Way back on January 4th, when we were all still on our Christmas break, I took the girls out for day trip. The weather was not bad, with moderately mild temperatures but still quite a bit of snow. Mostly I wanted to get the three girls out of the house and give their Mom some time to herself. So, we set out in the morning and headed east. The girls packed up the truck with several kitchen sinks... lots of snacks... books... Ipads... and more stuff than I thought we would have needed for a week.
We drove into Elk Island Park hoping to see some wildlife. Despite the dull conditions we did see a reasonable amount of wildlife. A herd of Elk near the highway as we made our way into the park, and then some bison wandered past us as we were exploring.
We stopped at one of the trails up in the northern part of the park and went out for a short walk. Although they complained about having to walk so far... the girls had a lot of fun. Mostly they just goofed off with each other while I took snapshots of them.
Later in the morning we took a drive up into Lamont County north of the park. I was hoping to find a couple of spots to get out and make some photographs with my view camera. But, for the most part the light was really flat, and the snow was really deep. So mostly we just drove around while the girls played games on their Ipads. We did spot a Snowy Owl perched up in a tree top near the road. Later as we made our way back into Elk Island Park the sun briefly broke out and I stopped to take a couple of photos. And then, on our way back into the city we saw three Moose. When we arrived back home in the late afternoon Mom was glad to see us, but grateful for the short break....
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