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25 Ways To Soak Up Summer
There's nothing wrong with plopping down on your favorite beach. But change is good for the soul (and, if you're smart, not bad for the skin). In New England, a world of water is calling. The ocean, yes, but also lakes, rivers, ponds, even water parks. Enjoy them all this summer, whether you're looking to splash it up, hide out, paddle away, or just drink in a view.
1 Take a Magical Dip
If the famed illustrator Maxfield Parrish ever needed a watery locale to inspire one of his neoclassical fantasies, he didn't have to drive far from his home in Cornish, New Hampshire. Shaded by a stand of lofty cedars and white pines, the boulder-strewn pools of Diana's Bath in North Conway would make a suitable backdrop for Parrish's sprites and fairies. But you don't have to be an artist to enjoy this natural spa, which was once known as Oonahgemessuk Weegeet, or "home of the water fairies," by Native Americans. It's particularly popular with families who make the half-mile trek up a wide gravel path from West Side Road. As you approach the site, you'll hear it before you see it: The murmur of water tumbling over moss-draped granite slabs and eddying in shallows creates a sylvan sonata. A picnic table and bench overlook a choice view of the Bath, which is an appropriate description of the succession of scenic shallow pools, a soothing antidote for a hot day. "I wouldn't call it swimming," said a beefy bather who was frolicking in the waters at the end of last season. "I'd call it splashing." - Tom Long
* Route 16 north to North Conway, left onto River Street, right onto West Side Road; well-marked parking lot is on the left.
2 Spend a Night on a River
By day, the Samuel Slater, an authentic British-built canal boat, carries tourists along the Blackstone River in northern Rhode Island, showing how the former mill area is being returned to the wild. By night, it's a floating bed-and-breakfast. Like a miniature houseboat, it has a bedroom, bath with shower, full kitchen, and room to read or watch television. It can sleep four, with one private bedroom and two benches in the main compartment that convert to beds. A pleasant add-on is an afternoon cruise, where you might see a great blue heron or osprey nesting. After the tour, the captain tethers the boat to the dock at Central Falls and hands you the key. You can grab dinner at one of the city's many ethnic restaurants or cook in. After dark, it's just you and the river, quiet and peaceful. Although the dock is well lighted, the boat can still feel a world away. In the morning, the hearty breakfast you ordered in advance will arrive right on time and piping hot. No time for an overnight? Take a British tea tour - nature and pastries to boot. - Ellen Albanese
* The Samuel Slater departs from Central Falls Landing. I-95 south to exit 11, to Route 114 south, turn right onto Dexter Street (Route 123), left on Broad Street, then right onto Madeira Avenue; overnight, $179 double; one-hour cruise with overnight, $90 additional; British tea tour, $19.95; 401-724-2200, 800-454-2882; bedandbreakfastblackstone.com.
3 Visit Another Millennium
When kayaking coastlines, too often you'll notice that someone has arrived before you. Well, up at the end of Maine in Machias Bay, at least it's been by a thousand years. Native American petroglyphs remain on waterline rock walls onshore and on islands a short paddle off. Do they depict people, animals, spirits? You be the judge, as there is little known about the ancient images believed to have been dinted, or tapped into the rock, by residents of land near the modern-day Passamaquoddy. If you're an experienced paddler, guide yourself through the bay, which is also home to an 18th-century shipwreck, harbor seals, bald eagles, terns, and black-backed gulls. If you're looking for some local knowledge, sign on for a half-day paddle with Sunrise Canoe and Kayak, which offers a range of northern Maine trips. Some visitors connect with the ancient art, while others give it only a passing glance. No matter. Those seeking solitude in Machias Bay are among kindred spirits: You'll be far from the lobster-loving crowds that don't make it past Acadia. - Tom Haines
* Sunrise Canoe and Kayak, Hoyttown Road, off Route 1, Machias, Maine; half-day petroglyph kayaking tour, $48 per person; 207-255-3375, 877-980-2300; sunrisecanoeandkayak.com.
4 Go All Out
Want a pond to yourself with waterside service? Travel to the tucked-away, ultra-posh Twin Farms resort in Barnard, Vermont, which raises lounging to an idyllic art. Two cottages on this property overlook the pond, and Adirondack chairs dot the shore. Because only two dozen guests can stay at this inn at a time - spread out over 300 acres and trails - you'll likely have complete privacy while you sip your gin and tonic and contemplate the sun-dappled water. Take some one-on-one fly-fishing lessons - owners stock the pond with trout - or row a boat to the middle and have a romantic picnic lunch delivered to you. You can also play golf at a nearby course, play tennis on a court overlooking the pond, go horseback riding, or try croquet on the lawn. The service is incredible here: Spoil yourself silly by ordering a bottle of wine from the resort's impressive cellar to enjoy by the water, or order up a fire - complete with the makings for s'mores - after dark. All you have to do is roast the marshmallows. - Janice O'Leary
* $1,100-$2,750 per night, double occupancy, includes meals and drinks (except from the wine cellar's reserve list); 802-234-9999; twinfarms.com.
