When thinking about this weekend, we thought let's just use the 'fly by the seat of our pants' mentality. We learned quickly that in 'vacationland' (what they call the whole state of Maine) and especially on a holiday weekend this was not the best of ideas.
It took us a long time to find a spot to lay our heads. We rolled into Jackman, ME at around 12:30 in the morning. We woke up the owner but we did manage to find a clean, not scary looking place to lay our heads, The Bishop's Country Inn Motel.
We saw thisplace located in Jackman as well, but for obvious reasons chose to keep looking! If it is not so obvious to you...read the sign.Now, I should tell you up front that I don't have any pictures of moose, not of ones that have ever been alive anyway. But I am happy to say we saw 10 moose total on our trip! And had it not been for the fact that we didn't have a reservation we might not have seen any at all.
We saw all 10 moose on the way to Jackman which is 26 miles west of our original target, Rockwood, ME. I think we were lucky enough to see them because we were out so late on the road where no one else was driving. The first one we saw was a mom and her baby. I had no idea how massive moose were! The baby was huge! It really was an amazing site. We drove by him when he was walking down the side of the road. Aaron saw the mom, I wasn't quite fast enough. We turned around to get a better look at him but he already jumped over the guard rail. Seeing how slow he was walking I didn't think he had it in him to jump. The next few I saw were pieces and parts. I seemed to always catch them walking into the woods. I would see a big bum and a lot of back legs. There was one that when we stopped beside the road (as he was walking into the woods) that stood and watched us. I think he was interested in the flash on my camera. I keep trying to take a picture so it would flash, but it couldn't focus on anything because it was so dark. (Note to self: I need a bigger flash!)
The whole 26 mile stretch of road was amazing! Who knew we would see that many. I didn't, that is for sure. They didn't seem afraid of us. They just went about their business probably annoyed that I kept trying to take their picture. I am still bound and determined to catch one on film before we leave this state!
Here are a few pictures that we did manage to take:
I am standing in front of the flying moose!
I saw this bus and forced Aaron to re-enact a scene from Into the Wild. It is a great book too!
I couldn't resist this moose we found on the side of the road!
We saw all 10 moose on the way to Jackman which is 26 miles west of our original target, Rockwood, ME. I think we were lucky enough to see them because we were out so late on the road where no one else was driving. The first one we saw was a mom and her baby. I had no idea how massive moose were! The baby was huge! It really was an amazing site. We drove by him when he was walking down the side of the road. Aaron saw the mom, I wasn't quite fast enough. We turned around to get a better look at him but he already jumped over the guard rail. Seeing how slow he was walking I didn't think he had it in him to jump. The next few I saw were pieces and parts. I seemed to always catch them walking into the woods. I would see a big bum and a lot of back legs. There was one that when we stopped beside the road (as he was walking into the woods) that stood and watched us. I think he was interested in the flash on my camera. I keep trying to take a picture so it would flash, but it couldn't focus on anything because it was so dark. (Note to self: I need a bigger flash!)
The whole 26 mile stretch of road was amazing! Who knew we would see that many. I didn't, that is for sure. They didn't seem afraid of us. They just went about their business probably annoyed that I kept trying to take their picture. I am still bound and determined to catch one on film before we leave this state!
Here are a few pictures that we did manage to take:
I am standing in front of the flying moose!
Click the picture to enlarge it and read about the Legend of the Flying Moose.
I saw this bus and forced Aaron to re-enact a scene from Into the Wild. It is a great book too!
I couldn't resist this moose we found on the side of the road!
It was amazing how many leaves were already changing color. It could have been the end of September up there already!
Jackman is 16 miles away from the Canadian border. In 2 1/2 hours we could have been in Quebec. We both were wishing we would have brought our passports. Anyway, I thought this sign warning people in French and English was funny. I guess I thought people could have figured it out in any language. There is a giant moose on a sign. I doubt they would think they were to watch out for squirrels!
Aaron got to go fishing up there too! He had researched the Brassua Dam before we left. I took a book along to read but had more fun watching him. I know this isn't a picture of him actually fishing but I think he looks handsome. :o)
Before we headed home we ate at the Briches Resort on Moosehead Lake in Rockwood, ME. To be honest we didn't love the food but we loved the view!
No photo I took could do the lake justice but I liked this photo.
We had a great time at the lake and the surrounding areas. And I was able to get a lot of pictures (I really liked this one!). I am sure I will be annoying you with them on my photoblog.Our fun weekend didn't end there but I will spare you anymore right now. I will post soon about our Sunday at the beach. I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend!
4 comments:
Things like a fun time. I really like the picture of Aaron fishing...very artistic!
The above comment was from me, Karen...not Clay :)
Thanks! I will have to post some of the others I took of him. I think they are neat!
WAHAHA! Thank goodness you didn't stay in that motel! You guys might have been ok, but Boone might not have made it out alive... scary!!
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