Memories of the Summer of 2006

Russtic · 11-07-2006, 02:47 PM

Only a one week rental in Wolfeboro, but so many great memories, mostly simple things....
-Actually one week before vacation - playing a game with my 9 year old where we take turns naming all the things we're looking forward to at the lake. The anticipation is almost as good as the real thing.
-Seeing the lake from Castle in the Clouds.
-Jumping off the raft with the kids, and floating around with not a care in the world.
-Seeing the kids enjoy themselves and thinking back to earlier years and realizing how much they've grown.
-Cramming the family into the front seat for the girls' first drive-in movie (mine, too, at 43).
-Relaxing on the screened porch nestled in the pines.
-A nice dinner on the back deck at Garwoods with a great sunset, and the waitress running half-way down Main Street to deliver a forgotten sweater.
-The incredible brass quintet from Maine at the bandstand.
-Ice cream sundaes at Morrissey's. Picturing my dad working the soda fountain there when he was in college in the early 50's.
-Quiet kayaking in the early morning on Winter Harbor, enjoying all the cottages and dreaming about owning one.
-In the other extreme, riding the fast mail boat Blue Ghost II and seeing the lake in a much different way.
-My family dancing together on the Mount cruise.
Can't wait til next year!

LIforrelaxin · 11-07-2006, 03:43 PM

Well After loosing both My brother and Father both 3 years ago, what I will remember most about this summer is returning to the lake and being able to enjoy it. For three years the memories where just to strong of all the times with them. But this year came in with a bang, I started my own projects instead of finishing ones I had started with them. And as I worked in the yard openned the views back up I rememebered the peacefullness that comes with being at the lake. So now sure I will be sad thinking back on the old times, but now I have started to make the new memories.....

-- the look on everyones face when I showed up with a new boat
-- the look on my nieces face when she went tubing for the first time in 3 years
-- the smile on everyones face as we took boat rides this summer making new memories with the new boat.
-- the feeling of accomplishment as I finished painting the camp
-- sitting looking out through the freshly limbed trees at the view
-- and the biggest memmory of for this summer was the feeling that finally things where harmony again, the sarrow from the passing of two important family memebers, was finally evened out by the watching and participating in the enjoyment with the ones still left.....

Dave R · 11-08-2006, 10:05 AM

This thread is great. Needs pictures though. I challenge folks to post photos that go with their memories. I'll be the first...

Campfires

Sitting around the fire enjoying an adult beverage while my oldest entertained us with the flute or violin.

Sandbars

Swimming, sunning, grilling, rafting, it's all good...

Scenic RR

Misty mornings and chilly evening cruises

Awesome meals by boat

Triple lobsters at Sandy Point

Lazy Summer days

Sunset and evening cruises

Road trips to other bodies of water

Pulling out in Center Harbor

CT. River overnight get together

Tubing and sailing on Highland Lake in ME

Songo river lock and overnight on the sandbar on Sebago

Out on the ocean

What a great Summer!

SIKSUKR · 11-08-2006, 02:26 PM

Wow Dave!!Your pictures really sum up what's great about boating at the lake.For this skier who's looking forward to ski season,you got me jonesing for summer again.Great job!!!!

jkjoshuatree · 11-08-2006, 11:12 PM

Great Idea...all the memories are incredibly heart-warming. But pictures are definitely the icing on the cake.

Blue Thunder · 11-09-2006, 12:11 PM

Fantastic pictures Dave!! Did you enjoy Sebago, the Locks, Brandy Pond, and Long Lake? It's nice to see someone from Winnipesaukee come over and enjoy our lake.

Blue Thunder

Dave R · 11-09-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue Thunder

Fantastic pictures Dave!! Did you enjoy Sebago, the Locks, Brandy Pond, and Long Lake? It's nice to see someone from Winnipesaukee come over and enjoy our lake.

Blue Thunder

Thanks!

Yes, we did enjoy the Sebago/Songo/Brandy/Long trip, very much. We get out on Long Lake a couple of times a year (it's fun to go to Rick's Cafe on the causeway by boat) and go down the river into Sebago at least once per year. This year, we were able to get another Winnipesuakee boating family to pull out for the weeknd and join us on the trip.

It's so nice to be able to legally sleep on the hook and it's just terrible that NH has chosen to strip that experience away from folks. I love Winnipesaukee and always will, but it's got a bit of a snob factor that's missing in the Maine Lakes Region.

If anyone here likes going through Sally's Gut, you'll love the Songo River that connects Long Lake/Brandy Pond with Sebago Lake. It's like Sally's Gut x 50 and has a swing bridge and a lock to navigate. The river and lakes are well marked and one can make a wonderful day or weekend out of exploring that particular waterway. PM me if you want any details.

We've been going to Bridgton ME since 1989, but we stay on Highland Lake for the most part. We have some property up that way and intend to retire there. It's amazingly laid back and relaxing. Headed there for the weekend, as a matter of fact...

Dave R · 11-09-2006, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue Thunder

Fantastic pictures Dave!! Did you enjoy Sebago, the Locks, Brandy Pond, and Long Lake? It's nice to see someone from Winnipesaukee come over and enjoy our lake.

Blue Thunder

Were you, by chance, on Winnipesaukee during bike week 2006? Your handle looks familiar...

SIKSUKR · 11-09-2006, 01:54 PM

Dave,I'm curious having not boated in Maine I'm wondering how different the marker system is from ours.Can you explain?

Dave R · 11-09-2006, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Dave,I'm curious having not boated in Maine I'm wondering how different the marker system is from ours.Can you explain?

