Elk

We live about 30 minutes from the Great Smokey Mountain National Park.  Recently they reintroduced elk into the forest.  On most days you can see them at either the visitor center near Cherokee or in the Cataloochee Valley area.  We've been to both places frequently and have seen several elk.  At the visitors center lately we have seen a bull.  Just this past weekend we saw a bull, 9 cows, and 3 calves.  It was quite awesome.  We were walking the River Trail when we saw the calves and you can see the bull walked out right in front of us while we were on the trail.  As we walked back to the visitors center we could see them all in the pasture.  Here are a few pictures.