Gary Moore and the Cookie Tour
By Gary Moore
Last Sunday Linda and I spent the day in the Mount Washington Valley for the annual Cookie Tour. Now in its 28th year, the self-guided tour encompasses eleven inns in the towns of Tamworth, Madison, Eaton, North Conway, and Jackson.
It is an event we look forward to each year. Each of the eleven inns on the tour gave out signature cookies, their recipes, and hot chocolate and coffee. We especially enjoy how the inns are all decorated for the holiday season and get ideas for our decorating.
Most of the inns had craft persons selling their creations so gift buying was made easy.
Each person on the tour received a keepsake holiday recipe collection and those who visited all the inns got a keepsake ornament designed and crafted for the tour.
Normally we spend Saturday night at one of the inns so we can take our time visiting the inns over two days. This year that was not possible so we made a 199 mile circle via Vermont Rt. 5 and New Hampshire’s Rt. 302 through Crawford Notch to Rt. 16 and up to Jackson. We then took Rt. 16 south through North Conway, Chocorua and Tamworth to Rt. 25 then back through Plymouth to Vermont and home.
We met a couple from Elmyra, NY who were spending four 4 nights at the Inn at Ellis River in Jackson. It was their fourth Cookie Tour.
When they learned we were from Bradford, they told us of their experience on the way up on Thursday evening. They had a flat tire on I-91 just north of Bradford Exit. They had high praise for the VSP trooper who came to their aid and stood by while awaiting a wrecker that took them back to town where the tire was changed and soon they were on their way to Jackson.
They were impressed with his uniform, especially the campaign hat saying he looked very professional. As you may know, New York troopers wear stetsons and a gray uniform.
Durham Man Jailed For Threatening A Hunter
On Monday, December 15, N.H. Fish and Game Conservation Officers arrested Stephen Harriman, age 56, of 181 Newmarket Road in the Town of Durham. Harriman has been charged with threatening another local resident while that person was lawfully deer hunting on a neighboring property owned and managed by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, known as the Lamprey River Wildlife Management Area.
Conservation Officers investigated the complaint and have charged Harriman with felony level Criminal Threatening with a Firearm, felony level Reckless Conduct with a Firearm, and violation level Hunter Harassment. It is alleged that he used a firearm to intimidate and harass the hunter during this event.
Harriman also had outstanding warrants for failing to appear on similar charges from this past May that were issued by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. He is being held at the Strafford County House of Corrections pending arraignment.