[Rockhounds] OT: Moose (was giant garnets exposed: a field trip gone awry)

[John Siebel]

Nice rock Don! Thanks for the photos.

Had a family of three moose up here in Pokey Creek last winter. The smallest 
of which was bigger than my car. They weren't afraid of me, the camera or 
the dogs.

John
Santa, ID


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty & Bill Heacox" <kahako at hawaiiantel.net>
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] giant garnets exposed: a field trip gone awry


> OT comment:  Moose?  Pretty unusual in Idaho!  I used to have a doe steal 
> laundry off the clothesline, and cow elk come up to accept carrots and 
> sugar cubes, while the bulls stood in the distance and barked---in Avery, 
> Idaho as a kid.  But no moose!
>
> Aloha, Bill
>
>
>
> At 07:35 PM 10/10/2007, you wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>
>>Well I definitely made the last up-country field trip of the season. This 
>>is one of the legendary massive garnets from Moses Butte, St. Joe Forest, 
>>Idaho.  The trip involved a bumpy ride on a narrow unmaintained road up to 
>>6000 ft. in fog and clouds, above the snow line, whereupon we almost went 
>>off the side of the road and had a close call with a running moose.