Bison and Edmonton, Alberta
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We moved on to the suburbs of Edmonton to stay with a friend for two nights. It could have been any house in any suburb in Canada, so I won't say anything more about it other than that we had a great time and appreciated the warm welcoming. While there we doubled back for the first time on our trip to check out Elk Island National Park, a bison reserve. The sole purpose was to see the beasts, and in the end we succeeded. The park starts with a safari-esque drive where we happened to in fact only see a herd from afar. At that distance they appeared as little more than glorified cows. How disappointing. We finished the drive with nothing further to report, and went for a hike within the park that was nice, but unremarkable considering some of our other escapades. Luckily, we saw what we came to see on the drive back out of the park. First, we came upon a male who appeared to be not quite fully grown. He muzzled at the grass on the side of the road and then settled in for a bit. He la