Must be the city folk from PA and NY because I have lived almost all my life in central small town PA and upstate NY and can and could see all the pretty leaves I wanted from my home office.
Now I have a great view of some of the Alleghenies, why go to Maine? And I can walk out my back door to bird watch, animal watch, or shoot dinner if needed. Maine is gorgeous but for us country boys, a little anti-climactic. What we are missing is coastline so I have no place on my layout to put some of those S Scale tugs or large ships but could do a log raft if I have room for a river. They were a regular site here in the 1800s and up till about 1930s. Speaking of scale modeling, we will have the American Veterans Traveling Tribute here Thursday through Sunday. Was actually scheduled for the 9/11 weekend but postponed due to threats of over-topping the dikes. Didn't happen so we are on again this week. 80% scale model of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, plus WWII, Korea, 9/11, Gold dog tag tribute to those who have given their lives in the Global War on Terror and much more. I'll be offline starting tomorrow night as I take pictures and video for the Heisey Museum and county historical society in Lock Haven, PA who are sponsoring it. Carey Carey Probst Member, M.I.T. Educational Council S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On 9/13/2011 12:45 PM, Michael & Linda Marmer wrote: > > As one who goes to Maine every October, I would make them a year in > advance, seriously. > > I don’t go to Maine for the leaves, although October is one of the > best times to be in Maine, I go to do hiking and biking for 2 weeks, > pedal type. > > Actually the people who come to Maine are not from the South, but > Ohio, PA, NY, NJ, etc.. > > Mike > > From: Carey Probst > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:55 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Maine to host 2016 National Narrow Gauge > Convention > > Based on past experience trying to get a room in Maine in Sept. or > October, better make reservations now. > > Last time the reservations agent actually laughed when I decided we > wanted to visit in late September. I didn't understand having lived in > the NE all my life but apparently ME, NH and VT get swarmed by deprived > (depraved?) southerners who never saw leaves change before. > > She said for that time of year you need about a year in advance. > Luckily I had my Marriott Platinum and pulled rank for a room. > > If I make it to 2016 I hope to be there since the east seems to be a > vast wasteland for Sn3 or narrow gauge conventions. > > Carey > > Carey Probst > > Member, M.I.T. Educational Council > > S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF > > A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, > > the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. > > On 9/12/2011 10:32 PM, scale S only wrote: > > > > Hi Lee -- > > > > Sounds like I need to mark the calendar! Probably fall color and nice > > weather are all arranged, too... Please keep us advised – I am sure > hotel > > bookings will be hard to come by for late comers. > > > > Thanks for the info! > > Bill Winans > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
