Comments on: Close encounters of the moose kind http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Wed, 23 May 2012 15:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Donna http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3557 Donna Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:54:02 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3557 I've never run into a moose, I've seen them on the side of the road on the many journey's south. My mom actually hunts them with my cousing every fall. My cousin(another younger one)just hit one with her car and luckily walked away with only a fracture in the arm. They are big and scary but easy to see! I’ve never run into a moose, I’ve seen them on the side of the road on the many journey’s south. My mom actually hunts them with my cousing every fall. My cousin(another younger one)just hit one with her car and luckily walked away with only a fracture in the arm. They are big and scary but easy to see!

]]> By: Margaret http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3517 Margaret Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:04:07 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3517 Gah! Who knew moose were that dangerous?! Congrats on the house! Gah! Who knew moose were that dangerous?!

Congrats on the house!

]]> By: Margie http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3502 Margie Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:25:02 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3502 I have to share this with my mom. She and I went to Alaska in 1999, and she returned disappointed that we never saw a moose. This will make her feel a little better. I have to share this with my mom. She and I went to Alaska in 1999, and she returned disappointed that we never saw a moose. This will make her feel a little better.

]]> By: lizard http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3499 lizard Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:20:46 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3499 I had a college boyfriend who was from Alaska, and I visited in the summer once. It was so beautiful. So so beautiful. He told me all about mooses. stories about moose vs train and train losing (possibly apocryphal) and definitely told me never to get between a moose and her calf-- mostly a problem if you are driving and see a moose calf and think "what a lovely photo op" only to discover that you have placed yourself and your car between the calf and mama. I think we should change the phrase to "mama moose" instead of mama bear when one is talking about being protective of one's child. good thing you got clear advice. I had a college boyfriend who was from Alaska, and I visited in the summer once. It was so beautiful. So so beautiful.

He told me all about mooses. stories about moose vs train and train losing (possibly apocryphal) and definitely told me never to get between a moose and her calf– mostly a problem if you are driving and see a moose calf and think “what a lovely photo op” only to discover that you have placed yourself and your car between the calf and mama.

I think we should change the phrase to “mama moose” instead of mama bear when one is talking about being protective of one’s child.

good thing you got clear advice.

]]> By: Jess http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3498 Jess Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:12:31 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3498 Yeah, the dark was the other reason my husband and I laughed at the thought of me in Alaska. I would be impossible. Yeah, the dark was the other reason my husband and I laughed at the thought of me in Alaska. I would be impossible.

]]> By: GrannyJ http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3495 GrannyJ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:27:07 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3495 Re: lamps -- just as you automatically think Google when you want to know, I now think Amazon when there's a product I need. Amazon has a couple of pages of daylight lamps. Re: lamps — just as you automatically think Google when you want to know, I now think Amazon when there’s a product I need. Amazon has a couple of pages of daylight lamps.

]]> By: lisa http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3494 lisa Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:34:28 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3494 I found myself between a moose and her calf once out backpacking two summers ago, in a wetland. The only escape route was across a wide creek on a narrow log. I debated a while until I saw her put her ears back, and then I somehow made it across that log swiftly, without falling. Prior to that moment it had never occurred to me to fear a moose. I have wanted to live in Alaska since I was 7, and my best friend's dad was living there, working on the pipeline, coming home every few months full of stories. The limiting factor would definitely be the darkness-if you figure it out please let me know-I might join you! ~lmc I found myself between a moose and her calf once out backpacking two summers ago, in a wetland. The only escape route was across a wide creek on a narrow log. I debated a while until I saw her put her ears back, and then I somehow made it across that log swiftly, without falling. Prior to that moment it had never occurred to me to fear a moose.
I have wanted to live in Alaska since I was 7, and my best friend’s dad was living there, working on the pipeline, coming home every few months full of stories. The limiting factor would definitely be the darkness-if you figure it out please let me know-I might join you! ~lmc

]]> By: spacemom http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3491 spacemom Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:15:04 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/09/close-encounters-of-the-moose-kind/#comment-3491 Yikes! We brake for moose down east here! :) CONGRATS ON THE HOUSE!!! Yikes! We brake for moose down east here! :)

CONGRATS ON THE HOUSE!!!

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