On the road for the next few weekends.....

Photo: Seaport Samers at Oak Embers Campground a few years ago.

We'll be on the road with our camping group, leaving today and returning Sunday night, then back on the road again Thursday for the Columbus Day weekend. Photos from these events will be posted either from this web log or from the Seaport Sams website.

The Deer Haven Lobster Cookout was wonderful!

Our camping club (Seaport Sams) brought 31 rigs to Deer Haven for the annual lobster cookout. Click the link above for an html photo album or click here for a FLASH slide show. Once the slide show loads, you can use your right mouse button for show controls such as zoom.

Upcoming Lobster Cookout, Sept NLPS ExCom, Highway Mariners...

We're "on the road" again 14 Sept with the Seaport Sams camping club to Deer Haven CG for our annual Lobster Cookout camp out. We have thirty rigs signed up, so it should be a great time for all. Photos will be posted to the Seaport Sams and CT Good Sam sites (links are on the right) after our return.


Last night our NLPS had its Executive Committee meeting and I came out of that very encouraged in the direction we're going as a Squadron...we're on the right course for sure!

We just signed up for the Highway Mariners Camping Club. This is a United States Power Squadron group of campers that take their motor homes to the Annual Meetings and Governing Board sessions. We hope to attend the next Annual Meeting being held 20-25 February 2007 at the Hyatt Regency, Riverfront in Jacksonville, Fla.

GREAT weekend at Sunrise Resort:)

We had a great relaxing weekend at Sunrise Resort in Moodus CT...have posted an HTML album of this event by clicking the above link. You can see a slide show of the event from this link: http://rpayette.netfirms.com/goodsamstatecampoutsept06flash/.

Off to Sunrise Resort....Sept 08, 2006

We're off this morning to Sunrise Resort in Moodus for the weekend, and we'll post photo's from the State Good Sam event on the CT State & Seaport Sams website(s) when we return. The camping weekends are starting to "count down"....counting Sunrise there are only four more weekends left on our 2006 camping schedule, then we have to turn the page and look at what's ahead. It's always a long winter for campers when you don't go to Florida!

The Motor Home has been moved to the "Launch" position...

We've moved the Motor-home to the launch position near the rear door of the house, where the lot is fairly level and we can plug her in for refrigeration cool down, packing etc. This weekend we're going to Sunrise Resort CG in Moodus CT with the CT Good Sam Club (several of us from Seaport Sams are attending). The dogs Bailey, Gracie and Daisy KNOW something is up when the motor-home is being packed and they watch us every second to make sure we don't escape without them....they LOVE camping:).

Old Norwich Hospital walking tour, December 2005

In December 2005 I participated in a walking tour of the old Norwich Hospital site in Preston. This property is slated to be the new home of Utopia Studios. Click the link above for a small photo album from this tour.

New Blog for Links and Photos applications started 4 September 2006

Today (September 4th, 2006) we've started this new blog as our medium of choice to share photos from family events, and links to our not-for-profit websites, web logs and calendars. Unlike the website, after today most everything will be chronologically based and it should be easier to navigate. (We reserve the right to add in the odd photo album as seems appropriate). It also allows me the space for the odd rant :). The link above goes to the old website, which has more family photo albums and snapshots on it then this blog at this time.

Bob Payette

Note: The photo over this post was taken in Cantho, RVN in 1965. At the time I was 21 years old and there have been a few tide changes since then for sure!

The camera I'm carrying in the photo is a Canon 7 Rangefinder, with a 50 mm 1:12 lens. We still have it, but I'm not sure how good any new photos taken with it would be without some serious practice! Digital photography has made life a lot simpler, for sure.

Scenes from our town, Preston CT

Click the above link for a slide show (Windows Media Player required) of scenes from our home town of Preston, CT.

Operation Sail, (New London CT) July 2000

Operation Sail visited New London in July 2000. Click the above link to an album from that event.

Nashville-Dallas Motor Home retirement trip June 2000

Click the link above for a photo album from our retirement trip to Nashville and Dallas with Nellie.

Vietnam, RVN 1965

Click the above link for a few snapshots from earlier days......

Photos from August 2006 trip to Northern NH for the Moose Festival

http://rpayette.netfirms.com/moosefestival2006/