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ESAD December 28th 12 05:18 PM

Generator
 
On 12/28/12 12:06 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 12/28/2012 10:39 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:05:05 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Glad you enjoy shopping so much. I can shop right here in my home town.
When I visit some interesting place, the last thing I want to do is
spend my time indoors shopping.


===

The LL Bean store in Freeport is well worth a visit. It is as much a
cultural icon as it is a store. The only thing I've seen that even
comes close is one of the really big Bass Pro stores like we have here
in south Florida.


Seriously, not trying to troll, but I have never been to anything like
you describe. Can you be more specific? And of course the most important
question, is "is there food there"? LOL!


Yes, there is food there.

ESAD December 28th 12 06:27 PM

Generator
 
On 12/28/12 1:17 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:06:53 -0500, JustWait
wrote:

On 12/28/2012 10:39 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:05:05 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Glad you enjoy shopping so much. I can shop right here in my home town.
When I visit some interesting place, the last thing I want to do is
spend my time indoors shopping.

===

The LL Bean store in Freeport is well worth a visit. It is as much a
cultural icon as it is a store. The only thing I've seen that even
comes close is one of the really big Bass Pro stores like we have here
in south Florida.


Seriously, not trying to troll, but I have never been to anything like
you describe. Can you be more specific? And of course the most important
question, is "is there food there"? LOL!


BPS here in Ft Myers has a pretty good restaurant, a couple of big
aquariums and occasionally they have little product shows.
The parking lot is full of BOATS

There I actually used the "B" word!

They are a Tracker/Mercury dealer.

It is a 2 story megamart for sportsmen with all sorts of outdoorsy
things. (fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, boating, pull toys/skis
and outdoor yard games)


There's a nice BPS just south of BWI Airport in Hanover, MD, that's very
similar, in a huge mall. No restaurant in the BPS store, though. Haven't
been up there in a while, heard there's a casino near the mall now, so
probably won't go back.

iBoaterer[_2_] December 28th 12 06:45 PM

Generator
 
In article ,
says...

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:30:42 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:05:05 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Glad you enjoy shopping so much. I can shop right here in my home town.
When I visit some interesting place, the last thing I want to do is
spend my time indoors shopping.

===

The LL Bean store in Freeport is well worth a visit. It is as much a
cultural icon as it is a store. The only thing I've seen that even
comes close is one of the really big Bass Pro stores like we have here
in south Florida.


It's all to sell you merchandise.



hmmm isn't what stores are for?


Yes.

iBoaterer[_2_] December 28th 12 06:46 PM

Generator
 
In article ,
says...

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:06:53 -0500, JustWait
wrote:

On 12/28/2012 10:39 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:05:05 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Glad you enjoy shopping so much. I can shop right here in my home town.
When I visit some interesting place, the last thing I want to do is
spend my time indoors shopping.

===

The LL Bean store in Freeport is well worth a visit. It is as much a
cultural icon as it is a store. The only thing I've seen that even
comes close is one of the really big Bass Pro stores like we have here
in south Florida.


Seriously, not trying to troll, but I have never been to anything like
you describe. Can you be more specific? And of course the most important
question, is "is there food there"? LOL!


BPS here in Ft Myers has a pretty good restaurant, a couple of big
aquariums and occasionally they have little product shows.
The parking lot is full of BOATS


The one here doesn't have a restaurant but it does have a big aquarium
with local fish in it and it is HUGE.



iBoaterer[_2_] December 28th 12 06:47 PM

Generator
 
In article ,
says...

On 12/28/12 1:17 PM,
wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:06:53 -0500, JustWait
wrote:

On 12/28/2012 10:39 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:05:05 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Glad you enjoy shopping so much. I can shop right here in my home town.
When I visit some interesting place, the last thing I want to do is
spend my time indoors shopping.

===

The LL Bean store in Freeport is well worth a visit. It is as much a
cultural icon as it is a store. The only thing I've seen that even
comes close is one of the really big Bass Pro stores like we have here
in south Florida.


Seriously, not trying to troll, but I have never been to anything like
you describe. Can you be more specific? And of course the most important
question, is "is there food there"? LOL!


