What a moose family does on a Wednesday in RMNP...

Moose don't like the heat, so we haven't seen any in the Park all summer.  But now that the cooler weather is settling in, we saw a "family" of moose at Sprague Lake.  Momma moose was just hungry and had her head in the lake most of the time.  Baby moose watched momma and the people lined up by the lake.  And then there was "wanna be" pappa moose.  One of his antlers was broken and the other was wimpy but his body size was formidable.  He was very interested in making sure he became a pappa and grunted just to let everyone know.  The moose rut is typically a bit later so hopefully his antlers will hold up to big boys!