ON THE ROAD AGAIN

As Wille so aptly said it....
"On the road again,
Just can't wait to get on the road again
like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
insisting that the world keep turning our way
AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN"
ROAD TRIP- a journey via automobile

I guess driving the 22,500 miles to the Arctic Ocean last summer wasn't enough. So after overpacking the SUV again we are off and running to celebrate the open road. This year we are headed to the Eastern half of the good ol'USA on up to St. Edwards Island and Newfoundland. More family, friends, Fishers, faith and forests. Will we qualify as Professional Road Trippers? Is this the Baby Boomer version of hitchhiking? Does Dashboarding count as exercise? So glad I can pack the "extras" and not pay "extra" and so love not having to stand in line to take off my shoes to change states. Besides it's an excellent way to shed some skin and live out loud. Check out the schedule and see if you're on the trip tick. Our most valuable souvenir are the hugs and stories we can't wait to share. Look over at the archived blogs on the right side as it stores the "older" blog entries there....don't want you to miss the trip from day one!

CONFIRMED ROADIES

After last summers "once in a life time road trip" we were hooked-if bored one evening see pamelacollins.blogspot.com (North to Alaska) for sordid details. There are plenty of reasons to hit the road and celebrate America's (and Canada too!) cultural heritage and natural wonders. Although we haven't experienced the meandering version-our trip is kinda planned and suits our purpose. Our focus are the FIVE F'S (family, friends, fishers, faith, forests). With the blessing of health and time we are free to visit and experience our F's. We have also learned the way to a healthy life style on a long road trip....goal for this trip is to eat green and healthy- no more Bubba's Jerky and Corn Dogs. Bubba is even bringing his Vita Mixer. Nothing like a Slimey I mean green smoothie to start the day off. Pleep only indulges in the banana smoothies...no green for the Pleepmeister. And yes there has been a new addition to the Collins Road Family- Pleep now has a sister- Pleetisha (aka Sis). After he laid down the rules of the road to Sis and made it clear who is in charge of this rig she smiled sweetly and said "you bet Bro!" So come along for the ride- Happy Trails!


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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

DAY 46 NEWFIE ROADS AND MOOSE

As mentioned, there are from 125,000-150,000 MOOSE on this island. And many signs warning you about them walking out in front of your car. Why on the roads? Vegetation, relief from flies in the summer, no snow and to move about. It goes like this, your bumper hits the MOOSE'S legs breaks them and he comes right in through your windshield. KABOOM!

On the average they have about 700 moose-vehicle accidents per year (previous years up to 900). 2-3 people a year die in these accidents and per gov. stats 90% of the injuries are superficial. The reason for drop in accidents are: more hunting allowed, a stabilized moose group?, increased driver awareness.

The MOOSE ( please note unlike goose, MOOSE is both singular and plural) lives to 12 years of age and is a herbivore-plants and fruits and some tree shoots- sounds like Bubba. And they eat up to 9770 calories a day to keep up their figures.

How about comparing the MOOSE accidents with wild boar problem in Germany. They have 250,000 wild animal (lots of wild boar) accidents per year of which 3000 people are injured and 27 die. Yikes and Om pa pa!

MOOSE were introduced to the island in 1912. The hit parade for countries with MOOSE: 1. Canada- 830,000 2. Russia- 435,000 3. Sweden- 200,00 4. Norway- 125,000 5. Finland-90,000. And Maine has 30,000 of which we only saw one!

The hunters on Newfoundland, 28,000 of them kill approximately 24,000 MOOSE. Big business up here.  YOU CAN BET THE BUBS WILL BE BACK FOR SOME OF THIS MOOSE FUN!

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