BPS here in Ft Myers has a pretty good restaurant, a couple of big
aquariums and occasionally they have little product shows.
The parking lot is full of BOATS

There I actually used the "B" word!

They are a Tracker/Mercury dealer.

It is a 2 story megamart for sportsmen with all sorts of outdoorsy
things. (fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, boating, pull toys/skis
and outdoor yard games)


There's a nice BPS just south of BWI Airport in Hanover, MD, that's very
similar, in a huge mall. No restaurant in the BPS store, though. Haven't
been up there in a while, heard there's a casino near the mall now, so
probably won't go back.


Why, maybe you could win enough money to pay your debts and back taxes,
deadbeat.

GuzzisRule December 28th 12 06:51 PM

Generator
 
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:58:24 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:40:46 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:34:28 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:51:11 -0500, GuzzisRule
wrote:

My first real job was with the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, working the Minuteman sites in Sidney,
NE and Minot, ND. Neither place was very exciting.

I rode through the Badlands with some Guzzi friends from Holland. Very beautiful country. But, I
wouldn't want to live there. I kept imagining a couple thousand Indians coming down and attacking
our little motorcycle train.

I agree the Dakotas are mostly a lot of nothing but we had a good time
at the Minot state fair. We rented a boat in Beulah at the dam, toured
the synfuel plant and took the Air Force tour in Minot.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/dakota/Silo%20hatch.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/dakota/minute%20man.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/dakota/B52.jpg

We also checked out Wall Drug and went to the rodeo
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/dakota/Wall%20rodeo.jpg

My favorite area is the Black Hills and on out through Wyoming. There
are hundreds of miles of logging roads you can drive with nice hikes
along the way.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/dakota/sylvan%20lake.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/dakota/Danc...h%20wolves.jpg

They have real convenience stores in Sturgis
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/dakota/convenience%20store.jpg

Of course they have this
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/dakota/Rushmore%20profile.jpg

We saw most of those, including Sturgis, on the motorcycle trip through the area. We arrived at
Sturgis the week before the Harley Rally. All the vendors, or at least a huge number, had their
tents up and their wares on display, so we had a nice couple days looking around. My headlight had
gone out, and I was shopping for a bulb. Couldn't find one to fit the Guzzi in any of the places.

Mt. Rushmore was a letdown. I don't know what I was expecting, but maybe it had to do with the
distance from the mountain to the visitors' center. We didn't go on a mule ride or anything. It just
seemed small after seeing all the telephoto shots everywhere.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is VERY scenic. Nice campgrounds too.


I would find it hard to plan for a place that won't take reservations.

"General Information

Juniper Campground and Cottonwood Campground accommodate tents, trailers and recreational vehicles.
No hook-ups are available. Individual sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis."

Sure would hate to get there in the evening and find them full.


I've only been once, and didn't have a problem. But then again, I was in
a tent, didn't need a drive-thru type site or anything.


No, but you had to park your Cherokee and take your tent to a site. The tent sites are limited also.
So, if you get there and it's full, you're SOL!

GuzzisRule December 28th 12 06:52 PM

Generator
 
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:55:52 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article , says...

On 12/27/2012 5:21 PM, GuzzisRule wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:37:35 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:36:57 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:18:23 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On 12/27/12 11:01 AM,
wrote:
On Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:15:18 AM UTC-4, ESAD wrote:
On 12/27/12 8:59 AM, Eisboch wrote:





"GuzzisRule" wrote in message

...





Here ya go!



http://www.rvwholesalers.com/resourc...aptor_2012.pdf



Everything you want in one place. Keep clicking the down arrow. This is

what's called a 'Toy Hauler'

fifth wheel.



---------------------------------------------------



Looks familiar. We had the 377-SE version. Went "camping" once with it

and had the most miserable week of my life.



My daughter started it all. She and her husband were into camping and

were purchasing a new travel trailer. She convinced Mrs.E and I and my

older son and his wife to get a trailer as well for "family" camping.

I saw it as a good excuse to get a new truck, so I bought the Raptor Toy

Hauler along with a Ford 350 Diesel and had the fifth wheel hitch

installed. I had a Harley at the time and figured the toy hauler would

come in handy. My son bought a slightly smaller fifth wheel and a Ford

250 with the V-10. We all picked up our new RV's the same day at the

dealership.



