Touring Valdez, Alaska

We broke camp and rode 80 miles to Valdez-famous for the oil spill and the earthquake. Our hosts called a friend who runs a tour boat out of Valdez Harbor and we were booked for 2:00 It was my kind of tour-sea otters, sea lions, seals, puffins and the largest glacier in North America.
The tour boat docked at 9:30 PM and I rode alone the 80 miles to camp-Bruce was hungry and stayed for dinner. I was riding along a swift river when I saw a cow moose with two young calves attempting to cross. By the time I got turned around the one calf was in trouble. The swift waster had carried it into stream side branches and it was thrashing with all of it's might. The mother stood helpless. I walked to the water's edge and the calf scrambled to the bank, exhausted. It walked right up to me and it just stood (probably because I had the scent of the wild). I didn't pet it fearing rejection by the mother. The problem was that the calf was on one side and the mom on the other. It was 11 PM (still light) and I had to leave. I hope they had a happy family reunion.