03-22-2020, 01:55 AM
Around here it would be deer - although I had an arms length close encounter with a moose years ago on Cape Breton Island.
It was an early September morning and I was riding east with the sun just up over the horizon. The sun was blinding so I rode slowly at around 30 mph and was using the center line as a guide until I got to a curve away from the sun.
The next thing I knew I heard the clippity clop of hooves running on pavement. From out of nowhere a moose was running beside me at the same pace. I could have reached out and touched it. Let me tell you, you have no idea how big a moose is until it's that close!
I hit the brakes and let the moose run on. When it was far enough ahead it looked back and then crossed the road and into the woods at a full gallop. I can only assume the moose was standing beside the road wanting to cross and when I got too close it panicked and jumped onto the road, but not into me, and ran alongside.
All this happened in a few seconds and was so surreal I could hardly believe it.
The night before I took an evening ride on the Trail from my campsite and came face-to-face with a huge bull moose around a curve near the highlands plateau where they live. The moose was just standing there in the middle of the road looking at me and I was prepared to make a hasty U-turn if it moved towards me.
We looked at each other for a while and then it rambled off into the woods - and in no hurry to get there
It was an early September morning and I was riding east with the sun just up over the horizon. The sun was blinding so I rode slowly at around 30 mph and was using the center line as a guide until I got to a curve away from the sun.
The next thing I knew I heard the clippity clop of hooves running on pavement. From out of nowhere a moose was running beside me at the same pace. I could have reached out and touched it. Let me tell you, you have no idea how big a moose is until it's that close!
I hit the brakes and let the moose run on. When it was far enough ahead it looked back and then crossed the road and into the woods at a full gallop. I can only assume the moose was standing beside the road wanting to cross and when I got too close it panicked and jumped onto the road, but not into me, and ran alongside.
All this happened in a few seconds and was so surreal I could hardly believe it.
The night before I took an evening ride on the Trail from my campsite and came face-to-face with a huge bull moose around a curve near the highlands plateau where they live. The moose was just standing there in the middle of the road looking at me and I was prepared to make a hasty U-turn if it moved towards me.
We looked at each other for a while and then it rambled off into the woods - and in no hurry to get there