COOL TRIP!!

I just got back from a trip to North Carolina!  What a trip!  I have been there before, but went again with my "adopted mom" and her hubby.

They have a place up near Winston-Salem.  It is not very far from the Blue Ridge mountains.  So I got to roam those mountains.

The day we all went up to the mountains was a cloudy day and we ran into some rain.  We stopped at one of the lookouts on the Blue Ridge Parkway to see Stone Mountain.

Description and notes about Stone Mountain at the overlook stop.

Stone Mountain

Can you see Stone Mountain in the second picture?  No?  Look again.  Look real hard. Rub your eyes and look once more.  Can't see it?  Well, neither could we.  That high up had a lot of fog.  Bummer!  Oh well, next time maybe we will be able to see Stone Mountain.

We also went to visit Tiger World in Rockwell, North Carolina.  Tiger World is a non profit animal conservation  and educational center dedicated to rescue, rehabilitation, and preservation of exotic animals.

These two bears were cute.  

This lion was "talking" to us.  More like growling to us!

This beautiful guy was just laying on the store window ledge.

If you ever get up to North Carolina, make a point to stop and see these beautiful animals. There a lot more animals to see.  Rockwell is located off of I-85, about 20 minutes northeast of Charlotte.

We also went to visit some race shops.  Since "mom" is a Nascar nut, race shops are always on the itinerary.    Mom's daughter was visiting and she is a die hard Tony Stewart fan.  She knows someone who works on Danica Patrick's race crew, so we got to tour Stewart-Haas Racing.  

Here I am standing by Tony's car.

And, of course, a trip to North Carolina race shops would not be complete without stopping by Junior Motorsports.  Mom is a die hard Dale Jr. fan.  They give tours on Thursdays and Fridays, so we got to tour his shop.

Here I am by the car Dale Jr. won in at Daytona!

We also visited the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer.  Wow!  It was HUGE!!  We even rode a train around the 56 acres.  This was a NEAT museum.  Another stop you need to make when in North Carolina.  Spencer is just up the road on I-85 northeast of Tiger World.

This was one of the buildings at the museum.  We saw trains, planes, automobiles and more!!

One of the restored trains.  Awesome!

Another restored train.  Beautiful!

We saw a lot on this trip.  My favorite was the mountains.  I love to roam the mountains. I know I will be going back to those Blue Ridge Mountains!

Well, I am back in Florida.  I am overseeing the production of Minny Moose's new sunscreen.  It is set to ship out in another week.  Minny is so excited to have her own product. Children need sunscreen on when outside in any weather.  Sunshine or cloudy weather.

Until next time..........................

Moose Mills 

WHAT A SHOW!

First of all, I want to thank all the buyers that stopped to see me at the New England Product Gift Show in Portland, Maine last weekend.  What a show!

My "adopted mom" flew up from Florida to help me work at the show.  She got in the day after Portland got a snowstorm.  She was worried as it has been years since she has driven in snow up in Michigan.  But the roads were clear even though there was a foot of snow on the ground.

We met a lot of nice people at the show.  The show was full of booths and we heard that there was a waiting list for vendors' booths this year.  That is a very good sign!

Of course, I was all excited to introduce a new product for summer.  Minny Moose could not attend the show, but we had artwork to show the buyers what was coming out for summer.  It is the new Minny Moose Baby Sunscreen Lotion!  It has SPF50 and is Water Resistant (80 minutes), with UVA/UVB Protection and it is Hypoallergenic.

Moose Mills Baby Sunscreen Lotion with SPF50

Minny is so excited that she will have her very own brand in the Moose Mills Products lineup!  She can't wait to get out there this summer to help promote her new sunscreen! The buyers thought the new product was adorable especially with Minny on the label.

So I am very busy filling orders from the show.  Again, thank you everyone for your orders and kind words about our products.

Until next time...................

     Mr. Moose Mills

FUN FACTS!

I have been thinking about this and thought it would be fun to let you know some facts about moose.  So today I will be the teacher and you can be the student.  Ready?

Did you know that moose are among the largest animals in the Northern Hemisphere? Yep, they are.  Adult males may weigh up to 1500 pounds.  The average weight for the male moose is around 1000 pounds.  An adult female weighs around 800 pounds.

Can you guess where the largest moose live?  It is in the state of Alaska!  Alaska and Maine have the largest population of moose.  Moose are in New Hampshire, New York, Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington.  And of course there a lot of us moose in Canada.

An adult male is called a bull.  An adult female is called a cow.  And a young moose is called a calf.

Only bull moose grow antlers.  Their antlers begin to grow in early spring.  By the end of the warm summer months, the antlers reach maximum growth and begin to harden.  The bull moose shed their antlers in late autumn or early winter.  This gives the bull moose relief that he doesn't have to carry around these antlers that can weigh up to 60 pounds. Sure makes it easier for me to trudge through the snow without all that extra weight!!!

Moose eat plants only and may eat up to 60 pounds per day.  Hey, we are growing and we need our nutrition!

Did you know that I can run pretty fast?  Yup, I can run as fast at 35 miles per hour.  We are excellent swimmers.  Oh cool, time to throw in a plug for my Moose Mist Sport SPF30 Sunscreen.

I know, you are thinking this is winter and you don't need sunscreen.  Really?  Oh yes you do!  With the sun bouncing off the white snow, you need sunscreen.  My continous spray SPF30 sunscreen is perfect to protect your exposed skin to the sun.  Yeah, yeah, yeah, you are telling me that you are covered up with all your snow gear.  But what about your face?  You need sunscreen on your face.  My Moose Mist Sport SPF30 Sunscreen is just the answer to protect your face from the sun.

Check out my website, www.moosemills.com, where you can order my sunscreen.

Okay, advertisement is over, back to the fun facts about moose!

Can you guess how much a moose weighs at birth?  They weigh from 25 to 35 pounds. And calves can run within a few days after birth and swim well within two weeks!

Don't tell anyone, but moose have no upper teeth.  That is why you never see me with a BIG smile.

This is a neat fact.  The word "moose" is derived from the native North American Algonquian Indian word meaning "twig eater".  Hmmmmm, thus the fact that we eat plants!

The moose in Europe are referred to as "elk".  In North America, the word "elk" is a different animal from the moose.

White moose are rare and they are not called albinos.

That is it for your class on moose today.  I hope you learned some facts you never knew before.

I am back in New Hampshire.  My trip to Florida and the Daytona races was a blast!  I sure enjoyed it.  But I had to come back home because I missed Minny Moose.  She sure was glad to see me as I was glad to see her!

Dismissed!!

Moose Mills