5 Go Rustic
Think you have to drive three hours to find a rustic retreat in New England's hinterlands? Think again. Nestled on the eastern shore of Ponkapoag Pond in the 7,000-acre Blue Hills Reservation, not far from the busy intersection of Interstate 93 and Route 24, is a little slice of life in the slow lane. Here, just 15 minutes from downtown Boston, the Appalachian Mountain Club maintains 20 cabins that are available for rent and draw loyal, repeat visitors with their simple, quiet charms. The cabins, which date from the 1920s and 1950s, sleep two to six people (mattresses provided, bring your own sleeping bag) and are without electricity or running water. Several winterized cabins have wood stoves (bring your own wood or buy it there). Everyone uses the outhouses. In the summer, the communal main lodge is a hub for socializing - a Saturday night potluck dinner and children's activities. There are two rowboats available to ply the still waters of the 230-acre pond, or you can bring your own canoe or kayak. Beyond that? "It's a peaceful atmosphere. It feels like the woods are yours, and you're not depending on a lot to make you happy," says Trisha Minton, who shares with her husband, Paul, the duties of year-round caretaker. - Doug Warren
* The Appalachian Mountain Club; cabins cost $140-$200 per week during the summer, $30-$50 per weekend after Labor Day and before the third week in June; 781-961-7007; outdoors.org/lodging/cabins/camps-ponkapoag.cfm.
6 Go Deep on the North Shore
The waters may not be Caribbean blue, but experienced divers know that Cape Ann's rocky coastline contains New England-style rewards. So strap on a scuba tank and wade in. While others paddle and power overhead, making their way above the whipping waves, linger and explore in the cool waters. (Wearing, of course, a 7-millimeter-thick wet suit.) On summer weekends, experts from Cape Ann Divers lead free guided dives from the shore for certified divers at any of more than a dozen points. Dive to 70 feet off Cathedral Rocks, or see the stripers swim during summer off Cape Hedge. Good lobstering for those with quick hands, and a permit, is to be had off Salt Island and Bass Rocks. Or see the deteriorating state of the Chester Poling, an oil tanker sunk off Gloucester Harbor in the 1970s, or the Nina T, a trawler that followed less than a decade ago. Not certified? Cape Ann Divers offers a multi-day course in pool and ocean "classrooms." And for those looking for more adventure, two boats are ready to take divers farther off shore. - Tom Haines
* Cape Ann Divers, 127 Eastern Avenue, Gloucester; group certification course, $250; half-day off shore trip, $75 per diver; 978-281-8082; capeanndivers.com.
7 Pedal to a Sunset
Bike trails on Nantucket spread out in every direction, like spokes on a tire. Relatively flat, the island is ideally suited for getting around on two wheels, especially when there seems to be a destination for every desire. Feel like sightseeing? Head east from old Nantucket town (where the ferries arrive) on a straight ride through the moors and cranberry bogs. You'll soon arrive in the quaint town of Siasconset, where rose-trellised cottages with names like "The Snuggery" and "Very Snug" line the small streets. If a thriving college and family scene is more your pleasure, an easy 3-mile bike trail leads to crowded Surfside Beach. For sheer romance, it's hard to top a late-afternoon pedal to Madaket Beach. On the westernmost tip of Nantucket, the beach has a narrow, wild feel to it as the white sand quickly drops to the waters of the Atlantic. Bring a backpack full of provisions - say, fresh sushi from Yoshii (2 East Chestnut Street) and sinfully good truffles from the Nantucket Chocolatier (One Cambridge Street) - plop yourself on the beach (preferably after 6 p.m., when most families have vanished) and get ready to savor the sunset. Wine might help bring on that blissful From Here to Eternity moment of rolling in the waves, but remember that you still have a 5-mile jaunt back to town. - Stephen Jermanok
* Bike rentals available just off the ferry on Steamboat Wharf at Young's Bicycle Shop, 6 Broad Street, Nantucket; 508-228-1151; youngsbicycleshop.com.
8 Live the Simple Life
Who needs luxury when you've got a view like this? Actually, make that views. At the Keeper's House and the Whistle House at Race Point Lighthouse, you get a spectacular look at the ocean from every window. And on a clear day from the top of the tower, you can see Boston to the east and whales to the west. Those sights and a sense of peace are the appeal to staying here. Guests reserve one of three rooms - starting at $145 per night for two - in the Keeper's House. Or, this summer for the first time, rent the two-bedroom Whistle House for a week for $2,500. The compound of buildings is off the grid, powered only by sun and wind. There are no phones, TVs, or Internet access. (Cellphone reception is stellar, until you dip down between the dunes.) The lighthouse, built in 1876, has been restored with historical accuracy, and the Keeper's House has been renovated to reflect its 1950s origins. Bring your own sheets, towels, groceries, and drinking water. Kitchens and grills in each house allow guests to make their own meals. Four-wheel-drive transport is available from Provincetown over the 2-mile sand road and through the dunes. Although the beach is a mere 50 yards away, it's not ideal for sunbathing - fishermen's trucks line the shore daily (and into the evening) - but there's a little more privacy in nearby Hatches Harbor, where you can take a dip. - Janice O'Leary
* Open May 1 through mid-October (Whistle House available July 28-September 8); 508-487-9930; racepointlighthouse.net.
