I read a story about a resident of Georgetown, and it impressed upon me the hardships of the early days and what people endured to get to the new world. The story was written by a friend of hers as taken from lips of Mrs. Sarah Porterfield. The full story can be found in […]
E. G. Simmons Conservation Park
As a lot of you know that I moved from Okeechobee up to Ruskin. Fl this year. I sold my place and bought a 25 ft. class c Motorhome. I found a great place to camp. E. G. Simmons is a county park that is beautiful. It was named after George Ellsworth Simmons, long time […]
Cape May Lighthouse
I have been to Cape May Lighthouse a couple of times but have never added it to my list of Lighthouses I have visited. Today is the day. The first people to settle in this area where from New England whalers in the 1600’s. The first known lighthouse was built in 1823, but the lighthouse […]
Acre Lot, Sebasco
Acre Lot Sebasco, Phippsburg, Maine Last winter I, received a phone call from my son Chris. I said that he volunteered me to see if I could find some graves that were believed to be buried there. He told me that at one time, someone put a barb wire fence around the graves […]
A. Beautiful Victorian Tran Station from the 1900’s
This is for all you riders out there that are train buffs. I came across this train station a few years ago. I rode into the town of Mc Adam, N. B. which is a village located in the southwestern area of New Brunswick. In 1871, City Camp, a lumber camp served by the Canadian […]
Olivia Goes Ice Fishing
My Great Grand Daughter loves to go fishing. Last week it was Ice Fishing, and guess what she caught one!
Chloe Shoots her First Deer
It was November 2020, a year that will Gil down in history because of the pandemic, Shutdowns throughout the country and Mr Trump lost his bid for Re-election, But for my Great Grand Daughter Chloe, it was a special time. SHE SHOT HER FIRST DEER!. I remember her being so excited when i called to […]
Metal Detecting At Meadowbrook Camping
As you may or may not know the history of Meadowbrook Camping area, in Phippsburg, Maine, I have traced the house back to 1794. The house is very old and this was a farm in the last century. Well on May 5th, 2020 i was metal detecting out back of property by the pond, I […]
Donald A. “Benny” Benson, October 17, 1940 – December 13, 2018
Millinocket Donald A. “Benny” Benson, 78, of Millinocket, Maine, passed away peacefully on Dec. 13, 2018, at a Bangor hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Oct. 17, 1940, the son of Donald H. Benson and Anna (Smith) Benson. He graduated from Northbridge High School in Whitinsville, MA, in 1959. Following graduation, […]
Dayton 2006
A road trip of a lifetime and tribute to Benny Wn1OTV I GOT MY NOVICE Ham license when I was fourteen years old, but even before getting my license I had heard about the Dayton ham event. They said things like “you can find anything you want there,” or “the biggest event in amateur […]