{"id":3377,"date":"2014-09-01T10:28:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T15:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2014-09-01T10:28:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T15:28:39","slug":"grand-canyon-elk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2014\/09\/grand-canyon-elk.html","title":{"rendered":"Grand Canyon: Mather Campground Elk!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We arrived at our campsite with plenty of time to set up camp. We enjoyed a relaxing evening with a camp stove dinner (I can’t remember what, probably burgers and hot dogs).<\/p>\n

We had to walk 1-2 campsites over to reach the restroom building. On one of our walks to the restroom building, we saw this magnificent elk feasting on tree branches. The kids were awestruck, and I rushed over to the truck for our camera’s telephoto lens.<\/p>\n

We chatted with the kids about what we were observing: the size of the elk, the size of his antlers (at least 4′), what he was choosing to eat, the trouble he seemed to be having getting his antlers tangled in the tree branches. Enjoy some photos of what we spent about 20 minutes observing. You can see the full album here<\/a>. Several other nearby campers were similarly photographing it.<\/p>\n

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Jacob said, “Hey Mom, take a picture of me with the elk!”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Then Timmy said, “Take a picture of me too!” This photo cracks me up!<\/p><\/div>\n

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My favorite of the 70+ photos I took.<\/p><\/div>\n

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