Making Light :: More Moose Festival :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:14:47 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 More Moose Festival Remember how much fun you had at last year's Moose Festival? Well, this year's Moose Festival is coming up in... Remember how much fun you had at last year's Moose Festival? Well, this year's Moose Festival is coming up in... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html More Moose Festival -- comment #1 from Linkmeister comment from Linkmeister on 15.Aug.09 What about the Wolfman guy? Is he gonna be there?

]]> <p>Posted August 15, 2009 7:23 PM by Linkmeister</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360678 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360678 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:23:18 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #2 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 15.Aug.09 Don't think the Wolfman will be there. He's going to be menacing the train down at Clark's Trading Post on those same days.

But you know what! On your way to Moose Festival you could stop off at Clark's, see the trained bears, and go for a ride on the railroad and see the Wolfman for yourself.

]]> <p>Posted August 15, 2009 7:37 PM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360681 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360681 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:37:04 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #3 from Thena comment from Thena on 15.Aug.09 My Other Half is trying to talk me into coming out to visit. We'd thought about it last year, but either the weather was crap or something else came up, and since it's an overnight for us we have to actually plan this sort of thing.

Since we aren't actually going on a honeymoon...

]]> <p>Posted August 15, 2009 8:47 PM by Thena </p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360692 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360692 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:47:14 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #4 from Allan Beatty comment from Allan Beatty on 15.Aug.09 Do you have moose patty bingo?

]]> <p>Posted August 15, 2009 8:49 PM by Allan Beatty</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360694 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360694 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:49:36 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #5 from Bill comment from Bill on 15.Aug.09 A m00se festivaled my sister once.... Ok, maybe not, but she lives in less-northern New Hampshire, and has a dog the size of a m00se.

]]> <p>Posted August 15, 2009 9:07 PM by Bill</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360695 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360695 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:07:10 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #6 from Phiala comment from Phiala on 15.Aug.09 I've eaten moose, but never seen one, despite various trips to northern New England. Very disappointing. If only I had some vacation time...

]]> <p>Posted August 15, 2009 9:09 PM by Phiala</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360696 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360696 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:09:07 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #7 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 15.Aug.09 There are going to be two guided moose tours, one Friday night and one Saturday night.

Plus, just driving through Moose Alley any time of the day you may well see a moose. (Driving at night -- you could see the moose Way Close Up.)

]]> <p>Posted August 15, 2009 9:17 PM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360697 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360697 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:17:03 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #8 from Paula Lieberman comment from Paula Lieberman on 15.Aug.09 I do NOT want to see moose up close on a road at night, not, not, not!

I had caribou meat at a meal in Montreal at the Worldcon. It was somewhat on the gamey side. I've never had moose meat.

]]> <p>Posted August 15, 2009 10:51 PM by Paula Lieberman</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360706 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360706 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:51:06 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #9 from Wirelizard comment from Wirelizard on 16.Aug.09 Moose is tasty. A high point of a year in a small-ish Canadian town further north than the one I currently live in was the 1/8th of a moose in our freezer, via the father of one of my mom's students. (She taught 2nd Grade.) One-eighth of a moose is still an awful lot of moose. Tasty, tasty moose.

A Moose Festival with helicopter rides, real live Congresscritters, and the possibility of a Mormon in the missionary position! Thrills and wonders!

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 1:53 AM by Wirelizard</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360738 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360738 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:53:41 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #10 from Connie H. comment from Connie H. on 16.Aug.09 For a moment there, I thought it might be called the 'More Moose Festival' which would certainly distinguish it from the other moose festivals out there.

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 8:02 AM by Connie H.</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360759 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360759 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:02:24 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #11 from Lila comment from Lila on 16.Aug.09 OMG, Jim, it is a mark of how awesome this post is that in spite of my current work arrangements (which have me driving 800 miles per week), I have a strong urge to drive right up there (from Georgia).

Hope y'all have nice weather and a great time.

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 8:57 AM by Lila</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360765 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360765 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:57:44 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #12 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 16.Aug.09 There aren't apparently a heck of a lot of other moose festivals.


There's the Bennington Moose Festival in Vermont.

There's the Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival up in Alaska.

There's the Roosevelt Bull Moose Festival in Seattle, WA.

There's the Abbe Museum's Chocolate Moose Festival over in Maine.

And that's about it.

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 9:02 AM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360766 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360766 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:02:16 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #13 from Cadbury Moose comment from Cadbury Moose on 16.Aug.09 Jim @12 noted:

"There's the Abbe Museum's Chocolate Moose Festival over in Maine."

I approve of this product and/or service.

3:O)>

Cadbury

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 10:46 AM by Cadbury Moose</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360779 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360779 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:46:31 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #14 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 16.Aug.09 The Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival: "As Ghod is my witness, I thought moose could fly...."

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 10:57 AM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360783 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360783 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:57:09 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #15 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 16.Aug.09 And when you're up for the Moose Festival, don't miss the opportunity to stop by Le Rendez-Vous (as seen in the New York Times!)