My daughter made reservations for all of us for a week at a campground

in New Hampshire that they visited often. I forget what the name of it

is. I call it "Marty Moose Land". We all had sites beside each other.

The trip to the campground was uneventful. The Ford pulled the Raptor

with no problem and I thought this was going to be pretty cool.



Well, that particular week in the mountains of New Hampshire was the

hottest, most humid week I've spent anywhere. Big thunderstorms every

afternoon kept us all huddled inside our respective RV's with the AC

units running at full blast. When it stopped raining and we ventured

outside, the mosquitoes were waiting to draw blood.



One humid, sultry afternoon, we were sitting at my son's site trying to

have a beer while swishing away the bugs and mosquitoes. His young

daughter was playing inside his fifth wheel. As we sat talking, I

looked up and saw water seeping out of the storage area door under the

master bedroom of the RV. Got up, opened the door, and gallons of

water started pouring out. His daughter had plugged the vanity sink in

the bedroom and had the faucets turned on full. It had filled the sink

and was overflowing everywhere, soaking the carpets and draining into

the storage area. I took off to find a hardware store to get a wet

vac while the rest started sopping up the water.



Gracefully, the last day of our camping adventure arrived. My son and

his family left, and then us by early afternoon. My daughter and her

husband wanted to stay a little longer, so we said goodbye and hit the

road.



By 8pm, I had just arrived home and backed the fifth-wheel into it's

spot at our house when the phone rang. It was my daughter. They had

just left the campsite, got a mile down the road and their vehicle

snapped a tie rod. They were sitting on the side of a busy road with a

broken SUV, their new, 28' travel trailer and two crying kids.



So, dear old Dad heads back to the New Hampshire mountains in his truck

to rescue them. Finally got back to their house by 2am, towing the

trailer.

Their truck was put on a flatbed and taken to a repair shop.



The next day I listed the Raptor "For Sale" in a couple of the RV

classifieds. Sold it a few weeks later to a buyer in Canada.



BTW, that wasn't our first attempt at trying the camping scene. When I

first retired and we wintered in Florida, we thought it would be fun to

make the trips back and forth in a RV. We tried a 37' Pace Arrow class

A motorhome, a Chinook Glacier and a Dodge Sprinter RV. Of the three,

I liked the Sprinter the most and we owned it the longest, but we

eventually sold the Florida house and rarely used the Sprinter. We

ended up selling it to a guy in Missouri who flew out and drove it

home. He and his wife still send us email pictures of their travels in

it.



Camping is great for some people. It's just not for me. I'd much

rather live on a boat.









We've been to Maine a few times. On one of those trips, we rented an RV

and loaded it onto a ferry to take us to an island campground for a few

days. The RV, the island, and so forth were fine, but the island was

infested with biting bugs. They weren't mosquitoes, they were much

bigger, and it was hot and humid, too. Misery most of the time.



The next time we went to Maine, we stayed he



http://mainestayinn.com/



No annoying insects indoors or outdoors, beautiful rooms, great

breakfasts, and within walking distance of lots of sights and shopping

and the waterfront. My wife was *much* happier! We ate too many meals at

Mabel's Lobster House, purportedly where President and Mrs. George H.W.

Bush had many meals when he was healthier. Lobsters at the dock were

about $2.50 a pound. I braved walking into the water at a local beach

and got in about halfway up to my knees before the cold chased me out. I

love the Maine coastline.



On the way back, we stayed at a B&B in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to see

relatives and old friends. Nice enough place, but no match for the Maine

Stay. No bugs.

That spot looks nice. I've always wanted to get down to the Seashore Trolly Museum in that area. I was serious in the summer of 2011 but after contacting the museum found out that the main attraction for me (Birney Safety Car) was judged too run down to put on display or even to fix up in the immediate future.
The birney car was the only streetcar used in Halifax from about 1921 until 1949..the year I was born.


Kennebunkport can get a little crowded with tourists (like us), but when
we were there, in the height of the tourist season, it wasn't that bad.
There's lots to see in that part of Maine. LL Bean isn't that far away,
and it is worth a day's visit.

Yeah, that's what I want to see and do when I go to explore somewhere,
shop and go to a mall.

