Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at the Payette's

 

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Seaport Sams Christmas Party Dec 7th, 2008

Our Seaport Sams Camping Club held its Christmas Party on Sunday December 7th, 2008. Click the highlighted title link to view a short YouTube video of this event.

Country Aire Campground, October 9-14 2008

A large contingent from our Seaport Sams Camping Club traveled to the Mohawk Trail over the extended Columbus Day weekend. Click the title link above to view a photo album from this event.

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Seaport Sams went to Oak Embers CG the weekend of October 3rd, 2008

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Our Seaport Sams camping club went to Deer Haven CG the weekend of Sept 12-14-2008

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The Seaport Sams Camping Club had its annual Lobster Cookout at Deer Haven Campground in Lisbon CT the weekend of September 12th-14th 2008. We started out Saturday with clam chowder and clam fritters, and our main meal in the evening was lobster (right off the boat in Stonington) along with corn on the cob and many, many side dishes and deserts. The weather held out for us until Sunday morning...last snapshot is looking out from our rig early Sunday morning. Click the title link above to transport to a Picasa photo album from this event.

Our next club campout will be to Oak Embers in RI the first weekend of October. Our food event for that weekend is our famous "Ham and Bean" pot luck.

Looking back 43 years to CanTho, South Vietnam

 
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Seaport Sams Lobster Cookout is this coming weekend (Sept 11th-14th 2008)

 

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A look at the pets of Preston

 

We're back from Ross Hill Campground....

We're just got back from Ross Hill CG in Lisbon CT. Click the title link above to view a Picasa photo album from this event.

We're off to Ross Hill Campground with Seaport Sams Camping Club

Photo is from our Pot Luck Supper at Ross Hill in August of 2005

We'll be away for the next several days, leaving this afternoon for Ross Hill Campground with our camping club the Seaport Sams. We'll post photos of the event on our return.

A relaxing week at Deer Haven.......

We spent the week of August 2nd-9th) at Deer Haven campground in Lisbon CT. Our grandchildren were there with us most of the week, and it was great spending some time with them. Pictured in the photo is our grandson Dakota walking Bailey and Kincaid.

Ginny-B Campground weekend of July 18-20 2008

We were at the Ginny-B Campground this past weekend with our Seaport Sams Camping Club for our traditional July Turkey Roast. The weather was HOT but roughing it in the Motor Home has it's compensations what with central AC and all:). Click the title link for a Picasa Photo Album from this event.

Photo album from our Oregon Vacation, June-July 2008

Click the title link above to view a Picasa photo album from our recent trip to Oregon, where we spent two weeks with our good friends Dick and Jane Baker.

Off to Oregon for two weeks.....

We're off to Oregon for a few weeks on vacation...will probably upload a bit from Gold Hill depending on the Internet connections. Click the highlighted link for a virtual tour of the area we're vacationing in.

Rhode Island Samboree snapshots....

The Rhode Island Good Sams had their Samboree the weekend of June 18th-22nd. Click the headline link to view a Picasa photo album from this event.

CT Samboree photo's, June 5th-8th 2008

Click the link to see a Picasa web album from the recent Connecticut Samboree held at the Fairgrounds in Woodstock CT.

Memorial Day campout with grandkids....Deer Haven in Lisbon CT

Click the title link to view a few photos from our nice relaxing weekend at Deer Haven CG in Lisbon CT. It's a great little campground, and with gas prices the way they are local is better!!

Picasa Web Albums - Bob Payette - 2008 Mineral ...

Picasa Web Albums - Bob Payette - 2008 Mineral Springs Campground

Deer Haven Campout, April 17-20 2008

Our camping club, The Seaport Sams, held it's opening 2008 Campout at Deer Haven in Lisbon CT. Click the title link to transport to a Picasa Photo album from this event.

We're back from Georgia on March 21st 2008.....

We arrived back from Georgia on March 21st, having attended The Rally in Perry Ga, visiting with relatives in Norcross Ga (Atlanta suburbs) and spending some time in the Savannah area. We've visited sites of gold mines, Air Force museums and everything in between and we're toured out! It's nice to be home to Preston - no No-See-Um's or Chiggers here :). Click the title link for a photo album link from this wonderful pre-spring vacation.

There is ONE thing we did, prior to our trip, that made a huge difference (for the better) on this jaunt South. Having learned the hard way last year trying to navigate around places like Ocala Fla, we purchased a GPS for the motor home-towed vehicle, a Tom Tom, and it saved our bacon more then once. The technology has improved dramatically on these devices as has the afford ability ...we can't recommend it enough!

We're now in Hardeeville, SC just outside of Savannah Ga...

We arrived here in Hardeeville SC at the Hardeeville RV campground (just outside of Savannah, Ga) on Sunday. There were some equipment problems that needed shakeout, the main issue being a water leak. There was good power at The Rally in Perry, but no water hookups so we ended up leaving a day early once we ran out of water. Here in Hardeeville we lucked on a great mobile repair facility (Lowcountry RV) that fixed our water leak, a mal-functioning electric entrance step and several other minor problems, all very reasonably. Yesterday we spent some time on River St in Savannah, and are going back downtown this morning for a tour. The weather here is very Spring like in the 70's and it would be very easy to get used to!!

We're Leaving for Georgia on March 6th....

We're leaving for The Rally on March 6th, by way of Atlanta (visiting Alice's brother and sister-in-law). After the Rally we'll spend some time in Savannah then head home to Preston. We should be on the road for a few weeks. Friends can contact us by regular E-mail or the cell phone.

Perry, Georgia on Your Mind for
Next Week's Rally
Still Time to Be a Part of It All

Grab a Georgia map and gas up your motorhomes, campers, fifth wheels and travel trailers––the biggest RV event of the year is just days away. And, with so many things planned to see and do…taking place at an award–winning facility…in a destination full of Southern hospitality and charm…it's no wonder so many RV enthusiasts have Perry, Georgia, on their minds! Don't sit this one out.

It's the ninth annual Rally scheduled for the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, Georgia, next week. More than an RV show, it's the Greatest RV Rally in the World with something for everyone. And, in just a few short days, it all begins: the exceptional entertainment lineup headlined by American pop music icon Frankie Valli, the exciting optional tours, the ever–popular Rally Dog show, the second annual geocache contest, a book discussion on Chasing Fireflies by famed Southern author, Charles Martin, valuable seminars, an action–packed youth program, hundreds of RV products on display, more than 1,000 new rigs to view; "Prom Night in Perry" and the exciting attempt to break the world record for the Most Couples Dancing. Check out all the details and more at www.therally.com.

There's still time to get registered for The Rally 2008––just click here, grab a map, fill your gas tank and then go! See you in Perry next week.

Spending a bit of time keyboarding these days......

We've just set up a new web log for the Town of Preston website. The Blog, Preston Talks Back, is designed to obtain feedback from town residents not only on the Town Website but the larger issues facing our town.

It looks like Preston is going to lose its town paper, The Preston Pipeline. A project we've started is the digitization of the 180 issues into PDF, OCR'ed files. It (the project) is moving along but slowly as it's time consuming for sure!