Vacation with Two Newfs - Day Seven

[GAD]

Saturday, our last full day in New Hampshire was the perfect day for a drive to the top of Mount Washington. The sky was perfectly clear, the temperature was in the 80s, and there was no wind at all. That translated to a 45 degrees, and 35 MPH winds on top of the mountain, and that’s a balmy summer day up there. In my almost 40 years of coming to New Hampshire, I had never been to the top of Mt. Washington. We had bought “next day free” tickets for the water park though, and the kids wanted to go. Worse, it was two hours to get to the auto road, plus at least an hour up and back, 30-60 minutes there, and the water park closed at six. Knowing I couldn’t disappoint my kids, I had to take the disappointment myself. I was a very grumpy bug.

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[Graham]

Good stuff GAD.

Those Moose can be a real problem, they are so dark, very tough to see at night. I caught the reflection in the eyes of one several years ago in Northern Ontario as it lumbered across the Trans Canada. They can slow a vehicle down almost as quickly as ABS brakes.

 

[GAD]

Yeah, lots of people die in NH each year - many on motorcycles - because of moose. They are HUGE animals and I can't imagine hitting one would be anything but catastrophic.

 

[Ross]

I'm listening to Nancy White's famous song "Moose on the Highway"