Boundarywaters

     If you're traveling on the Gunflint Trail and come upon a scene that looks like a motor vehicle accident then relax.  The vehicles with open doors left in the middle of the road most likely belong to the humans standing alongside the Gunflint Trail in a trance-like state.  Overcome with awe they abandoned their vehicles and common sense to gaze at a famous Gunflint Trail moose.
     There's nothing guests of Voyageur Canoe Outfitters like more than to see a moose on their drive up or down the Gunflint Trail.  Even after 17 years of living on the Gunflint Trail I still like to see moose and will even take pictures of them if the timing is right.  This was the case on Monday just after my friends from the cities left our place and headed south.
     I had attempted to find moose for my friends to enjoy the previous evening and the morning they left without any luck.  Sure enough, moments after they had driven away John gave us the news there was a moose hanging out. 
     Elsa who had been complaining about not seeing many moose, was in the middle of some chore when I grabbed her arm and dragged her into my vehicle to go see the moose.  There was the tell tale sign of the exact location of the moose; the empty vehicles and zombie like people standing motionless on the side of the road.
     This was a nice moose with a good sized rack standing in the sunlight on a beautiful fall day.  What more could an amateur photographer ask for?  He posed for us willingly, said hello and even stuck his tongue out at us.  Now I'm hoping this nice looking guy makes it through the Minnesota moose hunt so you can enjoy him too.