Awesome call name. Wow, I was wondering about that name. Combat! often came to mind when I saw it. I belong to a group of people that write Combat! fan fiction. We've also been voting for it on the Richlabonte tv site for fav show. Pineneedles I think asked if it is still on. The American Life cable channel carries it I think around 7:00 PM. It is also out on DVD all 5 seasons.

Another "lurker" comes out of hiding...
 

I've been "lurking" around this web site daily for over a year, reading everything, but this is my first posting! I consider some of the regular posters to be almost Winnipesaukee Forum Celebrities. Thanks CSUhockey3, this was a great idea for a topic. The explanation for my user name is very simple....I was born in Buffalo and my name is Gail. There is an old song (very old) about a "Buffalo Gal", and so it seemed to be an appropriate name. I haven't chosen an avatar yet, and probably wouldn't know how to add it anyway. My husband (a Rhode Islander) and I met while working in the Boston area. We live in Massachusetts but we have always loved the mountains and woods of New Hampshire and we started tent camping in the White Mountains with our children when they were very young. About 15 years ago we bought a small cabin in the Newfound Lake area. We'd spend as many weekends as we could, winter and summer, at the cabin. On my mother's side I come from a long line of Adirondack mountain people. My father's side of the family originated in the Abruzzi mountains of Italy. Maybe it's genetic, because I'm never happier than when I'm surrounded by woods and mountains. My husband is drawn to the lake and is happiest on his boat. Now with our children almost on their own we are finally building a home we can retire to on the BIG lake. Like many others we've considered going south to retire, but we'd miss New Hampshire too much. The boating is terrific in Florida but it's too flat and too hot for me! We bought a new boat last spring and spent the summer learning how to navigate Winnipesaukee, and now we count the days until we can be full-time residents of New Hampshire.

Mine is simply my AOL screenname which is a variation of the name on our boat "Aquadesiac". Screenname was not available with a "s" so "z" was the next choice. When we upgraded to a cruiser a few years ago we wanted a name with "aqua" in it and had seen this name on a boat in Calif several years before and liked the sound of it. Beyond that, we live in Concord (NH) and spend every free day of the summer on our "waterfront property" at GYC. Have been coming to the lake for almost 20 yrs, our kids grew up coming to the lake and now our grandson is beginning a third generation of enjoying the good life.

My screen name is my aol email address that I have had for many years. "Codeman" is a nickname for our golden retriever Cody. The 671 means nothing, it was what aol tacked onto my desired screen name since codeman was taken.

My wife, two kids and I live in Dover and built a place on Mark Island a few years ago. We spend every possible moment there during the season and I try to make it out often in the off season, thus my last boating day of Jan 3rd this winter. My addiction to the lake caused me to buy the infamous yellow airboat this winter so that I could make the voyage in all seasons, even if it is to simply hang out on the deck and enjoy the winter peace and quiet. Yep, our friends think I am crazy, I guess they just don't understand or have not developed the appreciation for the lake that I have.

My avatar picture of "bad santa" is our youngest with a nasty litle grin on his face, probably a response to his older sister.

As a new member I really think this is a great way to get to know some of my fellow boaters! My name stems from a country song..."alittle bit of life" ,we have also chosen this name for our boat. My boyfriend and I both work in the medical field and rarely have time to enjoy life, so I found that song very fitting.
Dan, (my boyfriend) is from Michigan, yes home of the "Great Lakes". Dan moved to NH in 2003 and has missed the lakes terribly. I suggested that he try this lake on for size and see if he likes it. I was raised in NH and have been coming to the lake for years. It has truly been my dream to buy a boat and eventually real estate in this region. We look forward to this summer and hope to see some of you out there.

Aquadeziac
 

Of all the avatars, yours is the best! "Life's short, Jetski Naked" The little guy looks like a comic strip character out of "Calvin and Hobbs"? Haven't done it yet, but if senility takes hold some day, the Laconia Times may have a story.

Yup...funny kicker
 

Back in 1993, I purchased a Kawasaki 750SX from Laconia Kawasaki. For those of you over the age of 30, you will recall that this was the biggest standup of the day. About 2 months after I received the jetski, I got an envelope in the mail from the manufacturer. There was a sticker inside that they wanted me to put on my 750SX. It read:

Warning personal injury can result from high water pressure forcing water into orifices during a fall. Wear appropriate protective clothing.