If you've not traveled to Maine and seen the sights, you're missing a lot. Kennebunkport is well
worth a stop, with campgrounds right outside of town (and at least one, that we were in, allows
tents!). http://hemlockgrovecampground.com/photo-gallery

If you visit Kennebunkport and you *don't* visit the LLBean store, then you're missing out on a
great treat.

I've been to Maine on two different occasions. I sure as hell didn't
spend my time holed up in a hotel and shopping.

And you didn't visit the LLBean store?

No, I can buy LL Bean stuff from their catalog. I had better things to
do than shop.

The LLBean store has much more than just shopping.

But, I understand your reluctance to engage in such a thing.


Care to enlighten me?


They have a lot of touristy things to get you there to shop.


How would you know that? They have a tremendous selection of camping gear, but I suppose you buy all
your stuff over the internet.

GuzzisRule December 28th 12 06:54 PM

Generator
 
On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:34:44 -0500, JustWait wrote:

On 12/27/2012 5:21 PM, GuzzisRule wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:37:35 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:36:57 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:18:23 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On 12/27/12 11:01 AM,
wrote:
On Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:15:18 AM UTC-4, ESAD wrote:
On 12/27/12 8:59 AM, Eisboch wrote:





"GuzzisRule" wrote in message

...





Here ya go!



http://www.rvwholesalers.com/resourc...aptor_2012.pdf



Everything you want in one place. Keep clicking the down arrow. This is

what's called a 'Toy Hauler'

fifth wheel.



---------------------------------------------------



Looks familiar. We had the 377-SE version. Went "camping" once with it

and had the most miserable week of my life.



My daughter started it all. She and her husband were into camping and

were purchasing a new travel trailer. She convinced Mrs.E and I and my

older son and his wife to get a trailer as well for "family" camping.

I saw it as a good excuse to get a new truck, so I bought the Raptor Toy

Hauler along with a Ford 350 Diesel and had the fifth wheel hitch

installed. I had a Harley at the time and figured the toy hauler would

come in handy. My son bought a slightly smaller fifth wheel and a Ford

250 with the V-10. We all picked up our new RV's the same day at the

dealership.



My daughter made reservations for all of us for a week at a campground

in New Hampshire that they visited often. I forget what the name of it

is. I call it "Marty Moose Land". We all had sites beside each other.

The trip to the campground was uneventful. The Ford pulled the Raptor

with no problem and I thought this was going to be pretty cool.



Well, that particular week in the mountains of New Hampshire was the

hottest, most humid week I've spent anywhere. Big thunderstorms every

afternoon kept us all huddled inside our respective RV's with the AC

units running at full blast. When it stopped raining and we ventured

outside, the mosquitoes were waiting to draw blood.



One humid, sultry afternoon, we were sitting at my son's site trying to

have a beer while swishing away the bugs and mosquitoes. His young

daughter was playing inside his fifth wheel. As we sat talking, I

looked up and saw water seeping out of the storage area door under the

master bedroom of the RV. Got up, opened the door, and gallons of

water started pouring out. His daughter had plugged the vanity sink in

the bedroom and had the faucets turned on full. It had filled the sink

and was overflowing everywhere, soaking the carpets and draining into

the storage area. I took off to find a hardware store to get a wet

vac while the rest started sopping up the water.



Gracefully, the last day of our camping adventure arrived. My son and

his family left, and then us by early afternoon. My daughter and her

husband wanted to stay a little longer, so we said goodbye and hit the

road.



By 8pm, I had just arrived home and backed the fifth-wheel into it's

spot at our house when the phone rang. It was my daughter. They had

just left the campsite, got a mile down the road and their vehicle

snapped a tie rod. They were sitting on the side of a busy road with a

broken SUV, their new, 28' travel trailer and two crying kids.



So, dear old Dad heads back to the New Hampshire mountains in his truck

to rescue them. Finally got back to their house by 2am, towing the

trailer.

Their truck was put on a flatbed and taken to a repair shop.



The next day I listed the Raptor "For Sale" in a couple of the RV

classifieds. Sold it a few weeks later to a buyer in Canada.



