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Dig in the Travel Tales, Moose Tails
Archives for more tales and adventures! The Moose With The Pointy Hoof Moose Are Fictitious Animals, Right? The Legend of The Memorial Day Weekend Moose A Four Moose Morning by Brenda Marcotte Moonlight Adventure by Warmtears Our Greenville Trip by Brenda Marcotte 2004
MOOSE FACTS Moose are seen most often at sunrise and at dusk. Moose are attracted to road salt and can often be found where road salt and sand is kept. Beatrice
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Being
the web designer for Brenda Marcotte of Mooseland Tours has been the
most interesting, intriguing and exciting adventure I have experienced
in this occupation. No other web design job has required me traipsing
off into the Maine hinterland at 4:30 in the morning in search of Moose.
Never before have I found myself staring into the eyes of a Monster bull
moose, just feet from the vehicle and headed straight toward us. Never
before have I come so close to so many moose. Never before has a job
given me nightmares of being sandwiched in between Monster Bull Moose
closing in on all four sides. Friday,
Oct. 3rd was no exception to the rule of excitement. Brenda
picked me up very early. It was a dark, frosty morning and we started
out immediately. She let me know right away we were not stopping for
anything. No breakfast…. She had brought a thermos of hot water, tea
bags and cups. She also brought blankets, as you cannot effectively
watch moose with the windows up no matter how cold it is! We were out to
find a Bull Moose, and not one minute was to be wasted stopping for
anything. We had a date with nature! Secretly I gave thanks for a
strong bladder. It was
getting light as we arrived in the area we hoped to find Moose. It is
rutting (mating) season and we had a good chance of catching bulls and
cows together. We also have a chance of irritating them easily during
this season. This is not the time of year to run into a moose with no
means of escape. Our dream (and my nightmare) was about to come true. We
had been sitting in front of a favorite moose diner (boggy area) when
Brenda spotted a cow with a small bull following along with her. The
excitement was growing. We were watching them and trying to get a few
photos when I spotted a much larger bull standing back near the trees.
We watched as he slowly walked over to join the cow. Brenda said the
small bull appeared to be maybe a two year old and probably the calf of
the large pretty cow. We were excited. Snapping photos and whispering quietly to each other to avoid getting them irritated or causing them to go back into the woods. We were trying to snap their photos in between trees (as you will see in the following photo). After a nice stay in the bog, they started heading back into the trees. We were delighted with our success. It was still very early and we had already had a “3-moose morning.” We had plenty of time to look for MORE MOOSE!! Or maybe not!!! Brenda went to start the car and it was dead! Not a drop of juice in the battery. We looked at each other and started laughing. In all the excitement…the van lights were left on. Of course the windows were down and the wind was blowing. We laughed for several minutes and then Brenda mentioned perhaps my nightmare about being a moose sandwich was about to come true and we made plans on how we were going to jump into the back of the van if any bulls got upset with us or decided to mate with the van. We were still laughing to the point of tears.
Finally
we regained our composure and took stock of the situation. We had used
most of the hot water and we had two crackers. Well Brenda had them, but
was willing to give me one. I declined. We had been stranded here in
moose country for almost 4
minutes now. We had to do something. I started waving out the window to
some cars that passed by on the nearby road. They all waved back.
Mainers are just too dang friendly. Brenda said we had to get out of the van and go wave down some help. This is the same Brenda who has forbid me to get out of the van in moose country every other trip. Now she wants to traipse through this Moose haven on foot and flag down some help. I thought I better bring my camera to document any moose attack. Brenda heard something coming. It was a diesel and it kept right on going. A bit later she heard another vehicle coming… she could tell it was a diesel too. She tried doing a fancy hand signal as he flew by that was supposed to mean, “Call someone to help us. Our battery is dead, we’ve been stranded almost 10 minutes and we are out of food!”
Well
Brenda was determined to get someone to stop. Just a few moments later
Jim came driving down the road and Brenda waived him down. She asked him
if he had jumper cables… and being a good Mainer… HE DID! Well Jim
got that battery up and running in no time. We had been stranded a total
of 12 desperate minutes and I truly believe if it had reached 13 we
would have become that Moose sandwich I had dreamed about. THANK YOU
JIM!!! For being our hero and saving us from what undoubtedly
would have been certain starvation, (Brenda ate both crackers) or a
Monster Bull Moose attack!!!! (or both). We did see more 2 more
beautiful cows this morning thanks to Jim’s jumper cables and his good
old fashioned Maine courtesy!!! Wow, it
is almost 4am. I need to get dressed and ready to go Moose Looking!!!!
I am addicted!!!! And
Jim…. Whenever you drive
by that bog… just
take a peek will ya please?
Just in case …*smile* And
if you e-mail Brenda - brenda@mooselandtours.com
your address we’ll send you the photos and a Mooseland Tours pen
as souvenirs of the day you saved two women from the fruits of their
moose addiction. ©2002-2005 Brenda Marcotte www.mooselandtours.com
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