Elk (or ELK)

As we have traveled in coastal Washington and Oregon...

We have frequently seen warning signs about "ELK" (no pictures of the animal are on these warning signs!).

Well... for once, these were not "false advertising" (as cousin Cinde's husband Bill maintains about the Moose warning signs!):

There was a veritable herd in these folks' front yard!

Thankfully they weren't in the road - as much damage as deer do to automobiles, I would suspect that elk would do even more.

And... I thought we were be uber-touristy by stopping to take pictures, but a number of other cars stopped too - of course, they could all have been non-locals too!