created a picture in my head of your weekend place involving log cabins, patchwork quilts, fires, no electricity, coffee pots and mittens. I will be disappointed if it is anything else! I never watched Northern Exposure - I wonder if I can find it on Love Film or the internet somewhere?
ReplyDeleteGillian x
Gilly - I hate to confess, but our place does have electricity. I'm not much fun without a hot shower, so being "off the grid" was not an option when we were cabin shopping. There are coffee pots, fires and mittens though!
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ReplyDeleteI LOVED Nortthern Exposure... Love your moose shots too. :)
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