I gave the sticker to my brother and he put it on his van. :D

Jetskier:cool:

Jetskier
 

Hi all,

I guess that there is not too much mystery to my name and avatar. I have been coming up to the lake since my high school days (before electricity :D). At that time, one of my classmates had a family compound a bit south of Wolfboro harbor. We would come up and take the sailboat out and go waterskiing.

In the 80s, my brother bought a house on Paugus Bay with his partners and we used that until he sold it in the mid 90s. During the 80s, standups were the only watercraft generally available (until around 87) and several of us were the original jetskiers on the lake. Riding a standup for a full day was a significant workout! Alas, I was slightly younger back then.

In 1998, I co-founded a telecommunications startup and vowed that if it were successful, I would buy a place on the lake. We sold the company in 2002 and I bought a place in South Down the same year.

These days I am relegated to my GTX-4TEC and my new boat. I gave my 750SX to my brother in law and sometimes regret it as I get the urge to ride a standup. Of course, after a few hours of muscling it around, the urge passes. :eek:

Nuff Said

Jetskier:cool:

Coolbreeze...
 

Coolbreeze is a name that I came up with from many great memories of my sisters, Mom and Dad crossing the lake in a Boston Whaler; in all weather conditions. On really windy trips, my sisters and I would sit at the furthermost point of the bow (that dad would allow), with the wind blowing through our hair laughing histerically reciting the words from the commercial. "When I bite into a york peppermint patty, I get the feeling of a coolbreeze blowing through my hair."
That memory of the never changing feeling of the lake coolbreeze gets me everytime.

Her and Him
 

As I think is no surprise, "Mee-n-Mac" is a contraction of our last names with her being "Mee" and I, "Mac". I am a NH native and even before the parental units got the place(s) at The Sands of Brookhurst, I was growing up on the "Big Lake" (anyone remember Camp Meadowbrook*). Dad being a teacher meant we got to spend our entire summers at the lake. We had the smallest, ugliest boat but I recall taking it (had to, I was too young to drive) to Center Harbor for candy and comics during the summer doldrums. That and racing the kid from Patrician Shores in the Whaler.

"Mee" is a relative newcomer to the Lake. She came up few times prior to "us" becoming "us" but apparently one of the family Afghans was a wee bit too territorial for her liking.

Later (much) in life some friends of "Mee" end up buying a place in Meredith and she (now out of biting range) decided that;

- she loves the Lake and
- we need a place of our own for a boat (and a boat too).

(Turns out it was they who let me know about Winni.com ... a forum about Winnipesaukee, who knew :coolsm: ).

So now we are in the Cozy Cabin in Alton Bay where we can sit on the dock by the bay and watch the boats go by. "Mee" says she's moving there full time as soon as I can afford it. I'm invited to tag along so long as I behave. ;) I believe "Mee's" ambition for this summer is to be a 'Babe on (water) Sled'.

As for the avatar .... to be truthful it was the only thing I could think of, given the props we had at that moment. Now I think I'm stuck with the animals though I think I can perhaps find some way to make them more "seasonal". Hmmmmm .....



*yes it was a camp for girls, the parental units "worked" there and I yet to escape their grip. :devil:

The Olde Forum is unavailable right now, but I'd guess I've been around this forum since 2001. Like many others posting to the less-disciplined Olde Forum, I'd assumed a few different user-names. "Acres per Second" (APS) became the name I've had the longest. :)

"APS" just expresses the concept that slower boats use less of the lake at one time than faster boats—keeping in mind the 150-foot, "Safe Passage" rule. It was pleasing to see the concept used at an official Concord hearing recently.

The family started in Tuftonboro in the 30s. Two generations went to camps Wyanoke and Winnemont, then finally settled down on Winter Harbor in 1956. The folks elected not to have a telephone, so things slowed to a crawl every summer for us kids. Neighbor-kids visiting neighbor-kids by boat or nightly walks was the norm. When a flashlight was forgotten after an over-long visit on moonless nights, we'd walk home with our footsteps guided just by "starshine".

