Elk in our Campground

These lady elk were within 15 feet of our nightly happy hour.
Byam sat quietly watching, barely breathing.   We heard the bull moose with his bugling.  Then when we did see him, he was up on a hill and did come down for to visit the ladies. 

The pine beetle infested and killed the campground's majestic mature trees with their beautiful red-brown trunks.  Since the trees were removed, we've seen more elk than ever.