The last time I saw an elephant at all was in Uganda in the 1970s.  That one was standing in the middle of the dirt road between me and my bunk in the drivers’ quarters late one dark night.  On foot and not willing to walk around him through the tall grass, I elected to retreat back to the tourist hotel and call for the driver to come pick me up.

This one, spotted securely fastened to a big bushy plant overhanging the waters of the Upper Highland Reservoir in Goshen, Massachusetts, was much smaller.  I figure he’s part of someone’s geo cache game or something of that sort.  I did not disturb him.

This was the first paddle outing of my Northeast season, with friends from the Western Mass Kayak Meetup Group.   With temps near 70 and bright sunshine for the first time since I arrived up here a week ago I was more than ready to get out on the water.

All of the pix are below, just click on one to open up a slide show of larger images. For other elephant sagas, start HERE.