9 Feel a Rush
In most of the far-flung villages of the Berkshires, rivers and falls were domesticated, put to work powering the now-departed mills. But Bash Bish Falls, tucked into an isolated crag on the Massachusetts-New York border, remains a magnificent anomaly: an accessible spot that still has a touch of drama and the feeling of untamed wildness. With its 60-foot drop into a small pool, Bash Bish is no Niagara, but it is the tallest set of free-falling waterfalls in Massachusetts, a series of cascades spliced into two falls by a giant boulder that, from below, seems to hang in midair. Even the most jaded of children - and grown-ups - tend to let out a holler when they spot the falls for the first time, after a steep, but not arduous, 20-minute hike through the woods from the parking lot. It's a scene Disney Imagineers might try to re-create for a hotel or theme park, but they could never match the exhilaration and sense of wonder you feel standing by the real thing, gazing up at the sheltering tree line above and the mossy emerald shoreline below. Climbing and swimming is prohibited nowadays; most visitors spend an afternoon wading in the shallow pool, zoning out to the sound of rushing water, and soaking in the negative ions atop the Mini-Cooper-sized boulders scattered around like dice at the pool's edge. - B.J. Roche
* Bash Bish Falls State Park is located within Mount Washington State Forest, in the town of Mount Washington; mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/bash.htm.
10 Take an Icy Plunge
Rainbows swirl in a mist created by the white water thundering through a 30-foot-high gorge at Sculptured Rocks Natural Area in Groton, New Hampshire. Fearless youths dive into the frigid water while teens in bathing suits steal glances from blankets on the rocks. The granite gorge, sculpted into sensuous shapes by melting ice-age glaciers, embraces the Cockermouth River on its way to Newfound Lake. Pack a picnic lunch and spend an afternoon swimming or exploring. Daredevils can plunge into the pools from the top of the gorge, and more timid rusticators can take a cold shower in the waterfalls, numb their toes in the shallows, or bask in the cool spray that envelops the canyon. Those of a more aesthetic bent can clamber over the rocks to examine the otherworldly formations that gave the gorge its name. - Tom Long
* I-93 north to exit 23; Route 104 west to Route 3A north; follow signs to Sculptured Rocks Natural Area; nhstateparks.org.
11 Soak in Solitude
It's estimated there are 365 freshwater ponds on Cape Cod, but all you need is one to wash away all your stresses and pressures and daily annoyances. For us that place is Great Pond, in Truro, easy to reach by car or bike, depending on where you're staying, and sure to lower your blood pressure by at least a notch or two. What makes it special is the two-minute walk down a wooded dirt path that dumps you out at the top of a small staircase, where you look out at the definition of seclusion and say, "Ahhhh." The sandy stretch for your towels or chairs - it's much too small to be called a beach - is just wide enough to hold maybe 10 or 15 people, and the water is so calm, clear, and warm, you'll never want to get out because the Cape air will give you chills. So don't. Just swim, float, listen to the birds and the silence and the splash of the water, and forget about your beeper, the war, and what's for dinner tonight. (But as you do eventually make your way back to shore, keep your eyes out for the occasional snapping turtle that likes to peek its head up and see who's around.) - Doug Most
* Route 6 to Collins Road, Truro.
12 Try a Different Dive
Strap on the goggles and leather headgear and get ready for the wind in your face. That's about the only preparation pilot Michael Creato gives prospective fliers as they board the WACO, one of two World War II vintage biplanes he flies out of the Vineyard's Katama Airfield. "When you live on an island, you don't know you're surrounded by water until you're high up in the air," he says. Even native Vineyarders are surprised at all the hidden inlets and ponds on the island once they're soaring with the hawks at a "slow" 90 miles per hour. (Small commercial prop planes typically fly at about 200 miles per hour.) The open cockpit can accommodate two passengers in front, and flights range from 15 minutes around South Beach and Chappaquiddick to a full hour circling the whole island. Passengers often see large schools of fish or even the occasional shark when cruising 500 feet above the shoreline. And few visual thrills can match the sunset from high above the water. Even taking off and landing is a kick on the grass airstrip, reminiscent of the Indiana Jones films. And for real daredevils who will strap on a safety parachute and trust their tummies, Creato does acrobatic rolls, loops, spins, and dives. "Don't worry," he says, "we haven't dropped anyone out yet." - John Budris
* Classic Aviators, Katama Airfield, Edgartown. Season runs from May 28 to October 8, and rides for two start at $129; call for reservations, 508-627-7677; biplanemv.com.
