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Moose Calling Success!
Fall
2004
Our
Greenville Trip,
2004
(3-part story
complete!)
Moose Calling Contest
at Oxford County Fair 2004
A Four Moose
Morning
The
Legend of The Memorial Day Weekend
Moose
The Moose
With The Pointy Hoof
Yet Another Silly Story
Moose
Are Fictitious Animals, Right?
Moonlight
Adventure
Our Hero Jim
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.
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some idea of what the trip is like......
Greenville
Moose Tour and Wildlife Cruise
We are only booking one
Greenville trip
a month -- during June and
July. Please watch for details and make
reservations as soon as possible. ( If your group of 10-20
would like more information on this trip please call or email us and
ask for charter information. Your would be able to select
your own date.)
We
leave Norway, Maine, about 8 am. The trip takes approximately
three and a half hours, slightly longer if we encounter construction.
Because Maine has two seasons, winter and construction, I think we will
be taking the turnpike to Newport and then go north from
there.
This should get us into Greenville in
plenty of time to eat lunch at one of several great restaurants, many of
which have a view of Moosehead Lake. There will be a generous
amount of time for shopping or walking around before riding
north to Rockwood for the cruise.
Once we arrive at
The Birches, we will
board "The Discovery", a pontoon
tour boat that holds up 20 passengers. Occasionally, if we
have a smaller group and the weather is calm, they may take us on one
of the smaller pontoon boats (which hold about 12
passengers). The tour boat operators share lots of
information about the lake and the area, point out many interesting
landmarks, and offer a few antidotes as well. Weather permitting, we are taken around
the back of Mt. Kineo to photograph the ledges.
We
then cross to the estuary and slowly explore the winding waterways
where we often spot moose in the water (as well as onshore).
Other wildlife we might see are deer, bears, geese,
cormorants, ducks, herons, kingfishers, and American bald
eagles.
The water ways are
filled with wonderful
scenery... graceful "ghosts" of trees long dead lean out here
and there, offering sharp contrast to the often lush mossy
banks. Great gnarled roots hold up tall, dark balsams and the
balsam scent drifts out to greet us as we pass. Some of the
skeletons of trees lay in the water looking very much like alligators,
or protrude upright pretending to be a bull moose with antlers
even! Others have become the base for whole minute ecosystems
with moss, flowers, grasses and probably a bird nest or
two.
The lake, and the weather which Maine is
famous for, changes with the
season. It's not always sunny. It might be
overcast, misty, raining, warm, or cool.
Thankfully, the Discovery does offer respite from the weather, however,
so as you might gather, it is truly a wonderful experience. I
never go away disappointed. It fills me with wonder, leaves
me with (as the song goes) a peaceful, easy feeling........
After the cruise we will stop in Greenville
again for a brief rest stop
and then return to Norway, arriving back here about 11-11:30
pm. (It will be possible to make rest stops going or coming,
as necessary) And again, while riding to and from Rockwood
and while leaving Greenville, it should be very likely we will see
moose!
I
can't guarantee anything, but I expect to see "more than a few moose"
on these trips!
I hope you join us!

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