Moose Tracks

July 2 – July 7, 2014

 

SIT continued from Vermont to New Hampshire. We found a nice RV spot in the woods (White Mountains) and along a river close to Gorham New Hampshire. Izzy appreciated the location since she found many chipmunks and the water.

Couldn't Fly at the Moment

Moved it Off the Road but Izzy

Wanted to Sniff It

Wading Near Our Camp

 

Gorham was first settled around 1802 but found its place on the map with the arrival of the railroad in 1851. It connected Montreal Canada to the seacoast of the New England states. Gorham became a railroad town complete with a major locomotive yard and repair facility. There is a museum located at the old train depot that you can wander through and take a step back in time.

1816 Sewing Machine

Jenny Lind Trunk

Named after Opera Singer and Shaped Like Her Figure

Far From a Cell Phone

Telegraph Anyone?

 

The Gorham Historical Society has done a great job with the museum and railroad cars they have available to go inside. In there you will find more history about the area, and a wonderful model train complete with the towns’ buildings that existed in the 1800’s.

Russell Snow Plow

 

 

Railroading in the White Mountains

Gorham is situated below Mount Washington which offers ski enthusiasts a place to go. Needless to say we didn’t see any activity on the mountain while we were there, although it is a gorgeous place to go and take in the valley below.

 

Ski Art

I bet you thought I was talking about the ice cream when you saw the title of this post didn’t you? Moose hang out in this area and if you were here at the right time during the year you can take a moose tour. I think Izzy would appreciate this and we would probably just tell her it was a big doggie. When we say that, she gets excited and looks for the dog. She got excited anyway since she could go swimming in the river in a couple of different locations.

She found the creek that flows next to the Appalachian Trail marker which wasn’t too far from our campground. We didn’t get a chance to hike the trail as the rain pounded for the entire time we were there except Sunday. We hit the golf course instead. Looking back hiking would have been more fun!

Can I Go In Yet?

From Tennessee to New Hampshire

 

The AT

 

A Pretty Course

Golfing in New Hampshire

 

We took a drive one afternoon and headed to Berlin New Hampshire. The road follows along the Androscoggin River which provided us with a pretty drive. We were noticing small islands out in the river when we spotted a sign along the road. Apparently what we were seeing are called Boom Piers which are man-made islands used to secure a chain of boom logs which divided the Androscoggin River during the colorful and dramatic annual log drives, when the Brown Paper Company and the International Paper Company shared the river to float their logs from the forests far upriver to the mills at Berlin. The log drives ended in 1963.

Boom Pier

The town was celebrating the 4^th of July with a small carnival which was across from the museum. Since we were there wandering around the railroad museum we ventured to the carnival. We didn’t go on any rides but did find the small petting farm. Steve got close to this guy who I think was really looking for some food. I don’t have the heart to tell Steve it wasn’t because he thought he was cute.

 

Can I Give You a Kiss Mister?

 

The Timberland Campground comes complete with their-own fire engine. The owners treat the kids and adults to rides every evening at 6:30 PM. Steve found out that there was a small fire from a downed power line and it took the local volunteer fire department 45 minutes to get there. This fire engine was being replaced with a new one so the Timberland owners decided to buy it. They put it to good use without having any fires!

 

 

We left New Hampshire on Monday to spend a few days in Maine to get things ready to go into Canada.

Hello Anybody There? Canada Here We come!