The family camp "got away" after twenty years of ownership, but we continued to rent it from the new owners, and finally bought it back. We didn't know it at the time, but the price was a steal that has become a legend around Lakes Region realtors. That legend was unknown to me for 15 years—until last September—but I would have sold both kidneys to get the family camp back! :laugh:

All Right -- I wasn't going to -- but so many have already, here goes:

By reading the posts above, we are relative newcomers to the Lake. We have been coming up for close to 20 years now (pale in comparison to those who have grown up here). We started out with extended week-ends staying in Center Harbor and using our then 16' bow rider, explored, explored, explored (we are truely a boating family)!! We now spend nearly 45-50 nites per season at Winni and our boat has grown up a little (now a 24' Crownline bowrider) taking us out of the "Tourist" category - I Hope! At this point we still have not purchased a home or Condo, a goal that one day will happen. Our prime consideration, till now, was to see the kids thru college first (that has just recently been accomplished) thus we have been renting at a great set of cottages adjacent to FL # 1 for the past 15 years. Don- I believe you know the place, as well. I firmly believe we are now on the owners chart as "part time resident" versus guest!!

When we are not on Winni, we are home here in Central Mass where we do own waterfront property -- which always begs our guests and neighbors to ask "How can you leave THIS to go to NH and vacation on another Lake" -- That question is quite simple to answer for you folks & us as well.

Phantom -- it's derivation in the "Illusionary or Ghost like quality" -- was an old CB "handle" which ended up becoming the name of our boats & sticks to this day. It seems appropriate as now I always threaten the kids (and now grandkids) that "I'll come back and Haunt you long after I'm gone - so be good to me now while you can" !! They don't buy it - oh by the way :look:

Avitar - well there is nothing special there, I change them to fit the mood so don't get hung up on that -- Snoopy & the gang are kewl !!

That's the short version -- If you hear us on the VHF or happen to be at one of the sandbars we frequent -- the boat name is (discreetly) on the stern with a pink ribbon next to it (my wife is a 2 time survivor)-- please do come up & say "Hello" -

"HomeWood" is a nic-name I was given by coworkers. There is a street in Raleigh that is called Home Wood ----- Dr. The dashes are my last name, but my first name is Jeremy. Been going to the lake since I was born. My grandparents have had the lake house in Moultonborough since the early 60's and we hope to keep in the family for generations to come. I moved from Massachusetts in 2001 to here to be a police officer.

Forum Names
 

Got mine as a result of spending five summers ('73 - '77) as a Lifeguard at Weirs Beach. Our family used to spend the summer at the NH Veterans Association cottages. Alot of history in those places. Alot of fun on the beach and around the lake.

My name is just a nickname from my husband. We have a seasonal camper at Paugus Bay Campground. We bought in 1998 but have been coming up since the early 80's. Home is in Natick, MA but hopefully we can retire in the Lakes Region...close enough to our favorite golf course (Oak Hill in Meredith)
I don't contribute much to this site but I check it multiple times each day and have been since the beginning. Great work to Don and all you great members that take so much time to post pictures, give info and host webcams!

COMBAT! Reruns
 

COMBAT! reruns used to be on the cable Action Channel 203 until about six months ago. Two consecutive episodes would air daily. I too have the series on DVD and enjoy it immensely even though I know every move that's about to occur and of course, the distinct sounds of Saunders Tommy Gun, Kirby's BAR, and the M1 Garand clip being ejected after the eighth round is fired. :)

I belong to the COMBAT! fan club on Yahoo. The audio sound I have on my PC that alerts me to a new email message arrival is Vic Morrow's voice saying "Checkmate King II....this is White Rook....over". My PC's desktop also has a light blue background with a photo of Sgt Saunders using a Motorola Handi-Talkie. :) :) :)

There's a recent movie (title eludes me) with Denzel Washington taking an ER waiting room by force until his dying son is placed on the receipent list for a heart transplant. There's a scene with a police sniper crawling through the HVAC duct work to line up a shot. He positions himself and then uses his police radio to call for authorization to fire. What does he speak into the radio? "Checkmate King II...this is White Rook...over!!!!!" The movie's director must have been a COMBAT! fan too. :D

White Rook....out

Ahhh yes, the Avatar. Its the cartoon sticker on the cowl of my jetski. And as far as senility...I am 53, have been jetskiing for 10 yrs and don't forsee stopping anytime soon and neither do the two friends that are ten years older than me. No matter what your age, try it once and you will be addicted, guaranteed.

What's in a name...?
 

"Camp guy" refers to the fact that my grandfather started a summer camp for boys (Camp Wyanoke) in 1909 and my father kept it going until after the 1975 season. I spent each summer (except Army time when I was in a different type of camp) and most vacations on Winter Harbor, a neighbor of APS and others. So, my posting name isn't too unusualy original, but, like most of the other posting names, it has significance to the Lake I still live in Wolfeboro and get out on the Lake when I can, usually by canoe, now. I enjoy the "names and numbers" thing, and for years we had the vehicle licence plate CAMPS because we also had a girls camp in Ossipee. This is a great Forum and the powers to be deserve our thanks; please stand and join me in a hearty round of applause.

