30 Day Challenge - Day 7

Today's posted is from Hualapai Mountain Park in Kingman, Arizona. Hualapai means "Pine Tree Folks", which is derived from the name of the Indian Tribe that once called the mountains their home. The park was first developed in the early
1930's. You can go there to Picnic, Hike, Camp, and there are three group recreational areas that you can reserve for large group gatherings. You can tent, RV, Cabin and they even have Tee Pee's. The park covers 2300 acres with elevations of 4984 to 8417 feet. It is known as the Pine Country and that is one of the reasons we decided to visit there. It was our first trip to the Park, but it will not be our last. We got to see some wildlife and due to the higher elevations we got to see some changing leaves. It was a little slice of home, just a lot warmer. Though we were feeling a bit chilled after we finished our hike around 5pm. It was only 61 degrees with a bit of a breeze. We had lunched and hiked about 3ish miles today. Here is the website: http://www.mcparks.com/hualapai_mt_park.htm
The picture for today is of one of the male deer's that we saw. We saw two, possibly three pairs. The third possible pair was down the road a bit, but it may have been this male with his girlfriend. No adjustments were made, other then a quick saturation adjustment and a small crop. I was able to get very close. This shot was taken at 55mm. I also got some great Portraits with my 18-200mm lens.