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We drive the few miles to Cave and Basin, where there's a relatively short circular walk - the Marsh Loop. There are no other cars in the car park, although it's clear from the tracks on the ground that the path has been travelled by a few people and a few animals. After a few hundred metres, a set of large animal footprints comes out of the trees, runs along the edge of the track for a bit, then disappears back into the trees. The photo shows one of the footprints next to Judith's gloved hand.
We completed the walk without incident, but when we got back to the hotel I checked on the internet and, as far as I can tell, it appears that this is a cougar/mountain lion footprint. More large carnivores. Brilliant. Well at least the bears are supposed to be hibernating in December.
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