MISSED PHONE CALL

[C650CPT]

So I take the family up to Maine for a well deserved vacation and wouldn't ya know it my cell phone ( nextell ) doesn't work so I missed a phone call from my military unit. They needed me to ferry our C-12 over to Germany, where another crew would pick it up to deliver it to Kuwait. After a week in the boonies I emerge back into civilization to get the "old" message. I imediatley called the unit to find out since I was indisposed that the "new" pilot got my seat, ferry one airplane to Germany, wait 5 days and ferry another one back, two trips across the pond. I'm gonna break his legs. It would have been a benchmark cross country trip no doubt. Unfortuantely I wouldn't have been able to take the trip anyways, I really needed to spend the quality time with the family prior to my deployment. We had a great time roughing it ... no running water, or electricity ... or cell phone service.

 

[chrisesp]

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no running water, or electricity ... or cell phone service.

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Wow, for me roughing it is staying outside of Dominoes delivery area!

 

[Acadia]

Where in Maine were you?

 

[mtsu_av8er]

Oh, that kinda sucks....but it's cool in a way, too!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[C650CPT]

Acadia
We weren't in the middle of nowheres ... we were west of the middle of nowheres. We went to a friends cottage near Dixfield which is about 1hr. west of Augusta, we then went to Rockland for a few days.

Jim

 

[CK]

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we then went to Rockland for a few days.
Jim

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Now that's a beautiful place. We used to go up there every year, had a cabin right next to the airport.

 

[JC1188]

Scarborough is real nice, and Old Orchird Beach area. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Acadia]

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Scarborough is real nice, and Old Orchird Beach area. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Most Mainers refuse to admit that any coastal areas south of Portland are even part of Maine. Its sort of a DMZ wasteland that keeps us safe from the southern parts of New England. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[H46Bubba]

LOL! Thats a good one. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Old Orchard beach is pretty touristy. My grandparents have a summer house we share amongst my Grandfthers family in Pine Point. I love to go there, when I can. It's right on the water, two doors down is Baily's Lobster Pound and only three blocks from the beach. It's pretty peaceful when the tourists are gone. Man I am craving a good Maine Lobster with some melted butter, right now. Guess I'll have to wait and nonrev up there at the end of the month.