The name Long Pine is just based on the island in the Varneys that is a major part of my view. The avatar (assuming I set it up correctly) is a picture that has been posted on the forum before that showed that part of "On Golden Pond" was filmed on Winnipesaukee. It is Billy going past Long Pine Island.

My history is much shorter than most of those documented here. We have only been coming to Winni for the last several years (not decades). Nonetheless, we are hooked. I loved reading the stories though about all of your experiences at the lake that spanned generations. I have been reading the forum almost daily for the last several months and really appreciate the webcams, photoposts, ice-out reports, etc. You are an incredibly helpful group of people and I feel like I know many of you from your posts. I'm hoping to be able to reciprocate when a topic comes up on which I can be helpful.

We are counting down the days now until we get up there this year!

name
 

My name derives from the fact that I love to ride my sled at night. When I was younger, I used to extoll the group to go for a nightride after everyone had settled down for a relaxing night in front of the fire. My family has been in Winter Harbor since the 1940's. I ride with Treerider and Loafrider. I'll give anyone a free nightride if they can figure out where those two monikers came from. Replies from the Treerider and Loafrider don't count.

My turn
 

Hi, my names Glen, and I’m a Winni addict. (all together now, “Hi Glen”).

Actually, I’m the grandson and son (speaking of son, maybe its time you stopped lurking and posted here too mom) of Winni addicts, which I guess in retrospect makes me a Winni Baby? Anywho, I’m currently a “Guy” living at the “Weirs”, hence the clever screen name. The avitar is an old photo of our house circa 1900 that came with the house, I’m pretty sure along with a few rugs in the living room.

The house is actually my memere’s, which I have managed to strategically hijack via squatters rights. She and my grandfather bought it in the early 60’s, and I’ve managed to squeak in every last minute here I could. In the late 80’s – early 90’s I even managed to get a summer job busing tables at the Pier Restaurant for our neighbor at the time.

The plan all along was to keep the house and retire here, but one day I had the choice of working 2 jobs to pay rent in Concord or move into the recently vacated house on the lake for a “while”. Guess that was a wicked hard choice. Now I get to share this magnificent place with my 2 kids and wife (and dog and cat). There’s nothing like seeing the glow in our daughters face when she tells people she can see Mount Washington from her bedroom window, hearing our son brag about telling his teacher things about the Weirs she didn’t know, playing catch on the boardwalk before the season starts, sharing a walk down Veterans Ave. with the boss, a trip to the arcades on a hot summer night (about a 30 second walk), watching my son ride his Schwinn Stingray “chopper” around Weeks Ave. during bikeweek, watching life come to a stop so the whole family can watch the Mount, Doris or Sophie come and go…

Unfortunately we won’t be staying here forever. I love the lake, but the city of Laconia is another story (me and JTA need to discuss a 2 pronged succession war). The good news? After only 2 years here I’ve convinced the boss that the lake is where its at, and our next stops probably an island!

And now if you’ll all excuse me, Buffalo Gal has inspired me to go home and throw in the “It’s a wonderful life” DVD. Buffalo Gals won’t you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight…..

"...and dance by the light of the moon..."

Aquadeziac
 

I meant me getting senile, and doing it naked. I do Jetski and I love it at 53 too. My first time on though I learned the important lesson of "no power, no steering" about 10' from a shoreline of rocks. I jumped off and held the yoke, avoiding damage to both me and the Jetski. Both my kids and wife witnessed this not so elegant move on my part. They had a good laugh and after awhile, I did too. :laugh:

guess what my favorite hobby is?
 

The avatar tells all. My name is my initials...but backwards.
I live about 10 minutes from the lake. I LOVE to sail :coolsm: and I can be found on my sailboat weekdays during the summer (yup, one of the lucky ones with summers off) and weekends only after 3PM (then I don't have to deal with powerboats...NOT that I don't like powerboats but it IS easier to sail (and more peaceful) without dealing with huge wakes)

:)

My name is Bob. We first rented on Bear Island when our son was 1 year old. He is now 56. Daughter came along 4 years later.
We bought a camp on Bear in 1967 and sold in 1999. My wife passed away so I felt I didn't want to stay there alone. My wife's ashes were spread on the Lake which she loved dearly.

