This is a hilarious photograph, Matt! …I’m always amazed and amused by how much attention the chipmunks get — is it because they’re more personable than the moose?

PS Ryan and I were talking this weekend and he told me that there is Bubonic Plague in RMNP — most often carried by the fleas that live on ground squirrels and chipmunks. When he told me that, I thought of your photo and all the people who grin at the chippies, feeding them and trying to get them to eat from their hands…