BTW, that wasn't our first attempt at trying the camping scene. When I

first retired and we wintered in Florida, we thought it would be fun to

make the trips back and forth in a RV. We tried a 37' Pace Arrow class

A motorhome, a Chinook Glacier and a Dodge Sprinter RV. Of the three,

I liked the Sprinter the most and we owned it the longest, but we

eventually sold the Florida house and rarely used the Sprinter. We

ended up selling it to a guy in Missouri who flew out and drove it

home. He and his wife still send us email pictures of their travels in

it.



Camping is great for some people. It's just not for me. I'd much

rather live on a boat.









We've been to Maine a few times. On one of those trips, we rented an RV

and loaded it onto a ferry to take us to an island campground for a few

days. The RV, the island, and so forth were fine, but the island was

infested with biting bugs. They weren't mosquitoes, they were much

bigger, and it was hot and humid, too. Misery most of the time.



The next time we went to Maine, we stayed he



http://mainestayinn.com/



No annoying insects indoors or outdoors, beautiful rooms, great

breakfasts, and within walking distance of lots of sights and shopping

and the waterfront. My wife was *much* happier! We ate too many meals at

Mabel's Lobster House, purportedly where President and Mrs. George H.W.

Bush had many meals when he was healthier. Lobsters at the dock were

about $2.50 a pound. I braved walking into the water at a local beach

and got in about halfway up to my knees before the cold chased me out. I

love the Maine coastline.



On the way back, we stayed at a B&B in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to see

relatives and old friends. Nice enough place, but no match for the Maine

Stay. No bugs.

That spot looks nice. I've always wanted to get down to the Seashore Trolly Museum in that area. I was serious in the summer of 2011 but after contacting the museum found out that the main attraction for me (Birney Safety Car) was judged too run down to put on display or even to fix up in the immediate future.
The birney car was the only streetcar used in Halifax from about 1921 until 1949..the year I was born.


Kennebunkport can get a little crowded with tourists (like us), but when
we were there, in the height of the tourist season, it wasn't that bad.
There's lots to see in that part of Maine. LL Bean isn't that far away,
and it is worth a day's visit.

Yeah, that's what I want to see and do when I go to explore somewhere,
shop and go to a mall.

If you've not traveled to Maine and seen the sights, you're missing a lot. Kennebunkport is well
worth a stop, with campgrounds right outside of town (and at least one, that we were in, allows
tents!). http://hemlockgrovecampground.com/photo-gallery

If you visit Kennebunkport and you *don't* visit the LLBean store, then you're missing out on a
great treat.

I've been to Maine on two different occasions. I sure as hell didn't
spend my time holed up in a hotel and shopping.

And you didn't visit the LLBean store?

No, I can buy LL Bean stuff from their catalog. I had better things to
do than shop.


The LLBean store has much more than just shopping.

But, I understand your reluctance to engage in such a thing.


Care to enlighten me?


Well....if I'd spent the past couple days shooting down the idea of doing *any* shopping while on a
trip, l'd not admit to visiting the LL Bean store either!

Meyer[_2_] December 28th 12 07:13 PM

Generator
 
On 12/28/2012 10:28 AM, wrote:
On Friday, December 28, 2012 10:15:06 AM UTC-4, ESAD wrote:
On 12/28/12 8:55 AM, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...



On 12/27/2012 5:21 PM, GuzzisRule wrote:


On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:37:35 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:




In article ,


says...



On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:36:57 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:




In article ,


says...



On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:18:23 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:




In article ,


says...



On 12/27/12 11:01 AM,
wrote:

On Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:15:18 AM UTC-4, ESAD wrote:


On 12/27/12 8:59 AM, Eisboch wrote:












"GuzzisRule" wrote in message




...












Here ya go!








http://www.rvwholesalers.com/resourc...aptor_2012.pdf







Everything you want in one place. Keep clicking the down arrow. This is




what's called a 'Toy Hauler'




fifth wheel.








---------------------------------------------------








Looks familiar. We had the 377-SE version. Went "camping" once with it




and had the most miserable week of my life.








My daughter started it all. She and her husband were into camping and




were purchasing a new travel trailer. She convinced Mrs.E and I and my




older son and his wife to get a trailer as well for "family" camping.