Calling "CQ CQ"...
 

Hello,

I’m AL, Skipper of the Sea Que (pronounced CQ). I’m a long time forum user - I‘ve been called a “Charter Member“ here. I was visiting the site before Webmaster added the Forum section. Sea Que was used by my father as the name of our first family boat in the late 1950’s. My Dad and I were active in Amateur Radio (HAM Radio) and the letters C Q were used as a general call to any other ham radio station. In 1963 my parents upgraded from a 16-foot inboard to a 21-foot Chris Craft inboard that we kept until early 1990’s. It was the Sea Que II and spent the early part of summer moored in Marblehead (MA) harbor. In mid August we would trailer the boat to Lake Winnipesaukee for vacation. I was at the helm solo starting at age 11. Later in our 21-footer we would water ski with most of the other kids at Silver Sands. Our record was eight skiers up at once behind that boat (when it was legal).

I started enjoying the Lake in the late ‘50’s as a camper at Camp Samoset on the site where the Samoset Condominiums now stand. My folks would stay at Silver Sands for 3 weeks each summer. They timed the vacation to spend a week alone before camp was over and then 2 weeks with my brother and me. We’ve had a family presence at Silver Sands every year since then. My wife and I even spent our honeymoon at Silver Sands. .

My wife and I bought a new 1994 Four Winns 238 Vista Cruiser and named it the Sea Que. In 1995 we started renting a slip right next to Silver Sands at Mountain View Yacht Club. We spent many days each summer living (cramped camping) on board while our children were younger (and smaller) ending the summer with a 2 week stay at Silver Sands. A few years later we found a slip we really liked available at MVYC and we became owners/members. Webmaster took a panorama view from behind the Sea Que by coincidence and you can see it here: Panorama view from behind the Sea Que

My family lived in Saugus (MA) where I started growing up (I don’t think I’m done yet :rolleye2: ). My avatar varies and can be a picture of our boat or something related to one of my passions or our hobbies. I support the Shriners Childrens’ Hospitals as a Shriner and member of Aleppo Temple. Ham Radio is still important to my family. My late parents and brother were Hams and my wife is also a licensed Ham. It was Ham Radio that kept us in-touch and led me to a career in commercial radio broadcasting (on both sides of the microphone) at several local stations. My wife Linda also found a career in the media and works behind-the-scenes at a local TV station.

For many years my Dad was pictured on one of the Silver Sands post cards and now the back of my wife’s head appears in the current Silver Sands brochure. Even though my parents are gone I still see them in my minds eye sitting in the sun and enjoying Silver Sands. It’s almost as if they are still there.

Almost forgot the main question: In the early days of the Forum I often tied my screen name to the topic. Talking about duck itch I was the Medical Officer of the Sea Que. About Marine VHF I was the Communications Officer of the Sea Que and so on. When we had to register I became the Skipper of the Sea Que.

Blame CSUHockey3 for getting me started down memory lane :laugh: .
Thanks Don Z for so many years of Winnipesaukee dot com.

I accept the blame!
 

Hey Al, I'll take the blame for your trip down memory lane -- great post!

Bob Glad to hear from you..
 

Bob, I'll say a prayer for your wife the first time I take the boat onto the waters that hold her ashes.

IMHO... Bob's post best describes the love so many of us have for the lake and the people we have been able to share it with.

Look back over the posts... what's the common thread? Not the mountains, not the water, not the views... It's the FAMILY.

Impressive... very impressive. It's like the lake has acted like a "memory magnet" Bravo Winnipesaukee!

Great Thread!

Lot's of Saugus here!
 

Captain... Saugus born and raised... Just outside of Cliftondale. (Birch Street)

Great post... I'm not done growing up either!

SteveA

Jellybean is the name of one of my pets. I'm a year-round resident of Alton and this is a REALLY SMALL town! I really enjoy this site for the restaurant reviews and info about happenings around the area.

Like a lot of others, I've been "lurking" for many months and waiting for a suitable name to come up. The name "Loon" in any form was too close to the truth! When I saw that the Common Loon's scientific name was Gavia immer, and found THIS avatar, I signed up.

