I was in Colorado driving down a dirt road at about 35 miles per hour when one of the funniest things that’s ever happened to me occurred. I was visiting my daughter who was working as a wrangler at a Young Life camp. She had been telling me for days about how the moose would come in the afternoon and graze on camp property. I desperately wanted a picture of a moose. So, every afternoon, I’d show up at the field where they grazed and they didn’t show up. Finally, the morning arrived when I had to leave; still with no moose picture.

I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve been known to pray about stuff like seeing a moose. So, I’m praying and driving down the road leaving the camp, totally lost in thought. All the sudden, I heard something beside me. I looked in the passing lane and there was a moose galloping along beside my car like he was running in the Kentucky Derby. Moose run FROM cars not TOWARD them and certainly not BESIDE them. I was so stunned, that we raced for about a half mile before I finally got the wits about me to stop the car before the moose had a heart attack. When I stopped the car, he slowed down and stopped right in front of the car in the middle of the road. He then turned around and looked me right in the eye and walked down into the woods where he stopped and faced the opposite direction so I could get a profile picture.

Moral of the story: be careful what you pray for but when you do: have your camera by your side with the batteries charged.

R Clark

Tags: camera, Colorado, Kentucky Derby, moose, Young Life

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