I saw it as a good excuse to get a new truck, so I bought the Raptor Toy




Hauler along with a Ford 350 Diesel and had the fifth wheel hitch




installed. I had a Harley at the time and figured the toy hauler would




come in handy. My son bought a slightly smaller fifth wheel and a Ford




250 with the V-10. We all picked up our new RV's the same day at the




dealership.








My daughter made reservations for all of us for a week at a campground




in New Hampshire that they visited often. I forget what the name of it




is. I call it "Marty Moose Land". We all had sites beside each other.




The trip to the campground was uneventful. The Ford pulled the Raptor




with no problem and I thought this was going to be pretty cool.








Well, that particular week in the mountains of New Hampshire was the




hottest, most humid week I've spent anywhere. Big thunderstorms every




afternoon kept us all huddled inside our respective RV's with the AC




units running at full blast. When it stopped raining and we ventured




outside, the mosquitoes were waiting to draw blood.








One humid, sultry afternoon, we were sitting at my son's site trying to




have a beer while swishing away the bugs and mosquitoes. His young




daughter was playing inside his fifth wheel. As we sat talking, I




looked up and saw water seeping out of the storage area door under the




master bedroom of the RV. Got up, opened the door, and gallons of




water started pouring out. His daughter had plugged the vanity sink in




the bedroom and had the faucets turned on full. It had filled the sink




and was overflowing everywhere, soaking the carpets and draining into




the storage area. I took off to find a hardware store to get a wet




vac while the rest started sopping up the water.








Gracefully, the last day of our camping adventure arrived. My son and




his family left, and then us by early afternoon. My daughter and her




husband wanted to stay a little longer, so we said goodbye and hit the




road.








By 8pm, I had just arrived home and backed the fifth-wheel into it's




spot at our house when the phone rang. It was my daughter. They had




just left the campsite, got a mile down the road and their vehicle




snapped a tie rod. They were sitting on the side of a busy road with a




broken SUV, their new, 28' travel trailer and two crying kids.








So, dear old Dad heads back to the New Hampshire mountains in his truck




to rescue them. Finally got back to their house by 2am, towing the




trailer.




Their truck was put on a flatbed and taken to a repair shop.








The next day I listed the Raptor "For Sale" in a couple of the RV




classifieds. Sold it a few weeks later to a buyer in Canada.








BTW, that wasn't our first attempt at trying the camping scene. When I




first retired and we wintered in Florida, we thought it would be fun to




make the trips back and forth in a RV. We tried a 37' Pace Arrow class




A motorhome, a Chinook Glacier and a Dodge Sprinter RV. Of the three,




I liked the Sprinter the most and we owned it the longest, but we




eventually sold the Florida house and rarely used the Sprinter. We




ended up selling it to a guy in Missouri who flew out and drove it




home. He and his wife still send us email pictures of their travels in




it.








Camping is great for some people. It's just not for me. I'd much




rather live on a boat.




















We've been to Maine a few times. On one of those trips, we rented an RV




and loaded it onto a ferry to take us to an island campground for a few




days. The RV, the island, and so forth were fine, but the island was




infested with biting bugs. They weren't mosquitoes, they were much




bigger, and it was hot and humid, too. Misery most of the time.








The next time we went to Maine, we stayed he








http://mainestayinn.com/








No annoying insects indoors or outdoors, beautiful rooms, great




breakfasts, and within walking distance of lots of sights and shopping




and the waterfront. My wife was *much* happier! We ate too many meals at




Mabel's Lobster House, purportedly where President and Mrs. George H.W.




Bush had many meals when he was healthier. Lobsters at the dock were




about $2.50 a pound. I braved walking into the water at a local beach




and got in about halfway up to my knees before the cold chased me out. I




love the Maine coastline.








On the way back, we stayed at a B&B in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to see




relatives and old friends. Nice enough place, but no match for the Maine




Stay. No bugs.




That spot looks nice. I've always wanted to get down to the Seashore Trolly Museum in that area. I was serious in the summer of 2011 but after contacting the museum found out that the main attraction for me (Birney Safety Car) was judged too run down to put on display or even to fix up in the immediate future.


The birney car was the only streetcar used in Halifax from about 1921 until 1949..the year I was born.






