2026 Congressional Elections

[LaceyLou]

16 hours ago, oblong said:

Sure but I have no responsibility for that. I’ve never been there and don’t know anybody from there. The local party and politicians and voters decide this.  Not us or Schumer or Bernie or Hillary or whoever else.  Th voters should know better.  

You definitely need to visit-the coast and Acadia National Park are absolutely beautiful. But yeah-I figure it's Maine's choice and not mine. I can think of at least one time when I resented outsiders coming into my state to influence an election for the Senate.

[romad1]

16 minutes ago, LaceyLou said:

You definitely need to visit-the coast and Acadia National Park are absolutely beautiful. But yeah-I figure it's Maine's choice and not mine. I can think of at least one time when I resented outsiders coming into my state to influence an election for the Senate.

Acadia is no joke.  We took a boat ride from one of the local towns to Bar Harbor that was hilarious because it combined some of the most lovely natural scenery on the planet with some guy behind me telling another guy about the drug treatment centers he worked at in Portland and all the horrors of that life.  Such a juxtaposition.  I credit it for making it something I'll always remember though. 

[LaceyLou]

1 minute ago, romad1 said:

Acadia is no joke.  We took a boat ride from one of the local towns to Bar Harbor that was hilarious because it combined some of the most lovely natural scenery on the planet with some guy behind me telling another guy about the drug treatment centers he worked at in Portland and all the horrors of that life.  Such a juxtaposition.  I credit it for making it something I'll always remember though. 

Welcome to New England! 😉

[oblong]

My wife has been bugging me for years to do an upper New England vacation.  Part of it is I hate vacations full of planning and itineraries.  I just want to rend a condo on the beach and veg out for a week and see what comes up.

 

[CMRivdogs]

1 hour ago, LaceyLou said:

You definitely need to visit-the coast and Acadia National Park are absolutely beautiful. But yeah-I figure it's Maine's choice and not mine. I can think of at least one time when I resented outsiders coming into my state to influence an election for the Senate.

We enjoyed Portland, ME during our brief stop during a cruise last fall. Stayed close to the port but did a nice amble around the tourist district.

About 15 years ago we did a tenting trip thru New England and into Acadia. Way too much rain but did enjoy the park.

Nothing against “Mainiacs” but I won’t interfere in there elections and don’t expect them to influence ours here in Virginia 

 

[romad1]

16 minutes ago, oblong said:

My wife has been bugging me for years to do an upper New England vacation.  Part of it is I hate vacations full of planning and itineraries.  I just want to rend a condo on the beach and veg out for a week and see what comes up.

 

Boston also is not to be missed.   Great aquarium.  Also, some historical crap.  :--)

We stayed just off Boston Commons near the "Cheers" bar which apparently was not the one from the show.  We never set foot in there because that would have been really cheesy.  

Very walkable town.  Passable food. 

[romad1]

17 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

We enjoyed Portland, ME during our brief stop during a cruise last fall. Stayed close to the port but did a nice amble around the tourist district.

About 15 years ago we did a tenting trip thru New England and into Acadia. Way too much rain but did enjoy the park.

Nothing against “Mainiacs” but I won’t interfere in there elections and don’t expect them to influence ours here in Virginia 

 

Maine folks earn crazy voting decisions via their rough winters. 

[LaceyLou]

10 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Boston also is not to be missed.   Great aquarium.  Also, some historical crap.  :--)

We stayed just off Boston Commons near the "Cheers" bar which apparently was not the one from the show.  We never set foot in there because that would have been really cheesy.  

Very walkable town.  Passable food. 

You stayed very close to where I now live. There is a bar there that the show was based on, on Beacon Street.

Boston's definitely not known for its food-it's geared mostly towards college students. The North End and Chinatown do have a few good casual places, though. And honestly the reason I've stuck around is because of how easy it is to get around without a car.

IMHO the best vacations are ones where you just wander around and see what you may find. One of my favorite things to do is walk through the Public Garden, then down the park that runs down Comm Ave. 

One of these days I want to walk the Freedom Trail and go on a Swan Boat ride-that'll probably be the next time I have friends and/or family in town.

[romad1]

2 minutes ago, LaceyLou said:

You stayed very close to where I now live. There is a bar there that the show was based on, on Beacon Street.

Boston's definitely not known for its food-it's geared mostly towards college students. The North End and Chinatown do have a few good casual places, though. And honestly the reason I've stuck around is because of how easy it is to get around without a car.

IMHO the best vacations are ones where you just wander around and see what you may find. One of my favorite things to do is walk through the Public Garden, then down the park that runs down Comm Ave. 

One of these days I want to walk the Freedom Trail and go on a Swan Boat ride-that'll probably be the next time I have friends and/or family in town.

I took my kids on a chocolate walk-about just to hit all the chocolate places in a straight line from our place I think i chose the cardinal direction south west.  We hit like 6 different places.   Detroit should strive to get to that level of walk-ability.  

[romad1]

we were just across the street from the Make Way for Ducklings thing.  So, yeah we were on Beacon st.  

I know why I chose that SW direction because it was the direction of the Lindt store which i figured would have funny chocolate gifts. 

[Screwball]

Driving in Boston? Who would want to? I've driven in a lot of big cities and I think Boston was the worst of the worst.

Got stuck in the loop (if you call it that) downtown and couldn't get over to exit and was stuck doing about 10 laps until I could. Of course that was the wrong road, but I got out. I was trying to find a truck dealership on Beacon St. I was lost so I gave up. Came up to a toll booth and paid the guy a buck or two and asked where was Beacon St. was. He said, you just got off of it. Really, how do I get back on? Do a u-turn he says.

Right, a u-turn across 3 or 4 lanes of traffic? Everybody else does he says. So I did. Of course I had to go through the toll both on the other side. Guy wanted two bucks and I said I just paid over there. That's over there, and this is here, give me the two bucks. OK. What a mess the traffic was.

That was years ago during the "big dig" so that probably didn't help. The taxi ride to the airport was a hoot too. I think the guy ripped me off big time. I didn't care since it wasn't my money and a neat way to see the city without having to drive.

 

 

[romad1]

16 minutes ago, Screwball said:

Driving in Boston? Who would want to? I've driven in a lot of big cities and I think Boston was the worst of the worst.

Got stuck in the loop (if you call it that) downtown and couldn't get over to exit and was stuck doing about 10 laps until I could. Of course that was the wrong road, but I got out. I was trying to find a truck dealership on Beacon St. I was lost so I gave up. Came up to a toll booth and paid the guy a buck or two and asked where was Beacon St. was. He said, you just got off of it. Really, how do I get back on? Do a u-turn he says.

Right, a u-turn across 3 or 4 lanes of traffic? Everybody else does he says. So I did. Of course I had to go through the toll both on the other side. Guy wanted two bucks and I said I just paid over there. That's over there, and this is here, give me the two bucks. OK. What a mess the traffic was.

That was years ago during the "big dig" so that probably didn't help. The taxi ride to the airport was a hoot too. I think the guy ripped me off big time. I didn't care since it wasn't my money and a neat way to see the city without having to drive.

 

 

When they arrive in DC they make already bad drivers worse.