The Easter Buffalo

There is a little back route I take sometimes when I am returning from errands Food Lion, Wal-mart, Tractor Supply Company, or the Page County Co-op in Luray.  It takes us through some rolling pastures and farms, where there are a few poultry houses and a flock of goats in addition to a lot of beefs.

Last summer driving through there I spotted three or four really big animals mixed in with the normal-sized cows.  I looked at them carefully before I realized that there was a small herd of buffalo mixed in with the group.  Ever since, whenever I drive through here, I hope that they will be out in the pasture and close enough to the road for a phone cam shot.

Nothing doing all winter long, and I even had begun to think...Ted's Montana Grill.

Well, to my surprise, as we were driving back from Luray on Sunday using this route, one of the buffalo was down in the pasture near the road, so I was able to shap this shot - it's on zoom, so not the best.  Unwittingly, the buffalo is also setting up the argument for riparian buffers and stream banks erosion measures, but let's not go into the technical discussions this morning.

I was happy to finally get this photo for the blog!