Reader Comments on Why People Love New England from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:03:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/newengland/love-new-england Dearest Mel, I am touched by your understanding of people like me, and infinitely pleased to know that you do, indeed, appreciate and hope to preserve the beauty and history of your home. I am looking forward to the Yankee issue you've mentioned containing photographs of the 'most beautiful places in the region;' this will be a true source of comfort to me, and most certainly a motivation towards realizing my dream of discovering New England for myself sooner rather than later. With warm regards, Dawn Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Tue, 05 May 2009 15:16:37 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/newengland/love-new-england Hello Mel; My name is Richard Ward and I was born in 1936 and raised in Lawrence Massachusetts. My second wife, who I met here in 1981 in Baltimore, Maryland and I live in the ourskirts of Baltimore. By the time 1958 came alone I was married and the father of three daughters and one son. To support my family, I took on a job as a tractor trailer driver. The company that I worked for manufactured paper products. Our products were delivered to woolen and paper mills all over New England. I remember the first time I drove up that long hill in Dublin in front of your Yankee office. I had a heavy load on and I had to down shift to the lowest gear that I could use. One of our customers was across the street on the street opposite your office. Being a photographer, it was a pleasure and delight to be able to drive during the four seasons in the Mount Monadnock area. I had detoured while driving through Dublin one day and ventured to the state park. I noticed that visitors could climb the mountain by way of three methods. I noticed a sign that read that folks could climb the mountain on foot by taking the white dot trail. This climb was for people that climbed and were unassisted by any ropes or other climbing gear. The other two climbing methods meant that you had to have climbing gear. As time and many delivery trips went by, I decided to climb the mountain on Labor Day weekend in 1977. I chose to take my two daughters along and not to tell them where we were going to go and what we were going to do. As we drove closer to the Dublin area MT. Monadnock came into view. I pointed to the mountain and said to them, "See that mountain?" " We are going to climb it" They didn't say anything about the mountain, but I'm sure they were wondering how we were going to climb it. We arrived at the state park and I surprised to see so many other visitors. They too had the same purpose-to climb the mountain. This are so many incidents that happened that day to describe and I would be all day writing this story. We started out with water and peanut butter and jelly on crackers. I had noticed that my daughters chose to eat most of the crackers on our climb. I warned them that they should save some for the clinb down. On the way up we were able to enjoy natural spring water that came trickling down from above. After two hours of slipping and sliding, we made it to the top. It was a beautiful sunny day and we could see for miles. My daughters chose to lie dawm while I took photos of climbers and the surrounding area. After we enjoyed the view my reminder my daughters not to get to comfortable. "We have a two hour climb back down" I reminded them. They sat up rested and we started back down. Nothing to eat or drink until we arrived at the spring along the trail. Two hours later we were back at our car. To prevent starvation, for me and my my girls, I had packed our charcoal grille, three T-bone steaks and a complete salad. We ate like a king and queens. It was an enjoyable adventure climbing that mountain and still today we reminisce about that day. Yes, I miss new England and every chance I get, we travel back. Uor next visit will be Labor Day to enjoy the Hampton Beach Sea Food Festival in Hampton, New Hampshire. Thanks for allowing me to tell my story about New England- Richard Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 06 May 2009 16:12:28 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/newengland/love-new-england Thanks, Richard Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 06 May 2009 16:14:14 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/newengland/love-new-england Wow, Richard and Dawn both of you expressed eloquently your feelings about New England. Richard, anyone who has taken the first climb up Monandock with children will share similar memories. The mountain combines accessibility and "relative" ease with beauty and vistas. I bet your daughters will remember those steaks for the rest of their lives.Dawn the issue we are planiing that photo essay for is the March/April 2010 issue. (we do things far in advance to take advantage of our seasons. But hopefully every issue will bring you a sense of being here. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 06 May 2009 18:45:24 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/newengland/love-new-england I was been born in Boston and later migrated to Los Angeles having married a Californian. Some 12 years and two daughters later, my husband (being California born) would always tell us how much nicer California was and how they did everything better. Well, after a few years, he began to tell everyone how much he loved NE and how much better it was than CA. So I guess that just about says it all. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 13 May 2009 14:08:40 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/newengland/love-new-england I am an Army Brat, my Dad spent 20+ yrs as a Soldier. I've lived up & down te East coast, but NE has always been my home. Princeton, MA by Mt Wachusett. I have very fond memories of my childhood there. long summer nights lietening to the breeze whispering thru the leaves at night. Beautiful winter days after a fresh snow, falling leaves in many colors int he fall. Many, many drives & hikes just enjoying Nature. There is NO better place than NE ! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 20 May 2009 13:08:03 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/newengland/love-new-england My affection for New England and in particular for Maine comes because it reminds me of where I grew up. I live in New Jersey but from the age of four to the age of sixteen I lived in Seattle, Washington State. I always thought I would go back but that never happened. Maine has the same rocky coast that I remember as a boy in Washington, and the deep evergreen woods, lakes and rivers. Maine even has salmon albeit landlocks and not chinooks. The differences are that Maine has fewer people, tougher winters and lower mountains but the similarities are greater than the differences in my book. My affecton for Maine increased when my daugher went to the University of Maine (Orono). As I see it the Northeast and Northwest corners of this country are among the loveliest places in America. I've been fortunate enough to see both and I'm happy that at least Maine is close by. With luck my wife and I hope to retire there. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Sat, 23 May 2009 00:54:17 +0100