Back in 
beautiful Sussex County, NJ, doing real estate deals after a short but lovely camping trip.
Although I don't have a shred of evidence to support this theory
, I firmly believe that all the moose in New Hampshire headed to the Jersey shore for the weekend. Chip and I hunted at dusk, dawn and every point in between. We know every wallow in the White Mountains, so if anyone wishes to buy a mud hole in NH, I'll be your consultant.
NOT A SINGLE MOOSE TO BE FOUND!!! Why does NH have moose crossing signs when there are no meese, crosing or otherwise? Was it their weekend off?
A pit stop in Vermont seemed to portend many meese in my future. As I was mugging, I offered all passerbys my business card in case they wanted to buy a home or sell a home in New Jersey. No takers - I believe they thought I was kidding!
We had a spectacular campsite right at the beaver pond. Already used one shot for my first "Wordless Wednesday" post. We drove to the top of Mount Washington just in time for an unexpected hailstorm that caught all by surprise. (Hikers should ALWAYS have rain gear in their packs - ill-prepared kept the rangers hopping.) Road was closed for a bit, totally fouling up a wedding at the summit...
Other lovely pictures will magically appear, no doubt, The reason for this post, however, is to complain that we saw little wildlife in NH but this evening in our Hamburg, NJ, backyard, we had this:
Here is the tough question... Who can figure out why tonight's dinner was a sandwich instead of grilled tuna? I'd offer lots of points for the winner but have absolutely no pull with AR gods or meese!
I wouldn't dare have anything as smelly as tuna in my camp with all those bears around.
Heck Irene, when I lived in Sussex County, bears were more prevelant that grilled tuna. Tasted better too.
Russ,
We were DONE camping. Those 2 are in the backyard of my home. Photos were taken from the window of my breakfast nook. While camping, we saw only chipmunks, which aren't fond of tuna.
Richard,
I still have that listing in Scenic Lakes waiting for your return... Come back and you'll never have to grill tuna again!
Can I see it somewhere?
Rich,
Just emailed the MLS listing to you. Here is my AR post link: Three bedroom ranch in desirable Sussex County lake community, Scenic Lakes, Vernon, NJ.
The original owner still lives there, Margaret Sullivan. Perhaps you knew the family.
I heard that was the weekend all the meese(?) went into the city to watch people!
Gary,
I knew the little (!) dickens were somewhere other than around Chip and me. Thanks for the confirmred sighting.
Sorry about the lack of moose for your trip, I have lived in NH for thirty years and never seen one. That bear would certainly scare me though. I'm glad I haven't seen any of those either!
While I realize the meese probably don't pop into downtown Portsmouth to hit Starbucks, I'm flabbergasted you've never seen one. The guidebook said there are more moose than people in NH (okay, so I made that up). Every 2 feet is a "moose crossing" sign and one can pay for moose tours. BAH - You guys rook the Jersey tourists - I'm sending those bears, Vinnie and Angelo up to set things straight.
Well, now that I have a NH buddy, I can check with an authority next time!