More Conservation Pictures

This is a really beautiful picture of an elk; especially if you enlarge it. He was sitting under the "tree" and looking so serene. I'm not a hunter (and I don't think bad of anybody who is), but I can't imagine anyone wanting to go out for the purpose of sport and take a life of such a majestic animal.
This one is really interesting, because this cabin that is leveled, is one of the only remaining original structures from the town of Portage that was leveled in the earthquake of '64.
This one may be hard to decipher, but huddled together are three baby bears, a little left of the center.
Here is a picture of a magpie. I have been trying to get a picture of one ever since I blogged about trying to video tape them. (Yeah, that was successful!) Finally, one would stand still for me long enough to photograph him. I love the coloring on this bird...it looks so simply black and white, but there is a deep blue color on the shoulders, the wing joints, that really make it so pretty. Hopefully, you can see it better if you enlarge the picture.
And here is a heard of prairie bison. They are pretty cool to see. We also saw wood bison and brown bears. I didn't include those pictures because no matter how far you zoom in on the picture, the bear looks like the shadow of a bush, and the wood bison look like large rocks. So it seemed pointless to try to get you to imagine you see an actual animal. The Conservation Center also has coyotes, black bears, lynx, bald eagles, great horned owls, and Sitka Black Tailed deer. We didn't see any of these animals out and about.

Today, we spent grocery shopping and cleaning, getting ready for Dakota to come over tomorrow. Actually, Joey and Nick shopped, doing only half the shopping needed, for we need to make a Costco run but they weren't open today. Plus, the coupons we have aren't good until tomorrow. So I will have to try to shop with three kids by myself tomorrow and one of the busiest stores in existence. The nice thing about Costco, is that their shopping carts have double occupancy! So I can set the babies in it and have Joey walk; which he begs to do anyway, but is so "helpful" trying to put everything in the cart.

Nick leaves for Fairbanks tomorrow and doesn't know if he will be back by Thursday or Friday. I just hope the time goes quickly. My first week of work has to be when he's out of town; with no chance of a break at the end of the day. That's fine, I'll be okay. I am so grateful that I have a husband who works so hard to provide for us. It's not his choice to go out of town, but it is his responsibility, and when it comes to his job, he never shirks his responsibility.

Nick will be taking the laptop with him to Fairbanks, since it is only means of entertainment after hours, so I will not be able to blog about my first week of work until he comes home. Feel free to call me anytime to see how I'm doing.