| DATE | PLACE DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| 02/17/2010 | Davie, FL Lunch and Golf at Grande Oaks Golf Club - A private 18 hole course near Ft. Lauderdale and the site of filming for the movie Caddyshack. |
| 12/23/2009 | Wausau, WI Dinner at 2510 Restaurant - Wausau's Landmark Restaurant. |
| 12/22/2009 | Wausau, WI Skiing at Granite Peak Ski Area at Rib Mountain State Park. 700' of vertical is as high as it gets in the midwest. |
| 12/21/2009 | Wausau, WI Dinner at The Wausau Mine Company - Italian fries are very good! |
| 12/20/2009 | Wausau, WI Best Western Midway - our place to sleep for the week. Nice indoor pool and hot tub. |
| Wausau, WI Dinner at El Mezcal | |
| 02/19/2009 | Snow Trails Ski Area, Mansfield, OH The oldest operating ski hill in Ohio. |
| 07/26/2008 | Detroit Int'l Airport (DTW) WARNING - Northwest Airlines no longer seats by row. First Class is first, followed by Elite Members, then a free-for-all to get on the plane. If you are at the back of the plane, you are usually held up in the aisle by people at the front who are pushy and want on now (filling up all the overhead storage space to boot)! |
| Boston Logan Airport (BOS) WARNING - Using a Garmin NUVI GPS to return a car rental from the North WILL COST YOU a trip through the Ted Williams Memorial Tunnel with a $3.50 toll. Exit when you see the sign for the airport terminals. | |
| 07/25/2008 | Dexter, ME An excellent dinner at TJ's Family Restaurant on State Route 23 north of Dexter. |
| Bangor, ME Bangor, Maine is the most North-East "city" in the USA. | |
| 07/24/2008 | Bangor, ME Dinner at Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse. |
| Bar Harbor, ME/Acadia National Park The gem of the North-Eastern US. | |
| 07/23/2008 | Dexter, ME Dinner at Dexter House of Pizza. |
| Camden, ME Camden Hills State Park - Mount Battie auto road, hiking trail to Mt. Megunticook for wonderful views of Penobscot Bay. | |
| Searsport, ME BlueJacket Shipcrafters, Inc. - creators of highly-detailed, museum-quality model ships and boats. Visit their showroom on US 1 at the north end of Searsport. Just look for the inland lighthouse. | |
| Eastport, ME About as far east as you can go in the Eastern Time Zone. | |
| Gouldsboro, ME Bartlett Maine Estate Winery. | |
| 07/21/2008 | Brewer, ME Dinner at The Muddy Rudder. |
| Mount Desert Isle, ME The western half of the island is a lot less crowded. | |
| 07/20/2008 | Dexter, ME The Brewster Inn - a fascinating and historic Bed and Breakfast that was the central base camp for our week in Maine. This 8000 sq ft mansion is a former governor's residence. |
| North Conway, NH Hartman's Model Railroad Museum | |
| Lake Winnipesaukee, NH Castle in the Clouds - a mountain-top home built in the early 1900s for more than $7,000,000 that overlooks Lake Winnipesaukee. | |
| 07/19/2008 | Detroit Int'l Airport (DTW) WARNING - Northwest Airlines regional flights land in Concourses B and C, while major routes fly out of Concourse A. LEAVE LOTS OF TIME on layovers to get between concourses! |
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