It's simpler. You have the standard red, right, return on the rivers and channels, and simple "danger" markers for pretty much everything else. If there's just one, you don't go between it and shore. If there's more than one, you don't go between any. A chart is still a necessity (for me anyway), but it's simpler than trying to remember the NH method. "No wakes" and such are similar to NH.

SIKSUKR · 11-10-2006, 08:59 AM

Thanks very much.

Blue Thunder · 11-13-2006, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave R

Were you, by chance, on Winnipesaukee during bike week 2006? Your handle looks familiar...

Dave,
Nope, not me. I bought my current boat at Melvin Village Marina but that's the only time my "bottom" saw the water. Although I've been to Winnipesaukee many, many times over the years, I have the wonderful opportunity of Island Life on Sebago. Thanks for your wonderful remarks about Sebago. It is truly just as wonderful as Winnipesaukee, in fact, Island Girl used to vacation here in the mid '80's.

Blue Thunder

gtxrider · 11-13-2006, 08:05 PM

1. A BIG HUG from Pepper and oh yes a LOBSTER ROLL

2. Watching the boys wake board and knee board using the SEADOO. (they did not need me to drive they are growing up

3. Being alone in the cottage, not much fun.

Here's hoping next summer will be better and the whole family will be at the lake.

11-07-2006, 02:47 PM	#1
Russtic Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Memories Only a one week rental in Wolfeboro, but so many great memories, mostly simple things.... -Actually one week before vacation - playing a game with my 9 year old where we take turns naming all the things we're looking forward to at the lake. The anticipation is almost as good as the real thing. -Seeing the lake from Castle in the Clouds. -Jumping off the raft with the kids, and floating around with not a care in the world. -Seeing the kids enjoy themselves and thinking back to earlier years and realizing how much they've grown. -Cramming the family into the front seat for the girls' first drive-in movie (mine, too, at 43). -Relaxing on the screened porch nestled in the pines. -A nice dinner on the back deck at Garwoods with a great sunset, and the waitress running half-way down Main Street to deliver a forgotten sweater. -The incredible brass quintet from Maine at the bandstand. -Ice cream sundaes at Morrissey's. Picturing my dad working the soda fountain there when he was in college in the early 50's. -Quiet kayaking in the early morning on Winter Harbor, enjoying all the cottages and dreaming about owning one. -In the other extreme, riding the fast mail boat Blue Ghost II and seeing the lake in a much different way. -My family dancing together on the Mount cruise. Can't wait til next year!

11-07-2006, 03:43 PM	#2
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,925 Thanks: 1,056 Thanked 901 Times in 531 Posts	Memories Well After loosing both My brother and Father both 3 years ago, what I will remember most about this summer is returning to the lake and being able to enjoy it. For three years the memories where just to strong of all the times with them. But this year came in with a bang, I started my own projects instead of finishing ones I had started with them. And as I worked in the yard openned the views back up I rememebered the peacefullness that comes with being at the lake. So now sure I will be sad thinking back on the old times, but now I have started to make the new memories..... -- the look on everyones face when I showed up with a new boat -- the look on my nieces face when she went tubing for the first time in 3 years -- the smile on everyones face as we took boat rides this summer making new memories with the new boat. -- the feeling of accomplishment as I finished painting the camp -- sitting looking out through the freshly limbed trees at the view -- and the biggest memmory of for this summer was the feeling that finally things where harmony again, the sarrow from the passing of two important family memebers, was finally evened out by the watching and participating in the enjoyment with the ones still left..... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

11-08-2006, 02:26 PM	#4
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Wow Dave!!Your pictures really sum up what's great about boating at the lake.For this skier who's looking forward to ski season,you got me jonesing for summer again.Great job!!!! __________________ SIKSUKR

11-08-2006, 11:12 PM	#5
jkjoshuatree Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bear Island Posts: 642 Thanks: 349 Thanked 145 Times in 77 Posts	Pics To Go With The Memories... Great Idea...all the memories are incredibly heart-warming. But pictures are definitely the icing on the cake. Attached Images __________________ Dream out loud.

11-09-2006, 12:11 PM	#6
Blue Thunder Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Eastern MA & Frye Island/Sebago Lake, Maine Posts: 955 Thanks: 256 Thanked 351 Times in 158 Posts	Fantastic pictures Dave!! Did you enjoy Sebago, the Locks, Brandy Pond, and Long Lake? It's nice to see someone from Winnipesaukee come over and enjoy our lake. Blue Thunder __________________ " Live for today because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come"

11-08-2006, 10:05 AM	#3
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	This thread is great. Needs pictures though. I challenge folks to post photos that go with their memories. I'll be the first... Campfires Sitting around the fire enjoying an adult beverage while my oldest entertained us with the flute or violin. Sandbars Swimming, sunning, grilling, rafting, it's all good... Scenic RR Misty mornings and chilly evening cruises Awesome meals by boat Triple lobsters at Sandy Point Lazy Summer days Sunset and evening cruises Road trips to other bodies of water Pulling out in Center Harbor CT. River overnight get together Tubing and sailing on Highland Lake in ME Songo river lock and overnight on the sandbar on Sebago Out on the ocean What a great Summer!

11-09-2006, 01:54 PM	#9
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Dave,I'm curious having not boated in Maine I'm wondering how different the marker system is from ours.Can you explain? __________________ SIKSUKR

11-10-2006, 08:59 AM	#11
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Thanks very much. __________________ SIKSUKR

11-13-2006, 08:05 PM	#13
gtxrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 1,030 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	Memories 1. A BIG HUG from Pepper and oh yes a LOBSTER ROLL 2. Watching the boys wake board and knee board using the SEADOO. (they did not need me to drive they are growing up 3. Being alone in the cottage, not much fun. Here's hoping next summer will be better and the whole family will be at the lake.