September 2009
6 posts
August 2009
13 posts
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Bahston Sawks - naht
The original plan was that we would leave Maine on the Sunday, drive down to Boston and fly out from there. The 11 hour drive from Sagamore to Maine changed our views on long trips somewhat so we decided to break up the trip with a night in Boston. We are glad we did.
Before we hit Boston though, there was shopping to be done. 6 days on an island with few shopping opportunities had Pete with a...
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Maine: Where men are men and lobsters are scared
So the beers had been drunk, the bride and groom toasted. All that was left was to rise early (breakfast will be served at precisely 8.45 - 9.30), pack up the Town and Country and head off north east to Maine.
Have you ever wondered how far it is from Great Camp Sagamore to Deer Isle, Maine? Wonder no more. It’s a really long way. Like an 11 hour drive long way. We were never sure if we...
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Why this camp at Sagamore is great.
After more fucking around with cars then you will find on Doonside Rd on a Friday night (ask Pete for more info) we finally leave NY and head upstate to Great Camp Sagamore. And great it is. It’s just all so Americana in that by the lake style that is so foreign to an Australian. But man is it beautiful. A gorgeous camp sitting on a postcard lake. The temperature is a little cooler than LA...
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Bi-coastal Boysy's
I must say as the kids get older the fear of flying and all it entails diminishes. We now eat 5 hour trips for breakfast. Certainly nothing 2 ipods, a series of Phineas and Ferb on one, Max and Ruby on the other can’t fix. And so it was on this trip to New York. The kids were great, there was someone at the airport to meet us and we were at our brownstone on the upper east side in about the...
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Weddings, parties, 11 hour drives
Emailed Steve yesterday about preparations for how best to watch the NRL from the US for the 2010 season (hello SLingbox) and he admonished me for the lack of activity on the blog recently. I put this down to Pete and Stevie being in town and the fact that they are the target audience for the blog. Seems I have been doing our multitude of other readers a disservice and for that I apologise.
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