We first noticed “Moose Tracks” ice cream back in 2004 at a
gift shop in Yellowstone
National Park. That was
very fitting as we saw a moose near there. Now our local Market Basket sells
it.
Well this week we just had to buy it and this is why. We
went to Birch Hill Dam entering the gate that was just for us!
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| The ROO gate |
Birch Hill Dam is a flood control project of the US Army
Corps of Engineers in central Massachusetts.
It was completed in 1941 at a cost of $4 million. It is used, along with other
dams in this system, to control the flow of water into the Connecticut
River.
The two campgrounds where we stayed most recently are both part
of the Army Corps of Engineer’s Birch
Hill Flood Control Area. We thought we’d check out the dam and find a couple of
letterboxes.
We noticed some things as we walked along the road to the
dam. One thing we saw was a tree with lots of ball-like things hanging from it.
We haven’t figured out what they are yet.
The other thing we noticed was some fresh tracks that were
too large to be a dog or deer and some fresh dung to go with the tracks.
Googling the image, we think they were moose tracks! There
are lots of moose crossing signs in the area, so it’s not too surprising. Too
bad we missed the moose.
And wouldn’t you know it?! Our pastor even mentioned Moose
Tracks ice cream in his sermon today when talking about important decision
making. So we decided … we had to have
some Moose Tracks ice cream.
