where would you go? - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T13:58:01Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:5705?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A6458&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThat's right, Patrick, you'll…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:64582007-03-16T13:27:03.449ZSteve Allanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SteveAllan
That's right, Patrick, you'll always be a flatlander. The truth hurts. But don't let it get you down. :)<br />
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Lubec is very nice. I spent most of my summers around the Machias area because that's where my grandparents live. I used to go to Campobello Island all the time.
That's right, Patrick, you'll always be a flatlander. The truth hurts. But don't let it get you down. :)<br />
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Lubec is very nice. I spent most of my summers around the Machias area because that's where my grandparents live. I used to go to Campobello Island all the time. Been to:- Italy (numerous tow…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:62762007-03-16T01:17:44.665ZLaura Roothttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/mallard
Been to:- Italy (numerous towns and cities), Barcelona, Stockholm <br />
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Wishlist:- US, Japan (Kyoto/Mount Fuji/Tokyo), New Zealand.
Been to:- Italy (numerous towns and cities), Barcelona, Stockholm <br />
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Wishlist:- US, Japan (Kyoto/Mount Fuji/Tokyo), New Zealand. We have our moments. ;)tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-15:537324:Comment:61032007-03-15T18:14:35.434ZToni McGee Causeyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ecouteuse
We have our moments. ;)
We have our moments. ;) Toni, you might consider goin…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-15:537324:Comment:60362007-03-15T15:53:50.163ZRobert Gregory Brownehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RobGregoryBrowne
Toni, you might consider going to Louisiana. It's beautiful there, the food is great and the people are extremely friendly...... ;)
Toni, you might consider going to Louisiana. It's beautiful there, the food is great and the people are extremely friendly...... ;) Steve, not that I don't also…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-15:537324:Comment:60282007-03-15T14:52:03.455Zbluerosekillerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/bluerosekiller
Steve, not that I don't also have MUCH love for the coast. Downeast in particular.<br />
In fact, if I were ever to come into enough money to do so, I'd have two places. One up in the woods around where Patrick lives & the other in Lubec. Which is another of my most favorite places in the world.<br />
Actually, though, if I did have THAT much $$$, I'd have to have THREE places. LOL. One up north, one in Lubec & another somewhere in Casco Bay on one of the islands. Probably Great Diamond. Love…
Steve, not that I don't also have MUCH love for the coast. Downeast in particular. <br />
In fact, if I were ever to come into enough money to do so, I'd have two places. One up in the woods around where Patrick lives & the other in Lubec. Which is another of my most favorite places in the world. <br />
Actually, though, if I did have THAT much $$$, I'd have to have THREE places. LOL. One up north, one in Lubec & another somewhere in Casco Bay on one of the islands. Probably Great Diamond. Love it there too. <br />
That way I could take the ferry into Portland a couple times a week to eat lunch at my all time favorite restaurant The Porthole & visit the bookstores. <br />
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OK. I imagine that I've already worn out my welcome & bored everyone with my love for Maine enough for one day. <br />
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Peace. <br />
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- Jim Ah, Patrick isn't a real Main…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-15:537324:Comment:60272007-03-15T14:47:34.752ZSteve Allanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SteveAllan
Ah, Patrick isn't a real Mainer anyway, he's lived too many years away. My family has been in Maine since, well, for thousands of years actually. Now that's a real Mainer.
