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Maine

3Hotdogs

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7. I had a lake house in Maine. Later, a condo with a balcony view of the Atlantic. I miss it.

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Fri Jul 29, 2022, 10:38 PM

Jul 2022

I would go back but an 8 hour drive is no longer the fun it used to be. I'm 80.

I miss Exchange Place, Portland before the chain stores took over the retail space.

Good memories, just thinking about it.

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I am so fricken glad I live in Vacation-land. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 OP

Lucky you. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #1

Luck is where you are born and what you are born into. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #2

It's also where you choose to live. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #4

Well, because you exposed a lot of you.... OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #5

Spending a portion of my summer in Maine, cachukis Jul 2022 #3

You go to North Conway for fun, no? OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #6

We were at International Airstream Jamboree. cachukis Jul 2022 #11

Camp Ellis? I grew up 5 miles from there! OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #12

My friend just sold his restaurant in OOB. cachukis Jul 2022 #14

I had a lake house in Maine. Later, a condo with a balcony view of the Atlantic. I miss it. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #7

You are always welcome. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #8

Last time I was in Maine: Dark Sky festival in Bar Harbor. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #9

There's a good book called The Stars are Fire by yorkster Jul 2022 #10

My dad and many of his friends fought that fire. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #13

Not wishing bad news, but a fire is overdue. Pine trees all over Maine. They have pine needles 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #17

what is bourn???? demigoddess Jul 2022 #15

A spelling error. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #16

We are lucky Maine Abu El Banat Aug 2022 #18