13 Float Away
Sometimes summer's finest moments are the quietest ones, when time stretches like a cat in the sun. While other people battle traffic and weed gardens, the siren call of indolence draws sages of laziness to Vermont's Battenkill. Long renowned as one of the top trout fisheries in the East, this meandering river offers a diversion even more mellow than casting a dry fly: floating in an inner tube. It takes a little planning - leaving a second car (and lunch) in the lot near the covered bridge on Route 313 near West Arlington for a ride back to the start, and embarking in late morning so the entire trip westward is an extended bask in overhead sun. But the float itself requires no more energy than dragging a tube down the hill from Arlington Recreational Park on Vermont 7A in Arlington, flopping into position, and trailing your fingers in the water. Late June is best, with warmer water and fewer skeeters. Views range from the village where Norman Rockwell painted Americana to tidy backyard gardens to the hills and fields where Vermont and New York rub elbows. Does the trip take three hours or four? That depends on how recently it's rained. And who's bothering to keep track, anyway? The only thing you really need to count is bridges, because the covered one that's your finish line comes third. Otherwise, it's a day to commune with your inner trout. - Stephen P. Kiernan
* The covered bridge near West Arlington is on Route 313 at Covered Bridge Road; rent tubes, canoes, and kayaks or coordinate transportation from Battenkill Riversports and Campground, 937 State Route 313, Cambridge, New York; floats from 90 minutes to four hours, $12 and up; 800-676-8768; brsac.com.
14 Paddle Back Through Time
Want to retrace history in a canoe or kayak? Then grab your paddles and hit the newly mapped Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a 740-mile-long water trail that follows historic Native American travel routes as it threads its way across the Adirondacks, upper Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, with a brief foray into Quebec. The 78 waterways, detailed in a series of 13 maps and dubbed by some "a water version of the Appalachian Trail," range from streams and ponds to rapids and large lakes. Though a few hard-core adventurers can paddle the length of the Old Forge, New York, to Fort Kent, Maine, trail in one continuous trip, most people opt for daylong excursions or short overnight expeditions on sections of the route. There are campsites at 10- to 15-mile intervals, and some access points aren't far from towns and inns. But whether you cover 10 miles or 100 miles depends largely on your paddling skills - and how much time you spend just floating, swimming, and exploring marshy channels like those of Vermont's upper Nulhegan River. Along the way, keep your eyes peeled for great blue herons, river otters, and spiny soft-shell turtles that do the breaststroke beside your craft. - Stacey Chase
* The maps, sold by the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, are $9.95 each, $120 for the set, and contain route descriptions, campsites, and history; 802-496-2285, northernforestcanoetrail.org.
15 Go the Extra Mile
The Nature Conservancy has called Block Island, 12 miles off the Rhode Island coast, "one of the last 12 great places in the Western Hemisphere." Unfortunately, most day-trippers see only the crescent of sand by the ferry dock and miss the island's varied and dramatic land- and seascapes. One of the most spectacular is Mohegan Bluffs, a 150-foot cliff of clay and sand at the island's southern tip, from which you can see Montauk Point, New York, and beyond. It's more than worth the cab ride or bike rental (there are several options at the ferry dock) it takes to get out there. After experiencing the view, descend the 250 wooden steps to the beach. Here, the only sounds are of breaking waves and squawking gulls, and the clay-rich sand is fine for crafting castles and sea creatures. Currents can be rough, though, so strong swimmers only. - Ellen Albanese
* For a list of moped and bike rental sites, call 800-383-2474 or go to blockislandchamber.com.
16 Go Fish
Plymouth Rock garners the acclaim from out-of-towners, but it's the Plymouth rocks, or better yet, the jetty, that attracts the locals. From May through late October, you'll find a slew of hardy anglers on the rugged shores around the harbor, trying to hook the black-and-silver beauties they call stripers. Striped bass make their way north in May, following the herring runs. And while fishing-boat captains beckon you to go off shore, many of the larger trophy fish can be nabbed close to land as they wedge up against the rocks, searching for sand eels and cinder worms. "I weighed them up last year all the way to 59 pounds," says Bruce Miller, owner of Canal Bait & Tackle in Bourne's Sagamore village. Miller suggests using chunk bait like mackerel, squid, and menhaden, or a 6-inch Storm lure. Charlie Lemieux, a fishing guide in the Plymouth area for more than a decade, likes live eels and clams but says not to get hung up on bait. "All you have to do is ask the other guys what's biting out there," says Lemieux, noting that the early morning and twilight hours are the best times to cast. "Be careful of being on the breakwater at low tide," when you may be left high and dry. - Stephen Jermanok
* Charlie Lemieux takes one to three anglers on his 20-foot boat out of Plymouth Harbor to catch stripers, bluefish, and tuna; $350 for a half day, $450 for a full day. Canal Bait & Tackle, 101 Cranberry Highway, Bourne, 508-833-2996.
