old man 76
old man 76's JournalDown-river
I live in a conservative area. The people will voice their opinions but are not much for debating issues. The general population in this area is older. Most of the younger people are moving to other areas; however, we do have older, retired people moving into the area. Most are looking for a slower pace of life and to take advantage of the lakes, rivers, mountains and other natural surroundings. I was conversing with one of our life-long older citizens. I joked about mud season, black flies, cold winters and such and said "We had better not tell people wanting to retire here about it or they would not want to come here." He had a short, direct reply to this. He said "We should tell them everything bad we can think of as we already have enough of these damned down-river foreigners moving in".
Winter
With this last snow storm one of the weather reporters Keith Carson I think said this would be Maine's tenth longest winter. I was thinking maybe we should try for snow until the first of June. That should put this winter in first place.Maybe we could change from Maine Vacation Land to Maine Winter Vacation Land. Two things I know first I will keep my head down because some people may want to shoot me. Second if winters get worse I just may head south.
Spring in Maine.
People from other parts of the country ask how spring is in Maine. I say nice the trees turn green, wild flowers bloom and such. I never mention mud season followed by black fly season. I feel it is some thing better experienced than explained.
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