My trips to Winnipesaukee have started from various locations, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida, Spain, Canada, Germany, and Hawai'i. The change of seasons is positively refreshing, and nowhere else are those changes as uplifting as Lake Winnipesaukee. :)

Yup' I also said I'm not going to partake in this either... so here's mine
 

I’m Thorp and my wife, Linda (high school sweethearts) and I stay long weekends most of the year on our 38’ sailboat “Valkyrie” at WCYC in Wolfeboro. I have been boating all my life as I grew up on an island in Lake Champlain and I deliver boats up and down the NE coast for fun. I’m a commercial SCUBA diver as well as recreational diver scouring the lake bottom for artifacts. My wife, daughters and granddaughters also dive with me along with a long list of dive buddies.

Because of the demands of my home and high stress job (self-employed) in Exeter, NH I have no desires to own and maintain any more property. I use our time on boat and a weekend full of diving as the incentive to get through the week and be as productive as I can be. Actually, I have no plans to retire and move to the lake or anywhere else, I guess I’m one of the very few that actually like my job, love my house and love to spend quality time perusing my sports. My father once said to me: “Never make you hobby your profession or your vacation spot your home, because you’ll soon louse the value of them”. As I get older and watch others make these transitions and I see wisdom of his words.

A typical weekend will find us heading to Alton bay or another port of call on the lake on Friday nights for dinner and fun, come the next day we tether our kayaks behind our boat (we call them "the ducks") and sail of to a different spot on the lake and get up close and personal. There is just something about cursing effortlessly in a few inches of water checking out the sights and scenes. After I’ve endured as much of that as I can (usually not more than an hour) I’m ready to explore the bottom and see what new adventure awaits me. Most days, end with dinner BBQ on the deck and a leisurely evening/night sail back to the club… it doesn’t get any better than that.

Diving is truly high adventure; it demands your full attention and dedication, since your survival depends on your concentration, it is all consuming. Once you come back from a dive you go from a euphoric state to complete exhaustion what a rush. The average dive; 45 feet for 45 minutes in 65 degree water consumes 3000 calories and that’s the equivalent of running five miles. I don’t dive for that so called “runners high”, I dive for the treasures. Since there has been over 300 years of civilization on the lake, the first 250 years it was the dump… Haul your trash on the ice and come spring out of sight out of mind. Fast forward in time all the trash is now rendered down to some pristine artifacts just waiting to be found. And have I found the treasures… most every dive in the lake yields some sort of find. Although as I get older I have become more discriminating in what I’ll bring back to the surface. Don’t forget there is tomorrow’s diver and what satisfaction he will have when he finds that piece of history, so I leave a lot of the treasures where they are, I’ve got more than my share. However, if it’s something that I already don’t have or it’s an anchor (man… am I a sucker for a shiny anchor) or a piece of rope then I got to have it.

So, what’s in the name? When our dive group first started going on annual dive trips to Mexico 20 years ago they called us “Winnipesaukee Divers”. They looked at us as being crazy to every want to dive in that cold, dark, murky waters, where the monsters live. But you know, “there is no place like home”.

Hi folks, I am a native of southern NH . I grew up spending summers in the lakes region. My Grandparents owned a mountain top property in ossipee and we would alway stop in Wolfeboro for ice cream on the docks on they up to camp.My favorite place on earth is anywhere on or near The Lake.
My name comes from my chocolate Lab "Bosco"who loves the water as much as I do. I am relatively new to boating, having purchased our first boat 2 years ago.Reading this forum has been a tremendous help to me. Thank you all for sharing your wisdom.We rented a slip in Alton Bay this year so we can't wait to get back in the water!

I think this Lake holds the ashes of many of our loved ones.

This will be the beginning of our sixth year here and we found our little slice of heaven almost by accident. (I'm another Jersey Girl...south jersey)..and grew up taking camping trips to ME.) I now reside in PA. My husband and I tend to be implusive. We were on a road trip to nowhere and ended up in Vermont. He wanted to go to ME. We got into an argument because it was August, and I said ME would be crowded,(I Hate crowds) and besides, we had already hiked every damn mountain there and seen everything there was to see. We had made many trips there together. We ended up at the Mcdonalds in Tilton and I came out with a real estate book. One hour later, we were in Alton, looking at a property on Hills Pond. That was that!!
My son was younger at the time, and could not say Winnipesauke. He'd say what's that lake Mom? Wind in my what? So everytime we drive up the hill to our place and get that breathtaking view of the lake...someone yells from the car.....there it is lake "wind in my sockies". We have our own business, so I am lucky that I can get there fairly often from PA, and stay almost all summer. I could easily stay all year and as the kids get older, some day that may happen. Just like to fish for fun only, hike, kayak and just take it all in.