Kennebunkport can get a little crowded with tourists (like us), but when


we were there, in the height of the tourist season, it wasn't that bad.


There's lots to see in that part of Maine. LL Bean isn't that far away,


and it is worth a day's visit.




Yeah, that's what I want to see and do when I go to explore somewhere,


shop and go to a mall.




If you've not traveled to Maine and seen the sights, you're missing a lot. Kennebunkport is well


worth a stop, with campgrounds right outside of town (and at least one, that we were in, allows


tents!). http://hemlockgrovecampground.com/photo-gallery




If you visit Kennebunkport and you *don't* visit the LLBean store, then you're missing out on a


great treat.




I've been to Maine on two different occasions. I sure as hell didn't


spend my time holed up in a hotel and shopping.




And you didn't visit the LLBean store?




No, I can buy LL Bean stuff from their catalog. I had better things to


do than shop.




The LLBean store has much more than just shopping.




But, I understand your reluctance to engage in such a thing.






Care to enlighten me?




They have a lot of touristy things to get you there to shop.








First, the L.L. Bean flagship store ain't in Kennebunkport. The flagship

store is huge, and there are other L.L. Bean stores in the same town,

including hunting, fishing, boating stores. If you like what the stores

sell, the flagship store in Freeport is a great place to visit.



Second, it is a very large, very interesting store with lots of

displays and merchandise that isn't necessarily in the catalog.



Third, if you are interested in what L.L. Bean sells, and you still have

questions, you can see the actual merchandise at the big store and ask

questions. Sure, you can also do this at any of the L.L. Bean retail

stores, but none of the retail stores has the variety of selection and

sizes on hand as the "home" store.



Fourth, visiting the flagship store of L.L. Bean is an interesting

experience.



I like the L.L. Bean stores. In fact, on our infrequent visits to

Northern Virginia, it is one of three stores there I'll waste time in at

the big Tysons shopping mall while my wife shops. The other two are the

Apple store and Restoration Hardware.


I have to get back to get my LL Bean Hunting boots re-soled.
I could mail them from here and get them back but at $45.00 for new lower rubber portion and shipping both ways etc, it'd probably be cheaper to just buy a new pair.
I've had the boots since 1993 and they still look great...although the 'chain' type traction patern on the soles has gotten mighty smooth.


I wonder what Krause finds so fascinating about Restoration Hardware.
Neither my wife or my wife were impressed with the one we were in two
weeks ago

GuzzisRule December 28th 12 07:18 PM

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:21:51 -0500, BAR wrote:

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says...

On Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:03:03 PM UTC-4, Earl wrote:
wrote:

On Monday, December 24, 2012 2:13:42 PM UTC-4, BAR wrote:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Aspen

Because I could.

At the time I also looked at the new Honda Accord but was still leery of Japanese cars. Guess I made a mistake there.





We had a Datsun 1200 Sedan. It lasted for about 13 years, over 300,000



miles and it had its oil change once or twice. It was tuned up once or



twice just keep filling it with gas and it would go forever.

Forgot that at the time, Consumer Reports was recommending the Aspen/Volarie.

I did get the new fenders for no charge and I had it rustproofed by Bondco but there was a hole in my tailgate before it was two years old.

I kept it for five years and becaused I lived about 18 -20 miles out of town back then, the road salt really did a job on the car. Too bad, I did like that old slant six engine.

According to this, they were Consumer Reports most recalled car in

history. Better do more research to back up your BS, Donnie.



http://www.allpar.com/model/fstories.html


You stupid jackass...I purchased a 1977 model...after Consumer Reports praised the 1st year new Aspen/Volarie models of 1976. All the problems revealed themselves after I bought mine.


This is why most of those ratings from Consumer Reports and JD Power are
useless. I laugh every time I hear a commercial where they tout the
car's high marks from a JD Power Initial Quality report. What they don't
tell you is that this survey was taken within the first 3 months of
ownership. Most people are still in the honeymoon phase of their car
purchase for the first 6 months and they often refuse to criticize their
purchase decision.


A high JD Power rating is paid for by the manufacturer if used. The same is true for Consumers
Digest. Consumer Reports isn't. I've gotten a lot of good information from Consumer Reports.


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