January 15, 2026

Another cloudless warm day. I went walking up on Exhilaration again. Unfortunately they moved in a bunch of cows up there. That makes no sense to me. There’s not enough feed there for them to even maintain weight. Plus, calving time is very soon and that could be a problem with mountain lions and many out of the way places for a cow to give birth without notice. That could be trouble if the birth doesn’t go smoothly. It seems to me that whoever owns those cattle doesn’t really care much about their welfare. Needless to say, today I didn’t see hardly any fresh elk tracks. It was pretty toasty walking. Did about 4.5 miles just sauntering. Nikon P950

20 foot root