Over the past week I had a chance to get away from the Internet and to see some stunning sights.
Animal sightings included being 80 yards from a grizzly bear eating a bison in a river. Lots of bison and elk. We also spotted a fox and a coyote. Perfect weather and lots of hiking in one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. I only had my little point and shoot camera--no telephoto lens, but as the saying goes, you shoot with the camera you have.
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Earlier this week, I was having a having a meaning-of-life discussion with a group of guys when one of them started talking about his intense appreciation of nature. Trees, flowers, rivers. He talked for awhile until one of the other guys said one word: "Woodpeckers." The conversation came to a grinding halt. There seems to be a woodpecker-outside-your-window-in-the-early-morning exception to the rule that we should appreciate nature. Nature's miniature jackhammers.
On Twitter, Neil Shubin Reminds us that we are human animals and that some of our distant ancestors were fish.
