No Moose Anywhere

Okay!  I am upset.  I was told that if I wanted to see a moose I needed to come to Anchorage.  I was told they were everywhere.  Lies all lies.  I hiked four hours in the largest trail in the city.  It was beautiful.  Snow covered the branches of the spruce trees and birch trees shined.  We saw other hikers out in the weather enjoying a walk.  We saw bikers with their large, fat tires made to ride on snow and ice.  We saw a raven and magpies.  We even went off the trail to walk towards a wetland and nothing.  Just the noise of the cars off in the distance and the planes overhead.  No large mammal of any kind lurked in the park.  I don't care what the Anchorage visitor guide say about moose being all over town.  We saw no moose.  We saw a sign warning us to watch out for dog sleds.  We did see one lone husky chasing after its master while he ran down around the trail.  We hiked over a bridge that covered a small half frozen stream.  We hiked until we began to get cold and the skies turned dark.  On the way home we saw a moose crossing sign along the highway.  WE SAW NO MOOSE!!!!!!

During the meetings I attended this past week I heard reports of moose throughout the state but I must say I think they are teasing me.  I was asked when I reported on the moose in Katmai, what is the largest group of moose you have seen?  Boy was I am embarrassed to say one.  Then I was asked if it was a large bull.  Nope small year old female.  How sad is that.  I have 24 days left until I start flying around counting moose.  I sure hope that I won't be wasting my time.