The Cosmic Mish Mash: Moose Trek

So I mentioned a couple entries back about being fortunate to be able to see and take photos of a Moose while I was on vacation and now that I have downloaded my camera and have seen the photos I thought I would share them here with you.

Before I share them let me tell you how it all happened. A friend of mine yells over to me “Hey there is a Moose on the lower beach grab your camera”

I always have some sort of camera with me at all times, I have been lucky to see some cool stuff and take photos of them because I always have one.

So it is early October in Central Maine, South Waterford on Keoka Lake to be exact about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. We get down to the beach area and we see no Moose then all of a sudden to my right I see what looks to be a log or some kind of drift wood floating in the water as it gets closer to me I realize that is no drift wood it is a Moose swimming about a 100 yards or so from me.

I started taking photos and running parallel to him on the beach, I see where he is headed and I notice there is still a dock in the water, so I get my little fat legs in gear and head for the dock to take more photos.

It was truly a magnificent sight; it was a young Moose, his antlers new and on the small size for a Moose. I have been lucky to be able to snap some nice photos with my amateurish style and ordinary cameras; sometimes it is just all about being in the right place at the right time. This was only the second Moose I have ever seen in the wild and this was the closest I have been. From what I was told the Lake I was at has never had a Moose sighting The Lake Association, and the Town were all very excited about the sighting and the fact it was caught on camera.