17 Build Your Own Boat
There's something special about forgoing the thrills of speedboats for the calmer call of skiffs, dories, and canoes so long a part of coastal New England. But imagine how it feels to climb aboard one and say, "I made this." In one- and two-week classes at the WoodenBoat School, set on a country campus at water's edge in Brooklin, Maine, learn about the fundamentals of design or about finishing a boat for launch. Experienced builders can study the nuances of making the Westport Skiff or the Caledonia Yawl. But in some of the tidiest courses, you can build a canoe or kayak from a kit, and your boat will be just about ready for water after a week. (A coat or two of stain is all that's needed.) In August, during the school's Family Week, kids can complete a 4-foot, remote-controlled pond-yacht. The school also teaches much more than just construction, from island sailing to seamanship. No matter the class, at day's end, relaxation comes easy. There are no movie theaters or shopping centers nearby. So sit on the porch, talk with new friends, and survey the waiting sea. - Tom Haines
* 41 WoodenBoat Lane, Brooklin, Maine; tuition for most weeklong courses, $700; two-week "fundamentals" course, $1,100; week's lodging, $250; week's camping, $100; 207-359-4651; thewoodenboatschool.com.
18 Make a Short Getaway
If you're looking for a quick escape that's on the water and on the North Shore, what you'll find is more likely antique motel than boutique hotel. But the new Blue, on Plum Island, fits the latter niche. Opened last year, the plush inn perches on a wide strip of sand, and most suites have ocean views and private decks facing the Atlantic. Grab one of the comfy lounge chairs in the sand or a cabana for shade and ask a staffer to fetch you a cool drink - nonalcoholic, that is; the inn doesn't sell any alcohol, but you can bring your own. Surf- and boogie boards are available, and for bird-watchers, a wetland sanctuary is a short walk away. Breakfast is served in the penthouse, surfside, or in a picnic basket at your door. At night, stargaze while soaking in the hot tub on the inn's deck. - Janice O'Leary
* 20 Fordham Way, Plum Island, Newbury; rooms are $200 to $995 per night; 978-465-7171; blueinn.com.
19 Find Sanctuary
Few, if any, signs in Woods Hole direct you to the Knob, the neck of land that encloses Quissett Harbor, one of the Cape's snuggest, on the northern outskirts of the village. You can't blame locals for wanting to keep it secret. The Knob is one of those unusual landscapes - a public space where the harbor meets the woods meets the open sea. The 13-acre preserve, also known as the Cornelia Carey Sanctuary, is treasured for its walking trails and bird life, its sunset views, and, in summer, its somewhat secluded Crescent Beach. Getting to that beach, a slightly rocky spot that faces Buzzards Bay, is half the adventure. (In high season, it starts by finding a parking space in the small public lot that fills up fast.) Follow the Harbor Cliff Trail, which hugs the harbor's shoreline and offers views of the old-money mansions across the way. The less intrepid, or families with little ones, sometimes set up camp right there on a lush sandy beach on the inner harbor. But you're wise to push on, as the path cuts inland, winding through bayberry bushes and a grove of cedars and oaks. Stone steps lead up to the Knob Lookout, where, on a clear day, you can see New Bedford. On this outermost point, you're nearly surrounded by water. Here, you might be forgiven for imagining, for just a moment, that you are Kate or Leonardo on the bow of the Titanic. Go ahead and do your best imitation. No one's watching. - B.J. Roche
* From Falmouth, follow the Woods Hole Road toward Woods Hole for about 3 miles; at the four-way stoplight, turn right onto Quissett Harbor Road and follow it until its end; the public parking lot is on the right, and to the left, you'll see a large sign directing you to the trail.
20 Take Wing
Yes, "Fly Like an Eagle" is the name of a trippy 1976 pop tune that you probably wish you could forget. But it's also something you can do, literally, by signing up for a tandem hang-gliding "aero tow" at Morningside Flight Park in Charlestown, New Hampshire. Like the birds of prey you're sure to see the next thermal over, you'll circle silently over the earth, soaring, swooping, and diving high above the Connecticut River Valley. Time disappears, and the next thing you know, you're tracing the curve of the river with your body and feeling the snap of a cool breeze and the caress of a warm one that hit your face almost simultaneously as you pass through a misty cloud. The glider is hooked to an ultra-light aircraft by a towline until it reaches a height of about 2,500 feet, at which point it's released. The pilot takes over, and all you have to do is be amazed. It's an experience you'll remember even longer than the song. - Elizabeth Gehrman
* I-89 north to exit 12; west on Route 11 to Claremont; continue on 11 to North Charlestown and the park; $155 for 20 minutes to an hour, depending on conditions; 603-542-4416; flymorningside.com.