(Last year I mostly missed Moose Festival: Two major motor vehicle collisions, a diabetic emergency, and a heat-related injury, 'mongst other things.)

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 11:00 AM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360784 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360784 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:00:24 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #16 from Don Fitch comment from Don Fitch on 16.Aug.09 Ah, it does sound delightful -- maybe next year.
Especially since it's so close to Vermont, which I've wanted to visit ever since discovering that some of my paternal ancestors left there to settle in the part of the Northwest Territory that later became Michigan. (Or, according to another family document, they were born in "the state of Vermont, so called" -- but that seems to have been written by a relative who was a New Yorker with a firm belief that his state rightfully extended farther west, perhaps even to the Pacific ocean.)

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 11:38 AM by Don Fitch</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360794 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360794 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:38:55 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #17 from Mary Aileen comment from Mary Aileen on 16.Aug.09 James D. Macdonald (14): No, no, it's buffalo that have wings.

When I was in Talkeetna last month, all the locals made sure to point out that no actual moose are dropped--just their droppings. Apparently the Moose Dropping Festival has had some trouble with PETA et al. over that misconception.

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 11:58 AM by Mary Aileen</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360798 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360798 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:58:00 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #18 from Thena comment from Thena on 16.Aug.09 Considering I never got down to Portsmouth to look for the glowing tombstone, due to getting a job.....


This might happen.

Depends on the weather.

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 2:14 PM by Thena </p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360813 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360813 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:14:19 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #19 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 16.Aug.09 Once I saw a horse fly....

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 4:46 PM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360823 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360823 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:46:10 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #20 from Cadbury Moose comment from Cadbury Moose on 16.Aug.09 Ponders the existence of a "guided moosel".

Maybe that's what they use for the "Guided Moose Tour" above?

ITWSBT

Cadbury

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 4:56 PM by Cadbury Moose</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360826 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360826 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:56:10 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #21 from Geri Sullivan comment from Geri Sullivan on 16.Aug.09 #16 Don: You know Toad Woods is close to both New Hamster and Vermont, right? Right.

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 8:55 PM by Geri Sullivan</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360849 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360849 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:55:18 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #22 from Renee comment from Renee on 16.Aug.09 Where else can you get a craft-made moose-quitoe? Why, any tourist stop in Alaska. You can also get moose-letoe.

The family used to give moose turd jewelry as a gag gift for *years*. There's something about itty-bitty ruminant droppings that over-activates the weird crafts desire...

]]> <p>Posted August 16, 2009 10:03 PM by Renee</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360857 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360857 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:03:21 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #23 from cd comment from cd on 17.Aug.09 And really, seriously, where else are you going to get Moose Burger BBQ and craft-made mosquitoes constructed from gen-u-ine moose dung?

Sweden?

Also, Cadbury Moose at #13 opines:

Jim @12 noted:

"There's the Abbe Museum's Chocolate Moose Festival over in Maine."

I approve of this product and/or service.

I've had it. Well, whisky-marinaded moose steak with a dark chocolate sauce. Quite nice, but VERY heavy stuff.

]]> <p>Posted August 17, 2009 4:09 AM by cd</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360887 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#360887 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:09:34 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #24 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 22.Aug.09 Alas, this year's Talkeetna Moose Festival had some unhappy events:


Talkeetna Moose Dropping festival turns to mayhem

Possible death, rowdies disrupt normally family-friendly event

A weekend of mayhem at the annual Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival has left one young man presumed dead, others injured and dozens of locals wondering what happened to their one-time family-friendly fundraiser.

]]> <p>Posted August 22, 2009 9:04 PM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#362093 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#362093 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:04:22 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #25 from John Houghton comment from John Houghton on 27.Aug.09 Two days out, and the weather report says 70% chance of rain, courtesy of Danny boy. And quite near tonight's frost advisory.

]]> <p>Posted August 27, 2009 4:51 PM by John Houghton</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#363544 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#363544 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:51:39 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #26 from Jim Macdonald comment from Jim Macdonald on 28.Aug.09 Woo!

Senator Shaheen is running around downtown eatin' fried dough right now!

]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2009 4:27 PM by Jim Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#363935 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#363935 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:27:58 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #27 from Jim Macdonald comment from Jim Macdonald on 28.Aug.09 The streets downtown are packed.

If any of 'em clutch their chest and fall to the ground, they're mine!

]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2009 9:00 PM by Jim Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#364007 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#364007 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:00:06 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #28 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 29.Aug.09 The weather yesterday was glorious, but today it's low-hanging clouds and rain.

At least it isn't as rainy as two years ago....

]]> <p>Posted August 29, 2009 11:47 AM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#364169 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#364169 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:47:11 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #29 from abi comment from abi on 29.Aug.09 Jim @27:
If any of 'em clutch their chest and fall to the ground, they're mine!

*snort*

]]> <p>Posted August 29, 2009 1:08 PM by abi</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#364188 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011524.html#364188 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:08:09 -0500 More Moose Festival -- comment #30 from [Spam deleted] comment from [Spam deleted] on 15.Sep.09 Posted from 217.31.51.77

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