I had ten 10 acres on the rise above the little town of Cle Elum. It was within a very wooded area surrounded by open fields. A protected path for all sorts of critters to move thru. The day of my encounter is the only time I wished I'd had a smart phone.
On a side note, do you remember those corrigated plastic straws you would get with a 7-11 slurpy big gulb? I never drank that crap but I have one of those straws and you can blow through it in a way that sounds EXactly like a bull elk when they bugle during the rut.

@silverotter11 well, no--I never had a 7-11 Big Gulp! However, I remember the name "Cle Elum" though I do not know why. We (ex and I) drove through Washington once, and that must be why.

@Gwendolyn2018 HAHA. I did not drink that crap but you could get those straws. Not now of course, at least in WA State. They got rid of them - the anti plastic movement and all.
Cle Elum is one of the multiple exits on the I-90 interstate. It's spruced itself up a bit but back in the 1990s the whole town looked liked the outside of an inner city Greyhound bus depot. I never spent any time in town itself.

@silverotter11 I don't think I ever went inside a 7-11 or got gas at one! I suppose that I saw road sides for Cle Elum.