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Those back roads out to Farmington are horrible in the winter. My son goes to college there and comes home on weekends and we are in the Augusta area. They always tend to get more snow than we do.
Thank you for the info. I will be making another trip to Maine next week to look for something closer to Augusta.
Thanks to everyone who responded to my query about commuting to Augusta. I've got to agree that, while the scenery is beautiful, a 60-mile commute might grow old fast - especially in bad weather. I think I just got carried away with the beauty of Franklin County and the possibility of living in moose country again! Maybe there's a way to transplant some moose to Augusta............just kidding!
Thanks to everyone who responded to my query about commuting to Augusta. I've got to agree that, while the scenery is beautiful, a 60-mile commute might grow old fast - especially in bad weather. I think I just got carried away with the beauty of Franklin County and the possibility of living in moose country again! Maybe there's a way to transplant some moose to Augusta............just kidding!
It is very beautiful out that way. I remember taking my mother in law from AZ for a ride through there and she just loved it. Maine has some pretty places anyhow. I really think that there are some wonderful smaller towns on the outskirts of Augusta that you would like.
A 60-mile commute on two-lane roads between Farmington and Augusta in a car with 160,000 miles on it? In the winter? Please make me a beneficiary on your life insurance policy!
Seriously, I did a 50-mile, 1-hour commute over two-lane roads for more than 15 years, and it got very old very fast even though the scenery was at times spectacular. There were multiple times every winter when I had to turn around and either return home or return to the office because the roads were dangerous -- and this was on Route 1, one of the best-maintained two-lane highways in Maine. I wore out half a dozen cars on that commute and spent thousands about thousands of dollars in gasoline, even tho I drove the cheapest, highest mpg cars I could find.
Look at it this way. Would you rather spend 15 hours a week, 750 hours a year, 31.25 days, IOW a full month every year, driving rather than spending them with your family or relaxing or pursuing a hobby or doing almost anything rather than sitting in a car hoping a logging truck isn't coming around the next corner in the wrong lane?
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A 60-mile commute on two-lane roads between Farmington and Augusta in a car with 160,000 miles on it? In the winter? Please make me a beneficiary on your life insurance policy!
Seriously, I did a 50-mile, 1-hour commute over two-lane roads for more than 15 years, and it got very old very fast even though the scenery was at times spectacular. There were multiple times every winter when I had to turn around and either return home or return to the office because the roads were dangerous -- and this was on Route 1, one of the best-maintained two-lane highways in Maine. I wore out half a dozen cars on that commute and spent thousands about thousands of dollars in gasoline, even tho I drove the cheapest, highest mpg cars I could find.
Look at it this way. Would you rather spend 15 hours a week, 750 hours a year, 31.25 days, IOW a full month every year, driving rather than spending them with your family or relaxing or pursuing a hobby or doing almost anything rather than sitting in a car hoping a logging truck isn't coming around the next corner in the wrong lane?
good post, I use to travel on rte 17 to livermore falls and back to augusta, and it sucked,
I had 12 close calls with deer in the road (windy roads, not much time to react) and 2 times with a moose,
I went to pull a cat off the road (trying to do the right thing) that just got nailed by a car(just laying there) that didnt stop, I put gloves on, went to pick the cat up, he lunged at me, bit me in the arm, and hobbled in the woods, and damn near got nailed by a logging truck going 80 mph
In the winter-good luck, say your prayers if it snows, you go thru 10 different towns, and half of them dont plow til after dark, so good luck on the hills.
good post, I use to travel on rte 17 to livermore falls and back to augusta, and it sucked,
I had 12 close calls with deer in the road (windy roads, not much time to react) and 2 times with a moose,
I went to pull a cat off the road (trying to do the right thing) that just got nailed by a car(just laying there) that didnt stop, I put gloves on, went to pick the cat up, he lunged at me, bit me in the arm, and hobbled in the woods, and damn near got nailed by a logging truck going 80 mph
In the winter-good luck, say your prayers if it snows, you go thru 10 different towns, and half of them dont plow til after dark, so good luck on the hills.
Feline suicide by car happened twice on my commute. Then there was the cow moose that jumped over the rear deck of the car on the highway across from the auto parts store in Waldoboro. (The guys inside offered to sign an affidavit if my insurance company didn't believe my explanation for the dent in the left rear quarter panel where she kicked it.) If a week went by when someone didn't try to kill me at least once, especially in summer, it was a very slow week.
It was a great job for as long as it lasted, but in retrospect it wasn't worth the time and frustration of the commute, much less the cost.
A 60-mile commute on two-lane roads between Farmington and Augusta in a car with 160,000 miles on it? In the winter? Please make me a beneficiary on your life insurance policy!
Seriously, I did a 50-mile, 1-hour commute over two-lane roads for more than 15 years, and it got very old very fast even though the scenery was at times spectacular. There were multiple times every winter when I had to turn around and either return home or return to the office because the roads were dangerous -- and this was on Route 1, one of the best-maintained two-lane highways in Maine. I wore out half a dozen cars on that commute and spent thousands about thousands of dollars in gasoline, even tho I drove the cheapest, highest mpg cars I could find.
Look at it this way. Would you rather spend 15 hours a week, 750 hours a year, 31.25 days, IOW a full month every year, driving rather than spending them with your family or relaxing or pursuing a hobby or doing almost anything rather than sitting in a car hoping a logging truck isn't coming around the next corner in the wrong lane?
Thanks for the reality check - I needed it! I just got kind of carried away with the scenery and the open space (Weld vicinity) and the prospect of having moose in my backyard. Having them on the road..........no fun at all.
Thanks for the reality check - I needed it! I just got kind of carried away with the scenery and the open space (Weld vicinity) and the prospect of having moose in my backyard. Having them on the road..........no fun at all.
Some friends of the family had a camp in Weld on the lake when I was a kid, so I developed a love of that area that's lasted for decades, so much so that I imagined living there a few times. When it came to work, however, the most I could envision was a daily commute to Farmington, Dixfield, Mexico, or Rumford and even those roads, especially the ones to Farmington, while almost always passable, would be tiresome in the fog, winter mixed bag precipitation, and darkness, morning after evening after morning. To then pile on an additional 35 or so miles each way to Augusta... ? I really wouldn't.
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