Monsoon season has started.

We were greeted by our first rain on June 18th. I was out of town, planning to hike in the mountains of Pine, AZ. Thunderstorms get nasty out here, and when I stepped out of my car in Pine, I could hear rumbling from the earth. I knew I would be caught in a storm if I wanted to hike, so I had to change plans. I looked around and saw some big brown horse-looking things eating out of a trailer. I was so confused about what they were, wondering who in the world let their horses out like this without looking over them. They started to move around, and one looked up, and it confused me even more because now I thought it was a cow. Out of all of these 4 legged critters, one that’s way bigger than the others begins to move, and I realized these things were ELKS. It was a bull with all his cows (yes, female elks are called cows, so I was somewhat right), and man, these things were huge. I stayed out a bit longer to continue watching them as the thunderstorm rolled in and got a couple of looks from them as they ate.