Ah, Patrick isn't a real Mainer anyway, he's lived too many years away. My family has been in Maine since, well, for thousands of years actually. Now that's a real Mainer. Patrick, got a neighboring ca…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-15:537324:Comment:60232007-03-15T14:37:27.755Zbluerosekillerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/bluerosekiller
Patrick, got a neighboring cabin for me?<br />
Certainly hope so, 'cause I'm on my way up there! LOL<br />
Seriously though, you're living my dream. I absolutely LOVE it where you are & have visited often enough over the years to be an "honorary Mainer" ( yeah, I know that I could never be an actual one, nor my kids for that matter, the first ones eligible would be my grandchildren, correct? Or perhaps my GREAT-grandchildren? LOL ).<br />
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Good Lord, I can't believe you're coming to us here from…
Patrick, got a neighboring cabin for me? <br />
Certainly hope so, 'cause I'm on my way up there! LOL <br />
Seriously though, you're living my dream. I absolutely LOVE it where you are & have visited often enough over the years to be an "honorary Mainer" ( yeah, I know that I could never be an actual one, nor my kids for that matter, the first ones eligible would be my grandchildren, correct? Or perhaps my GREAT-grandchildren? LOL ). <br />
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Good Lord, I can't believe you're coming to us here from MADISON! <br />
How, do you have internet access? <br />
The last I knew everyone up that far had to make due to radio-telephones. But then, I suppose that gives you a good idea how long it's been since I've been up there. Which is, unfortunately, a decade. A situation that I simply MUST remedy soon! <br />
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Back to your area though, the first time I was lucky enough to make it that far up north ( I'd been visiting Maine regularly since I was 18 in 1980 ... ) was when my ex-significant other Donna & I stayed at Spencer Pond Camps in October of '91, shortly after we found out that she was pregnant with our daughter Ashley Lyn. It was probably our best week together ever. <br />
Everything went perfect except for one small glitch when I backed up the truck I'd borrowed for the trip over a boulder while visiting Lily Bay. It washung up there pretty good for a couple of minutes, but I managed to get it off with no major damage. <br />
I LOVED Kokadjo. What little there was of it. <br />
Speaking of which, were you aware that the titular town of DARK HOLLOW in John Connolly's second "Charlie Parker" novel was based loosely on Kokadjo? Obviously, that added to it's appeal to me in making it one of my personal top five fav novels. <br />
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During that stay at Spencer Pond I did try to get Donna & I up around the edge of the lake to North East Carry, just to see what was there, but about three quarters of the way there the road just sort of disappeared into a massive muddy chasm that I wasn't brave enough to try to traverse in order to get to where the road reappeared about twenty yards away. So, I turned around ( a major accomplishment in itself as I'm sure you're well aware ... ) & went back to the camp. <br />
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Two years later Donna & I ( & Ashley too ) stayed at a place a bit closer to you called Frost Pond Camps which were also very nice. After which, I believe we passed through Madison on our way to East Millinocket. Where we stayed for a couple of days to visit Baxter State Park & Katahdin. <br />
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God, just writing about these places is making me seriously "Jones" for another visit to your "neck of the woodws". Like I said, it's been WAY too long. <br />
Damn, it's difficult to believe that Ashley Lyn being the oldest at 14, almost 15 now, is actually the only one of my three that's been to Maine. Nigel Benn & Autumn Myst have yet to visit. <br />
Actually, Nigel almost became a resident back when he was just a baby because Donna & I came VERY close to making the move up there in 1999. Something that we had always planned on doing, but then right around the time that we were supposed to be moving, we split up, I met my eventual wife Vicki & thus, I remain here in Buffalo. <br />
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Though I still dream of Maine ... The bar in the Four Seasons i…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-15:537324:Comment:60162007-03-15T14:20:05.630ZHarry Hunsickerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/harryhunsicker
The bar in the Four Seasons in Austin, Texas. A few minutes before dusk when the bats start to swarm off the Congress Street bridge.<br/><br/>Or Paris, somewhere on the Left Bank.
The bar in the Four Seasons in Austin, Texas. A few minutes before dusk when the bats start to swarm off the Congress Street bridge.<br/><br/>Or Paris, somewhere on the Left Bank. Gaw dern it, Matthew. Everyth…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-15:537324:Comment:58742007-03-15T04:07:52.689ZJude Hardinhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
Gaw dern it, Matthew. Everything we need is right here in Dodge. We got the general store, the livery, cold beer over at The Long Branch... I hear Doc's buyin'. By the way, you been over to see Miss Kitty lately?
Gaw dern it, Matthew. Everything we need is right here in Dodge. We got the general store, the livery, cold beer over at The Long Branch... I hear Doc's buyin'. By the way, you been over to see Miss Kitty lately? Yeah, like you, I'd kinda lik…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-15:537324:Comment:58582007-03-15T03:41:02.149ZToni McGee Causeyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ecouteuse
Yeah, like you, I'd kinda like to avoid anything too touristy, but I'll take whatever gets me to Ireland / Scotland. Dream vacation would be a month to split between those two and Italy.
Yeah, like you, I'd kinda like to avoid anything too touristy, but I'll take whatever gets me to Ireland / Scotland. Dream vacation would be a month to split between those two and Italy.