23 May 2008
Cook inlet panorama : Moose at 6.00, Anchorage
Another first for the city boy who went on holiday by mistake. I heard munching and stumbling sounds outside my window at 6.30 am. In London that would mean a spaced out clubber sitting on the step, half way through their donor-kebab style breakfast. But this is a different place and there is no front garden. Also the windows have to be completely blacked out here because it only gets slightly dark for about five hours a night. I lifted up the blinds and a moose was about three inches away from the glass.
We both looked at each other with a Homer Simpson DOH ! expressions and s/he carried on with breakfast. Was so big she had to kneel down to reach the grass, like she was praying.

(1) 23 May 2008 at 9:03 pm
steve
You think you were surprised. Think how the poor bloody moose felt. There it was having a quiet breakfast only to find itself nose-to-nose with an East London Artist.
(2) 24 May 2008 at 2:08 am
doug
Yes. It’s true I didn’t look my very best at the time