I drove through Evergreen, Colorado the other day, and noticed a large herd of elk, some of them captured in the photograph above, hanging out in a residential neighborhood not too far from downtown. To me, this is a sure sign that a change of season is underway, at least in the mountains. During the summer, you seldom see elk in Evergreen. At 7,200 feet, it is cooler than Denver, but not by that much. The elk tend to wander up Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans), which tops out at an altitude of 14,266 feet, until they find a temperature that feels just right. When it begins to get nippy up there, they head back down to Evergreen and make themselves at home on people's lawns, in the parks, or their favorite spot of all, the Evergreen Golf Course, doing their best to make life difficult for golfers. And not surprisingly, the television weather forecasters are predicting snow on Colorado's higher peaks this very weekend. Elk are definitely not dumb. And also seem to have a sense of humor.
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