When I first moved up here for my internship, my supervisor Diana told me that Alaska was 15 minutes outside of Anchorage. Love it. Every time we drive down this road, we assign a value or prize to different animal sightings. If anyone sees a bald eagle, they get a quarter. Dall Sheep are ice cream. Bears are a cheeseburger or something like that. Belugas are a five course dinner. (I wish.) Every once in a while we have a nice spotting. Sheep are pretty rare and usually high up, looking like white specks that are probably snow.
Well, this Monday we hit the sheep jackpot. We found this little family just a ways up from the road, right at a pull-off.
Here he's thinking about going home.
5 comments:
Wow! We definitely don't see "sheep" like that on the side of the road out here! Those are some crazy mountain climbing super sheep! So awesome that you can see stuff like that just 15 minutes outside of town!
Um, sheep are cool and all, and these are neat pictures, but where are your shots of the sledding hill? That's what I want to see! Sounds epic.
You guys owe me a cheeseburger.
I totally thought that first picture was the sledding hill (you called it "violent," and then there was the picture!).
You guys live around a lot more animals than we do! There was a coyote sighting somewhere in the neighborhood of Henry's school the other day, and it was the exciting news of the week! The kids had to stay in from recess until the animal control people came and declared it a safe place. Do you have a prize for coyotes?
i know about dall's sheep.
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