Elusive moose

New Hampshire is a land of high mountains, cool montane forests, big wildlife and Bode Miller. It's like taking the North Woods of the Upper Midwest and adding 4,000-foot peaks, lots of granite and even more moose. The first 'moose crossing' signs appear just over the border from Massachusetts. We didn't see any of the big ungulates in the White Mountains, but we did see three bears--one on the side of Cannon Mountain and two (mother and cub) near the side of the road on the way down from the mountain. This is a place where the white-throated sparrow trades in its "Pure, sweet, Canada, Canada, Canada" song for the more appropriate stateside paraphrasing of "Old Tom Peabody, Peabody, Peabody."

We did see a signed poster from Bode in the Cannon Mountain visitor center. He signed it 'Keep your eyes on me.'