New England group/forum?

[Flyler]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I am hoping for some recommendations - fly to destinations in the New England area.  My wife and I like to hike, enjoy nature, and aren't too keen on crowded places.  We are envisioning creating a small list of airports with nearby bed and breakfast or cabin rentals for weekend getaways.  Ideally as I become a more experienced pilot we will expand our adventuring radius.

At any rate, I was curious if we had a Mooneyspace group for us New England chowder head types?

[PeteMc]

One place we used to fly to and do a fair amount of hiking was Bar Harbor.  We'd rent a car and stay in Bar Harbor and then go to Acadia National Park for hiking.  Be sure to check out the lobster pots on the way to Bar Harbor from the Apt.  No way I could describe where it is now, but do remember the one we always stopped at was on the right.

And not in line with your hiking theme...  But since it's Thanksgiving it also reminds me of the trip we did a number of times.  Friday we'd fly up to Portland, ME (PWM) and then drive up to Freeport.  That is where LL Bean has its headquarters and where a number of other major names have outlets....  But also a fun little town.  LL Bean is (was?) open 24 hours, so after dinner we'd head over there when there were very few people (compared to the daytime).  

 

ADDED: Thanks @Deb for pointing out my "ME" typo! 

 

Edited Friday at 12:00 AM by PeteMc

[Hank]

@takair should be in this conversation 

[Flyler]

27 minutes ago, Hank said:

@takair should be in this conversation 

It's funny, I bother that man so much, occasionally I feel bad pestering him and will post on Mooneyspace. Half the time he answers here or someone pings him anyways 

[takair]

Never pestering.

There seems to be some big turnover with airport restaurants.  Often, by the time I’m ready to head back to one, they are shut down or under new ownership.  At least there is often someone ready make another go at it.  I usually use ForeFlight and check the airport and FBO comments to get a sense of the food available and other services or fees.  Nothing worse than getting $10 burger and paying a $40 fee.  If the fee is $40, they best charge $80 for the burger.  I will also try to leave a constructive comment once in a while.  

[Kirch56H]

I'd love to see a New England or Northeast group on the forum!

[LANCECASPER]

Talk to @mooniac58. He could make it happen.

[SKI]

I'd love to see a Northeast Mooney. We could do like to Florida group and schedule lunch once a month or something. I'm in Western Pennsylvania but I mean we do have airplanes. As for weekend stops, I flew up to Belfast Maine this fall. Just a day trip as I was craving a lobster roll (Mooney's are awesome!) The airport manager was SUPER friendly. Even went out of his way to track down a charger for my tablet as I forgot mine. He said they have a crew car but I just used my folding bike. His wife was there when I was leaving and they were just really nice friendly people. The waterfront area is like 2 miles from the airport and there's a walking/ biking trail. I'm definitely heading back next year for a weekend trip.

[Flyler]

I will absolutely have to check out the ME destinations. I am always surprised how far you get in the Mooney, it really does make the world a little smaller. Perhaps we can create an iPad app that shows how many red lights you've blasted through at 170mph while enroute..