"Bob" wrote in message
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On Aug 21, 4:19 pm, "Thomas, Spring Point Light"
wrote:
I've spent the summer off a beach in S Portland, Maine.. moored. This is
my
second summer
at this location .. And this is my last. I just can't take Maine any
longer. The fog, rain, cold,

end

Aint it GREAT !

Maine and Oregon have a lot in common............ except most of
Oregon is a bit more north than Maine we both sit around N 44-N 45 We
also share lots of common relatives. Ever wonder why so many towns in
Oregon are also found in Maine uhh, Portland for example.... Lots of
Maine to Oregon wagontrains traveled in the 1850s-60s. Hell, my gg
grand pa's middle name was Augusta they decided to head out west to
Oregon cause there were still trees to cut down out in Oregon and not
as many people........hows that for ya Roger Long?

I suggest you embrace those wonderful summer days......... all three
of em.
Or Heck come on out to Oregon..... Oh, The Washingto coast is really
nice too. Uh, that is if ya can find a place to duck into. NOt too
many "harbors" up that way. BC is W A Y cooooool too!
Bob

Bob.. it isn't so much that the bad weather was so bad.. it is that just a
short distance away,
the summer weather was so much better. Added to this is the "Maine is
great, the cruising in
Maine is wonderful, the islands, the harbors, the lobster" propaganda which
is just so much
baloney. I live in NH,, not a tropical paradise,, but NH is so much warmer
and has so much
more summer than Maine..[ when i write maine, i am specifically talking
maine above or north
of or east of York.]. The weather sucks.. period. The water is freezing.

I sailed all over Casco Bay, up to and beyound Boothbay.. in between.. and
the weather was
terrible. In fact, I don't think there was a summer day until Aug 18. I
look in at the beach,
there are young beauties hanging out,, and what jumps out at me? They are
whiter than
Casper the ghost. These women are sun deprived.

I've quit.. I am not going to spend another summer waiting for summer.

I will bite the mooring,, and head to Boston and Cape Cod. More expensive,
yes.
But at least it has a summer. Maine has winter,, and pre winter.

No spring, no fall ..