Rain.....oh it's nice to see you again.

Well, it has been a long time since I saw water fall from the sky.  We needed it!  the animals needed it! And most of all the land needed it!  It was getting so dry and dusty around here.  The garden is looking very nice.

                                                           Photo by Doug Lindstrand

        Our yearling Reindeer "chuckles" is getting walked daily.  Kara, a returning intern from last year was walking him when Doug snapped a photo of the two of them.

Another thing that we are always changing during the summer are switching the moose and elk back and forth.  Here in this bottom photo the Elk 

Our bison calf that we are bottle raising is doing well.  because she is not getting attached to us we are hoping that she could be re-introduced to the herd.  in this photo Emilie is trying to convince Randi to come closer for her 30oz. bottle.  Our formula is made of horse milk replacer and an exotic milk replacer.

                                                     
                                                         photos by Doug Lindstrand

 Meanwhile on our days off.....

I made a quick trip to fairbanks and Denali national Park.  from left to right...

Jeremy, Kate, Crystal, Me, Pet, and my bro Corey.  We are posing in front of the bus that was used in the movie into the Wild.

In the movie "Into the Wild"  some of our animals were used in filming.  a moose, caribou, Bald eagle, and a porcupine were all used from our center in this movie.

Later, on a hike, this ground squirrel on the right was posing just perfectly for about 5 minutes so I took advantage of his patience and snapped away.  I feel like a real "Doug Lindstrand"  this is my proud squirrel picture.

Again, this squirrel was so.....hmmmm what's the word?
MAJESTIC!  I wonder if he hasn't picked up a few treats from  hikers in the past.....

We hiked a mile and a half into an area of the park before turning around.  it was a beautiful sunny day there.

In total we saw 8 moose!  including a cow and her 2 calves.  Unfortunately we saw no bears.








One last group photo before we left the park and headed back to good old Portage, AK.  I was ready to get back and check on all the babies.

Well Denali, it was fun, but I need to run around the center some more.
Goodnight lower 48,
eRiN,

p.s. My family arrives on the 8th to visit me!!! woo hop!!!!