bluebreezes
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Rangeley is actually about 2.5 hours north of Portland. It's to the west of Bangor. It would be a great place to retire in the lakes and mountains.
It is our plan, to relocate to the Portland area of Maine in about 2 years. Would love to hear from anyone who has retired there or anyone who also is considering cooler climes.
Lets chat and share information!
I would love to go to Maine if you will adopt me. I am from Portland Oregon and the terrain is pretty much the same. If cool is what you are after you will love it. Try to get close to a major river, or the coast. If you like to fish and boat you will be in heaven.
I am pretty sure that I would choose Oregon anytime over Maine. I haven't actually lived in Oregon; but I lived in Western Washington, and worked all up and down the coast of both states, and my dream place to live would be somewhere near Astoria, Oregon. It has a cooler climate than where I now live, but it does not have all of that snow in the winter that the northern states have, and I have shoveled more snow than a person ever needs to in their life.
Oregon has beautiful lakes, rivers, and is close to the Pacific Ocean, and there are lots of great places for fishing near Astoria as well.
For a while , when I was living in Western Washington, about halfway between Seattle and Portland, near Lake Mayfield, I had one of those pedal boats and I used to take that out on the lake fishing for blueback (Kokanee).
I am in Alabama, so I know what Myquest is saying about not wanting to go out and do anything because of the heat and the humidity in the summer.
Thanks for all the encouragement! Most of our family is sprinkled up and down the east coast so we opted to stay east of the Rockies. One of our sons and his family are in SC as well as my sister and her family on the GA coast so I figure we have some options for warm days if we get too tired of winter.
We've "met" several people from online sites (some in person) and feel like we have some friends in Maine already. A group of knitters from Ravelry.com hooked us up with our amazing Realtor so reaching out on the internet has been a HUGE help! Anyone else contemplating a move should certainly make use of these tools - it makes it much easier. So, anyone else out there in Maine - I'll let you know once we make the big move - maybe we could all meet up for coffee!
I visited Maine several years ago when I went with my sister-in-law to help her move her daughter who lived in New Hampshire back home to Kentucky. Her daughter took us to Maine first and I loved it. It was so beautiful. I just loved the rugged coastline and all the lighthouses. We shopped in Portland and walked on the cobble stone street. It was October and we were freezing. It was funny because we saw a lot of people who were wearing light jackets and ever some in shorts
I am pretty sure that I would choose Oregon anytime over Maine. I haven't actually lived in Oregon; but I lived in Western Washington, and worked all up and down the coast of both states, and my dream place to live would be somewhere near Astoria, Oregon. It has a cooler climate than where I now live, but it does not have all of that snow in the winter that the northern states have, and I have shoveled more snow than a person ever needs to in their life.
Oregon has beautiful lakes, rivers, and is close to the Pacific Ocean, and there are lots of great places for fishing near Astoria as well.
For a while , when I was living in Western Washington, about halfway between Seattle and Portland, near Lake Mayfield, I had one of those pedal boats and I used to take that out on the lake fishing for blueback (Kokanee).
I am in Alabama, so I know what Myquest is saying about not wanting to go out and do anything because of the heat and the humidity in the summer.