What a Sight!

On Friday Paul took a trip aross the lake to climb a mountain that we have admired all year.  He took the sled as far as he could and then he made the rest of the way on foot.  Being a little too much for the kids to tackle, we stayed back and watched with the spotting scope.  One thing that we didn't see that he did was the view and a Mountain Goat.  We are hoping that as the snow melts, we will be able to pick the goat out amongst the rocks with our spotting scope from the yard.

Yesterday we went out to enjoy a hike and the spring day and we caught a glimpse of a lynx ahead of us.  We were walking on the old road that follows the lake and we spotted it ahead of us.  It came down from the upper road and walked along the lake for about 50 ft and  then heard us and took off up to the higher new road again.  We hiked up there and saw his tracks take off into the bush.  Sorry no picture for this one, but I'll remember it for sure, as this was the first lynx I've ever seen alive in the wild.