Yes, a little more background about me and not for any other reason than, I've been doing a lot of family trips recently! Last year, this year, and possibly as a tradition, we have gone on trips as an extended family: my Dad's family including my two sisters, Mom, and I, and my Dad's Brother's family, his three daughters and wife. Hope that's not too confusing! Anyway, this year we camped at Turkey Creek in Clyde, NC which is where I born and then lived for only a couple of years before we moved to Raleigh, Nc. It was very neat to be back in a place where I was born, many years ago, even though I don't have any memory of it.
The whole area, the mountains, the rivers, and the campground were all so peaceful, and makes me wonder what kind of culture-shock my parents went through when they got to Raleigh! My parents and I decided to get up before sunrise one morning and drive to Cataloochee, Nc which is a valley in the area where about 1200 settlers created a township until it was decided that Catalooche was a perfect location for a national park, and it truly is a gorgeous area. We went to watch the elk that inhabit the valley.
I've decided to break down the Cataloochee trip into a few posts. Today, I'll show you the elk and the photos I got while on our way to see the elk. Tomorrow (or when I get to post again), I'll show you the houses that are left in the park.
This group of elk were unexpected. They were in someone's side yard as were driving to get to Cataloochee. A very unusual sight, there were about 20 in this herd. I caught a glance of them as we flew past them, so we put it in reverse to stop and get several photos of them.
The sunrise - something I NEVER see!
On one side of the park were the bulls. They were not afraid of us and posed for our pictures!
I'm pretty sure this is when my Dad got out of the car to take pictures, this bull was not too thrilled about that. He watched my dad very intently - a tense moment!
Again, I happened to look back while we were driving to the other side of the park and saw this scene. Amazing! This represents the road I'm on - daunting and yet encouraging:)
I could feel God's presence at this serene moment...
We reached the other side of the park where the mares and calves were. We found them in a field and then waited as they migrated to another field on the other side of the gravel road.
I don't know this hiker, but I do like the composition of this photo:)
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