Vacation 2008 - Day Six - 13 July

Up early this morning because I just can’t help it. Spent some time trying to get the photo’s from yesterday to load and show. Sorry for the inconvenience but both Festival1 and Festival2 links are working now.

The rest of the morning was spent with a cup of coffee and a copy of Uncle Henry’s. Uncle Henry’s is a New England and (I just learned) Canadian tradition. This is a well organized and massive Swap It or Sell It guide. If you are trying to sell you can place an ad (up to 30 words) for free. If you are trying to looking to buy you can pick up a weekly cope of Uncle Henry’s for 2 bucks.

Indexed in the front are over 70 categories of items. Uncle lists everything from airplanes to Yard Sales, Animals to Trucks and Cycles to Snowmobiles.

Examples:
AIRPLANES: FAA reg. homebuilt 2002 Hawk Arron, 65 hp Hirth Pusher, 164hrs, tailwheel, Chute, 5 gal Aux, Lotus Floats, current annual, tandem seats, call for price
YARD SALES: 127 Galilee Rd, Farmington, 3rd left up behind fairgrounds, look for green posters, rain or shine, collectables, antiques, tools, household items and much more

Animals: Full grown cats and kittens, all different colors and sex, too many, need to get rid of some. Industry Maine
Trucks: 85 Toyota Med truc. 6” lift, 33” Super Swampers, V6, Chevy eng. $800obo, Call Dave

Cycles: Women's leather chaps, sm, red/black flames, tassels, worn six times or so. $50. Call my cell
Snowmobiles: 04 Rev parts, give me a call. Head, seat, rear skid, front end parts

Then there is a whole section of Household Items: Mattress sets, Mirrors, Craftmatic (asking $1000), Humidifier, Dehumidifier, rugs, sewing machine, kitchen table (no chairs), one keg kegalator with taps and gauges, 5 chandeliers, valued at $30,000. Anything you want you can find in Uncle Henry’s and it makes a good morning read.

Now here is what surprised me: Vacation Home Rentals in Maine can be affordable. If you want to be out on Peaks Island off the Portland coast in a two bedroom cottage on the ocean with a Jacuzzi and 2 fire places it will cost you; $1600/week. But if you can be comfortable with a little isolation on Sibley Pond with 2 bedroom and 4 kayaks you can stay a week for $600. Or how about East Grand Lake where a cottage that sleeps 7 with a gas grill, porch, dock and TV will only cost you $500/week. You can’t stay in a hotel for a week for those prices. I see Moose lake 3 bedrooms for $675 and two bedrooms for $575. I see a cottage that sleeps 3 close to Bar Harbor for $595 and in Patten a waterfront camp that sleeps 6, private, gorgeous Katahdin view for $600.

Maine - the Way Life Should Be