21 Get a Taste of Europe
If you love the sight of an alpine lake set between peaks, you could travel to Norway or Switzerland. Or you can just drive north to Vermont's Mount Pisgah, whose 600-foot cliff frowns like a stony curmudgeon over pristine Lake Willoughby, the cliffs of Mount Hor, and the 7,300-acre Willoughby State Forest. A trail heads north from the parking lot, rising moderately in a pleasant forest. The path isn't too rooty, so instead of staring down, hikers can enjoy the variety of wildflowers and the array of boulders that glaciers left behind. As the ascent sharpens, it nears the cliff 's edge, not a delight for those with vertigo. But the summit is only 1.9 miles in, about 90 minutes at an easy pace. For more ambitious folks, the alternative route back is to proceed north 2 miles, over brooks and through lovely woods, to Route 5A - and a 3-mile roadside jaunt. No matter the route, the hike's payoffs are three overlooks a few hundred yards past the summit. Each affords vistas of the state forest, peaks in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Quebec, and, of course, the jewel of the lake at your feet. Suddenly it's clear why Mount Pisgah is so called. That's where Moses saw the Promised Land. - Stephen P. Kiernan
* I-91 to Lyndonville; north on Route 5 to West Burke; north on Route 5A, travel 5.7 miles to the parking area and trailhead.
22 Take a Two-Wheel Tour
For casual road bikers, Connecticut contains one of the finest loops in southern New England. A 22-mile ride along the lower Connecticut River takes you past estates that were once owned by ship captains, over a drawbridge to one of the legendary homes of American musical theater, up a hill to a bizarre fieldstone castle, and back across the river on a dollar ferry ride. Start your tour in the historic hub of Essex. In the mid-1800s, this section of the river was lined with more than 50 shipyards. Boats would return from international waters with spices from the West Indies and ivory tusks from Zanzibar. The result of that newly acquired wealth, large Colonial and Federal-style homes that border the water's edge, can be seen as you make your way north on Route 154. In Tylerville, veer right on Route 82 across a drawbridge into East Haddam, site of the four-story gingerbread Goodspeed Opera House, which opened in 1877 and still delivers three productions a year. Then, make your way up to Gillette Castle. William Gillette amassed a fortune playing Sherlock Holmes at the turn of last century, but judging from the medieval- style fortress he designed and built between 1914 and 1919, he would have been better suited to playing King Arthur. You can tour the 24-room behemoth overlooking the river and walk the grounds over trestles and through tunnels before biking downhill to the Hadlyme docks. A short ferry ride will bring you to the western shores, where you pedal back to Essex. - Stephen Jermanok
* From Essex Square, take North Main Street and continue on River Road; turn right on Essex Street, then right on Route 154, and right again on Route 82 to cross the river. Turn right at the sign for Gillette Castle. After visiting the castle, take a right turn on Route 148 to reach Hadlyme; cross the river via ferry and turn left on Route 154 to backtrack to Essex. Rent bikes at Action Sports in Old Saybrook, 860-388-1291.
23 Shut Out the World
The head of the reception committee at Harvey's Lake Cabins is Abby, a golden retriever with three tennis balls in her mouth at once. A quick game of fetch is just the moodsetter, too, for this quiet spot on a dead-end road snuggled against a 350-acre lake in the Northeast Kingdom. The 10 cabins, some built from trees cut and milled onsite, are furnished with antiques, but pets are allowed. The cabins, as well as 40 tent and pop-up-camper sites, lie along the campground's 2,300 feet of frontage on the lake and Stevens River. The water is clean, gratifying for anglers, and good for swimming or paddling (canoes and kayaks are available for rent). West Barnet lies equidistant from Vermont's Green Mountains and New Hampshire's Whites. The 4,500-acre Groton State Forest offers hiking a few minutes away, and tourist spots like Stowe are an easy drive. But between the lake on sunny days and the rec center's Ping-Pong and pool tables on rainy ones, this is a place to leave the world behind: no TV, no Internet access, and cellphone service is unreliable. Says co-proprietor Michael Vereline: "You find this place, you stay, you chill out." - Stephen P. Kiernan
* Prices range from $55 a night for a one-room cabin to $840 per week for a three-bedroom cabin. I-91 to exit 18; head west on West Barnet Road; at the village center (roughly 5 miles), turn left onto Garland Road; after a few hundred feet, turn right and follow signs to campground; 802-633-2213; harveyslakecabins.com.
