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Yes.. sometimes 1A will drop off and you have to follow R1 for awhile but it connects again somewhere up the road.. In Mass alone you will go thru Gloucester, Ipswich, Manchester by the Sea, Rocky Point, and Rockport.. Then you will hit the NH coast which isn't very long and then into Me.. Now there is a wonderful coast to follow all the way to Bar Harbor. (but if you want lots of Lobster get them in NH..Maine rips you off. lol) Of course, your coast is probably much more spectacular, and wild..

Yes, my Dad was a character.. I will find one of my old slides when he used to dive off the cliffs in Maine in one of my mothers old bathing suits, with the top all filled in with something or ruther.. He was a devil and the apple of my Mom's eye.. They were both party animals and loved their beer.. The traveled quite a bit with friends, and of course you know they loved camping and tenting.. They had a good fun filled life together..

Well, our west coast along the ocean, is very, very rugged and wild especially down in Oregon...I guess its kind of like our mountains here, being so much more tall and rugged and wild, simply because they are newer than the mountains of the east....I guess perhaps the same is true of the ocean coast....

That being said, I am positive that the east coast along the Atlantic, will be just as beautiful and spectacular as along the Pacific here...each area, has its own special charms and special features, that dont exist in other areas...

Here is a little something that often irks me tho...it has to do with Hollywood, and how they often will set a particular movie or TV series in a certain locale, but then film the scenery from a completely different area...that really aggravates me, because I enjoy seeing the scenery from everywhere, and I really do like the scenery to be authentic....

Two examples come to mind...'Murder she Wrote' the TV series with Angela Lansbury, is supposed to take place in Cabot Cove, Maine...the folks talk with New England accents, and we are led to believe that the scenery is actually from there...but thats not true....All of the scenery in 'Murder She Wrote' from the ocean views, the overhead view of the bridge going into Cabot Cove, even the supposedly town of Cabot Cove itself, are really filmed in Mendocino California...anyone who has been to Mendocino, recognizes all the scenery and the stores from having been there....

Another example of this is 'The Deerhunter', which is supposed to take place on a mill town in Pennsylvania...Now I think the scenes in the town and the magnificent church where the wedding takes place, are actually scenes from a town in Pennsylvania....but after the wedding, the guys take off for a few days of deer hunting in the mountains, presumably the mountains of Pennsylvania....but in fact, the deer hunting and mountain scenes, are shot north of me, up in the Northern Cascades Park of Washington....granted the mountains of Western Washington are more rugged and more spectacular than the older, more subdue mountains of Pennsylvania, still I would have preferred more authenticity, and would have loved to have seen the mountains of Pennsylvania...

I love the 'Murder She Wrote' series, and loved the movie, 'The Deerhunter', and I suppose I am nitpicking here, but its just a little quirk of mine...I prefer for real authentic flavor to my TV and movie view, but I guess the poducers and directors prefer to go for more spectacular, rather than for more authentic...

I do enjoy seeing Mendocino, and seeing the Northern Cascades Park, as I know them well(especially Mendocino, as its one of my favorite places to shop and visit in California)...but they always seem out of place, when I see them in the programs I talked about...

The United States, in every state, has something grand and beautiful to offer those who will look for it...

My cat, however, shook and shivered under the blue velvet chair. Amazing that all of her could fit under it. She suddenly lost all fear of the fans once the thunder rolled through... then she was scarce.

rofl rofl
Kearen is a riot
how did she fit her fat fluffy tushie under the blue velvet chair

just received email from Kathleen, in DC suburbs
her storm was so fierce, they just got their power back now

''Murder, She Wrote'' is my favorite show
I thought it was filmed in Maine
I was in Maine once, and it is glorious
that clear northern light, no wonder painters love it
Love, Palo