For those that don't know, I work part-time at Portland Parks & Recreation in the Senior Rec. program as an assistant van driver and trip leader. We take small groups of seniors on day trips to area attractions. The trip can last up to 8 hours and includes a meal at some nearby cafe/tea room/tavern or deli. If we find a happy hour somewhere that's always a BIG thrill. But I have digressed.
This trip was to the Jewell Meadows Refuge where they feed a resident herd of elk through the winter. You can make reservations to ride along with the volunteer when he feeds them the alfalfa. He has a trailer pulled by a tractor and you go right into the meadow and help him spread the hay from the trailer. The elk like the easy meal and will come right up to the trailer (within 30 feet or so). Any sudden movement or sound will spook them (the elk not the seniors) so you have to be still. Not to hard to do for a bunch of seniors. ; )
These elk are wild and are not fenced in at all. They roam on and off of the refuge and occasionally will get shot during hunting season if they leave the refuge. We got to spend almost 2 hours with the elk before we had to leave.
Afterwards we went to Camp 18 for lunch. Camp 18 is an old logging camp turned restaurant located on Hwy 6 about 18 (imagine that) miles from the coast. More about that later when I do a layout on the trip Patty and I took when we had lunch there. A way cool place with good food and lots of it.
Hope you enjoy the pics.
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