24 Relax. Then Really Relax.
You gotta love a three-bedroom B & B that offers spa treatments. Especially when it's nestled in a secluded Vermont hamlet overlooking a covered bridge, small dam, white steeple, and not much else. Grab your bikes (preferably with hybrid tires, since you'll be riding on dirt roads) and take the two-hour drive from Boston to the Green River Bridge House, just south of Brattleboro in Guilford. Soon you'll be pedaling alongside the rushing waters of the Green River, past dilapidated barns and rolling pastures with cows and horses. Make your way west to Halifax, ringed by mountains of maple, birch, and pine trees. After that, it's back to your home for the night. Take a quick swim under the covered bridge, then get a massage or a facial. Joan Seymour is more than mere owner of a circa-1830 home. She's a licensed aesthetician who spent years down under, helping locals save their skin from the hot Australian sun. But she's all New Englander when it comes to making stuff ed blueberry French toast in the morning. Work off the hearty breakfast with one final country walk, and the woes of modernity will be long forgotten, replaced with good old Vermont sweat. - Stephen Jermanok
* Take Route 2 west to I-91 north to exit 1; go south on Route 5 for 1.4 miles, then turn right onto Guilford Center Road; go 4.7 miles and veer right again onto Stage Road; after another 2.5 miles, it's on the left. Rooms are $165-$235 a night (the Sunrise Room has a veranda and indoor whirlpool); 800-528-1868; greenriverbridgehouse.com.
25 Scream a Little (or a Lot)
Full disclosure right upfront: I like Water Country in Portsmouth as much as my teenage son does. But we differ in the details. Nick adores the Black Hole and Warp 8 site for its thrill factor ("You can't even see where you're going"). Give me the Thunder Falls and Wild Canyon, where up to five can hop on a huge inner tube and white-water raft (and, yes, you will get wet). Water Country lives up to its name, with more than a dozen wet-and-wild slides involving tubes, tunnels, gravity - and courage. My son and I have been down the twin slides at Double Geronimo together - plummeting nearly 60 feet. "Wicked fun and basically straight down," he says. After this, I suggest you stagger over to a kinder, gentler site such as the giant wave pool, or climb on a tube and drift down Adventure River. For the younger set, there's tamer stuff, such as a kiddie cove with shallow water, small slides, and a beach area. For the rest of us, the Double Dive Boggan, Dragon's Den, Racing Rapids, and The Plunge await. Bring your bathing suit, towel, sunscreen - and lungs. And if you can't make it to New Hampshire - or want a little more climate control - an alternative is the CoCo Key Water Resort, a new $20 million, 65,000-square-foot indoor water park in Danvers that's opening Tuesday. - Bella English
* Water Country opens June 9 for the season; tickets are $20 and $33 (seniors, $12); 603-427-1111; for directions, go to watercountry.com. CoCo Key Water Resort is at the Sheraton Ferncroft in Danvers. Use of the water park is free for hotel guests (rooms range from $159 to $289 per night). A limited number of day passes ($20 to $40 per person) is available for families not staying at the hotel. Passes can also be arranged for parties or larger groups, based on availability; 978-777-2500; for directions, go to cocokeywaterresort.com.


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I Love Montauk
Who doesn't? I am yet to meet a person who does not have heartwarming memories associated with this hamlet, known as The End.
Speaking of meeting a person. Montauk has carved itself a special place in my heart. Not only because of all the warming beach bonfires, fun filled parties, lazy afternoons on the beach, and first jobs that gave me lifelong lessons. It was a place where I met my husband of almost ten years. August 22nd, 2013 will mark the anniversary date.
I was one of the little beach rocks that got washed ashore in Montauk twelve years ago maybe by the currents of the ocean of life, maybe by a happy coincidence.
While exploring the legendary hotel in Montauk as a tourist, I landed a job interview. I have never been hired so fast in my life. The interview, if I could call it so, consisted of one question – do I know how to use computers. Done. Mind you, it was before the economy went down south.
That question anchored me in Montauk for the rest of the summer. It was a great summer. But it was about to get even better. At a time when I least expected it. Seven days before me leaving Montauk, and The United States, to be precise.
That beautiful Friday day, at the end of September, I was driving a beverage cart on a golf course. The tail of the tropical storm was still whipping through the East End. But it did not stop golfers from enjoying what was left of the summer season. I met a thirsty group of guys, who were in a need of a cold drink. The conversation, or should I say flirtation, ensued with one of the guys. After hearing about my departure dates and destination, the "legend" of a group made a statement that proved to be prophetic. People do say – be careful what you wish for, right? He offered to marry me, so I did not have to go anywhere. Ha! Here we go, I thought. What followed were laughter, encouragement, explanations, and apparently confusion, as I drove away thinking this guy was the groom in a wedding that was planned for that Sunday at the legendary hotel I was working at.
Lo and behold, Sunday came and who showed up at the entrance – non other but the "groom" , at least in my head, from the golf outing. And he had some nerve to flirt with me hours before he walked down the aisle. I was floored. But I was not going to let this pass him, and I reminded him he was about to say "I do" to an unsuspecting bride. Well, just like the sun dries up the high water mark at low tide, he cleared the confusion all up and assured me he was still single, but if I wanted to change that, I should come see him after the wedding.
