Daily Archives: April 7, 2011
Moose and Green Tea . . .
As hoped this morning started our about 10 with coffee and some of Miss Terry’s homemade toast.
Delicious.
Then for lunch we did it again with cheese toast and chips, again with Terry’s bread.
More good.
Then a little later Nick came over and said Terry was fixing spaghetti for supper and we were invited. Yeah!
About 1:30 I drove into Cottonwood to check out a vacuum cleaner store I had seen.
I was looking for a standard vacuum hose to hook up to my new Eureka 71A Handheld. I had checked online and local stores, but if they had a hose it was more than I wanted to play, in some cases the hose was more expensive than the vacuum itself. So I thought I might try a small vacuum repair shop.
And I lucked out and found one. Used, of course, but only $5. Just what I wanted.
My next stop was Fry’s, to pick up some Lipton Diet Green Tea, and some ice cream for dessert at Nick and Terry’s tonight.
A little after 5 we walked next door for a supper of spaghetti with salad and bread. Miss Terry went all out and laid out a delicious spread. And lucky us, more of Terry’s great bread. Three times in one day.
After that great meal, we waddled home about 7:30, with Jan falling asleep on the sofa within about 15 minutes. After that meal it was hard to stay awake.
I’ve posted a rerun of our visit to New Hampshire and Mt. Washington in August 2009.
More tomorrow.
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Thought for the Day:
Just remember, the reason we’re all here is that we’re not all there.
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Climbing Mt. Washington and here a moose, there a moose…
Posted on August 18, 2009
We left Moose River Campground about 11 am and headed up US 2 toward Gorham, NH.
The road wasn’t too bad, a bit curvy, but OK, and we pulled into the Wal-Mart about 12:30 pm and set up house.
Actually, when we Wally-dock, there’s nothing to setup. We don’t lower the jacks, or put out the slide. The only thing we do is just unhook the truck so we can drive around.
We decided to try a place called Crabby Jack’s Mexican Cafe for lunch, since we were hungry for Mexican.
Big Mistake! The service was bad and food wasn’t any better. It was more like Crabby Jan & Greg.
After our so-called lunch, we headed down to Gorham’s Visitor’s Information booth to check out the sign that got Jan all giddy.
It said “Moose Tours”
After signing up for the 6:30 pm tour that evening, I noticed a brochure on Mt. Washington. I knew it was in New Hampshire, but I didn’t know it was close by.
Turns out that it’s right down the road. It’s about 8 miles to the base of the mountain, and then about 8 miles to the summit, all 6288 feet of it.
We decided we had plenty of time to do the mountain before our moose tour, so we headed out.
And it is a heck of a climb. During the 8 miles, you climb over 5000 ft. And it seems like it’s straight up at times.
But, although it was a little hazy, the view was spectacular.
The Mt. Washington Auto Road gave birth to the oldest man-made tourist attraction in the US. When it was built in the 1861 (Yes, 1861), it was called the Mt. Washington Carriage Road. And stagecoaches took visitors to the top.
It’s still the same road, and not much improved, it seems.
And then in 1869 they built the Cog Train. It runs on a train track with a cog track in the center that lets the train climb the steep grades like a roller coaster does…clack, clack, clack.
That little yellow dot is the train coming up the mountain. It takes about an hour to come up and an hour to go back down.
It only takes about 20 min in your car.
“I think I can, I think I can…”
This gift shop building dates from 1878. Note that it is chained down!
And here’s why!
231 MPH !!!
I think they need more chains.
The new buildings are built to withstand 300 MPH winds.
And, of course, we got our official bumper sticker for our trip up.
I’ve seen these on cars before, and now I know how they got them.
About 6:30 pm we board our tour bus for our “moose tour”.
And we actually saw moose, 4 of them, to be exact. 2 sets of cows and calves. No bulls, unfortunately.
These pictures were taken about 9:30 pm at night, lighted by spotlight.
These moose were about 30 yards away at the time.
We also saw an osprey, 2 foxes, a deer, and 2 loons.
And some pretty scenery earlier in the evening.
Tomorrow morning we head out to Bangor, ME for a few days before we trek further north to Canada.
More then…
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