User Name Madness
 

The sole motivation for my screen name is to create an appelation that I can REMEMBER with all of the programs and online sites to which I am registered (a daunting task indeed). So, other than the people that I love in my life, what are the two real passions that fuel my flames? Why, skiing and Sox (Red, that is). Have been a season ticket holder for 16 years and a fan for decades longer (yes, I have seen Teddy Ballgame, albeit late in his career).

My mother-in-law actually introduced me and my wife to the lakes region when she would periodically rent a cottage for a couple of weeks in the summer (first in the Alton Bay area, and then in Moultonborough at Blackey Cove). She had been visiting the lakes region for more than forty years. My wife and I continued the tradition and finally purchased our own home in Meredith 16 years ago, and now we host our families each summer. And we use our home as a central point from which to hit the many fine ski resorts within a two hour drive.

Love the lake with its contrast in pace from our primary residence in MA. Looking forward to leaving MA sometime in the near future for permanent residence in NH.

Still in FL
 

I spend 7 months in FL and boating is my hobby hence my name. I’m still in FL getting in some last minute boating before I’m selling my boat May 4. I will get a smaller boat next October. I have several buddies that have the big ones I can go on. I did 20 lunches cruises, twice monthly parties, twice monthly boating lectures & 1 overnight this season with my cruising club. I also did once a week personal trips.
I return May 9 to Wolfeboro and my Winnie boat goes in the next week.
I’m one of the folks that got priced out of my lake front home on Wentworth. I built a new home in suburban Wolfeboro last fall. I lucked out with the mild weather. The house was basically finished at New Years and I moved 156 boxes in before I returned to FL. I haven’t stayed there yet but will May 9. <O:p</O:p
I have always lived in 2 places with NH being one of them. I have had a home in Wolfeboro since 1968 with my family. I commuted to it every weekend from the Boston </ST1:parea. I owned a store in Wolfeboro for 8 years. My original Wolfeboro home overlooked Wolfeboro <ST1:pBay</ST1:p and I watched my friends go out by boat. I’ve owned 2 island houses and lived 8 years on Melody <ST1:pIsland</ST1:p. When I retired I swapped <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com[IMG] /><st1:City w:st=[/IMG]<ST1[IMG] /><st1:PlaceName w:st=[/IMG]Melody</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=" /><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City> for <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1:pFlorida</ST1:p</st1:State> but still go to Wolfeboro for 5 months and Xmas for my snow fix.
I love being on the water drifting in the boards and fall foliage.
I have owned several different boats. I belong to WCYC and have had a boat there since the Club was founded. My kayak is in the garage to go somewhere
I'm a cat lover and my Avtar is Kaptain Kirk(Kirk) who replaced Katie and Ken this Jan.

It is said that there is safety in numbers. Since so many other lurkers have come out, I'll give this a shot. My story is simple. My folks rented cottages around the lake for fourty years or so. The best memories of my life are centered around my summer vacations. I was just a tyke when I took a speedboat ride on a Miss Winipesaukee Chris Craft at the Weirs. Had several summertime "crushes" that broke my young heart. Worked real hard during the school season so I could bring my own little boat up the lake. Brought some Army buddies up to heaven on earth. I quess you get the picture. As for the person behind the name. I'm an ex Law Enforcement Officer who now works as a heavy equip operator for the City of Newburyport Mass. Recently I was able to purchase a mobile home in Gilford, and spend my off time floating around the lake. Coronado reflects my love of mahogany speedboats. I own a 1958 Century Coronado which is currently undergoing restoration. My brother and I have restored several speedboats over the years. our most recent project can be seenon the cover of the Century Boat Club Magazine. And it all started at the Weirs many many years ago.

JkJoshuaTree...
 

My initials are JK and "The Joshua Tree" by U2 is my favorite album. I'm a bit of a U2 fanatic actually...seen them 29 times in concert, stayed at their hotel in Ireland, been to Bono's house, have over 600 U2 songs on my iPod, etc, etc.

Great thread by the way!

It's interesting to see what everyone's moniker stands for.

The name was suggested by my brother-in-law, who introduced me to Lake Winnipesaukee in 1995.

We visit Lake Winnipesaukee for a month or so every summer by Class B motorhome. From Lincoln, California. :eek: