Maine is great, you should visit!

Last winter was especially ridiculous when it came to snow. We were finally at a point in our lives where we could pick up and leave and try something new, so we did. The weather has been great here in Kansas but the idea of tornados still kinda freaks me out.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to stay away from Maine for good but you really can't learn to appreciate or love a place if you don't try something new and realize how much it really meant to you. I'm starting to realize that already.

I was born in 1983 so my perception of Maine is probably a bit different from yours. Things have changed quite a bit since I was a kid so I'm sure you'd be pretty surprised. I've already started to miss it after a couple of months so I'm sure I won't be able to stay away long. I sure won't miss the cold. I can't imagine not ever seeing snow. No matter where I live I want to make sure my kids know snow so they know what I had to put up with all those years.:-)

Well then, one of these days I will head back up to Maine, in the summer. I remember the beaches as rocky with rough sand.

My ex and I dug a big hole in the sand for our two year old daughter. I can't remember which beach. When we got back to the car, I realized my engagement ring was missing. Yup. buried in the sand. My ex went back with a sifter, but we never recovered it. It was a small diamond, but it was an unusual pear shape and I'm so sad I lost it all those years ago.

By the way, that same daughter, who is much older now, did see snow. She came to visit me and as the plane landed she wondered to herself about the white stuff on the ground. She was thinking, they don't have sand here do they? What a laugh we had when she realized it was snow!