Moose Notes

I'd promised a couple lines about the moose at Northwest Trek. The moose are usually considered the highlight of the tram ride. They are hard to spot, usually hiding in the swamps and such, and when you see one you get the sense of truly being in the wilderness.

I was talking about Northwest Trek at the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation luncheon and someone told me they saw the moose from the tram years ago; just its antlers were above the waterline as it swam through the small lake looking for food. That would have been a sight.

According to the tram driver, a moose can dive to 18 feet to get food. I imagine that if a moose ever gets to 19 feet deep it's no longer diving but sinking. I think that would be probably the most bizarre thing to see while snorkeling: a moose swimming along below you.

Anyway, moose or no moose, it's still a pretty great park. I need to spend a post on the predators' area. Let me just say that coyotes are funny guys.