It just so happened, or again the forces of the ocean of life let themselves be felt, that my taxi cab, which was supposed to take me home, made a circle by the hotel and would not stop to pick me up. My waving arms in the air must have meant something entirely different to the driver. Maybe the driver was also under the spell of the ocean of life.
At the same time the wedding was over, but a few guests, including the groom-turned-into-a-bachelor, continued the celebration at the hotel's bar. Being "off duty" then and having some time to waste till I got another taxi cab, I accepted his invitation to join them. Waste of time it was not. This happened to be the time and place where our first picture was taken. It sure is interesting to look at it now with twelve years and two kids behind us.
As you might have guessed by now, he offered to drive me home, which I accepted. There, instead of me introducing him to my roommate, he introduced me to her as his future wife, causing another wave of "here we go" in my head. I was leaving the country in five days nonetheless.
But being a true legend, he would not let me leave without creating a memorable date for me. Though, it almost did not have a chance to transpire. As it turned out, Mr. Legend took the part of the napkin he scribbled his email on meant for me, and gave me the part with my email. Luckily, I had asked for his mobile number.
Long story short, we enjoyed the most romantic date in New York City just two days before me leaving. No, I did not cancel my plane tickets. But the currents of the ocean of life worked their magic once again, and we were back together in six months, and married in two years.
I love Montauk. And Montauk gave me love.


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She Is My LoveI wanted to ride bike for long time, but never did until last year. I picked up CBR600RR, practiced pretty much on my own.
I am tiptoed on my bike, and I couldn't get the front brake squeeze thing good. I used to have the handle bar turned and jerked on front brake and fall. I didn't want to bother my friends to be there, so I started from powerwalk and pushed the bike back every night before I went out on the street.
I love my bike. I clean it every week.
I take extra long way to go to work.
I love the way it shift and shoot out
I wish I started riding way long time ago.
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Bernard, Gildas. "Archives Nationales.
Section Moderne", in Guide des recherches sur l'histoire
des familles, pages 273-276. Paris: Archives Nationales, 1981.
LDS call number 944.D276. See Select
NOTE: No attempt was made to "translate" the Republican dates, as each new Republican year started on 22 September, encompassed two years. Any conversions mentioned below were done by the author. For a better context of the records being discussed, the reader is referred to the above publication.
Information about the refugees of the
colonies, notably those of Saint-Domingue, can be found in the
sub series F7 (Police générale), F12
(Commerce et industrie) and F15 (Hospices
et secours).
Research on the colonists of Saint-Domingue can be accomplished principally from the dossiers of aid given to the colonists remaining in France because of the troubles in the Island in 1790, or those who sought refuge in the mother country (métropole) following the burning of Cap François, which occurred on 20 June 1793.
Aid was granted to the colonists of Saint-Domingue beginning November 1793. [See end note] Revertible to spouses and direct descendants, this aid was paid out until the death of the recipient. The dossiers housed in the Section moderne of the Archives Nationales, which are dossiers d'inscription aux états de secours [dossiers of written reports on the state of aid], cover the period running from the Year II to 1890.
The formalities employed by a colonist in order to obtain aid for himself and the members of his family consisted of furnishing:
A certificate of indigence delivered by the municipal administration of the place where the colonist resided. This record should contain, as well as the first and surnames, the age or date of birth;
A declaration made by the colonist giving the makeup of his family (age of the wife, age and sex of the infants), accompanied by an extract of the act of marriage, contracted before June 1793;
An affadavit of a fellow citizen proving that the refugee colonist was a proprietor of Saint-Domingue, and that he carried on a gainful occupation there before the Revloution;
The passport given to the deportee,
upon his arrival in France.
Beginning in the Year XIII the demande d'inscription had to be complemented by a certificate of the Minister of the Marine, delivered on the advice and report of the Comité des colons notables, set up to work with the Minister of the Marine.
Claims for payment "in arrears" had to be accompanied by the record of death of the colonist and an attested affadavit, establishing/verifying the number of heirs, as established by the judge of the country.
Claims of revertibility for a spouse or direct descendants had to contain: the record of death of the colonist, an attested affadavit relative to the death, the record of marriage, the record of birth of the claimant, a certificate of existence and need delivered by the municipal administration of the place of domicile of the claimant.
The administrations charged with giving aid to the colonists were successively, from the Year II to the Year XII, the Commission des Secours publics puis le ministère de l'Intérieur (jointly by the order of 16 Messidor, Year X/4 July 1802 with the Minister of the Marine); from the Year XIII (order of 8 Fructidor, Year XII/26 August 1804) to December 1818, the ministère de la Police générale (2e arrondissement); from 1819 to 1830, the ministère de l'Intérieur; from 1831 to 1890, the ministère des Travaux publics et du Commerce becoming in 1839 ministère de l'Agriculture et du Commerce, then ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie. This succession [of govern ment agencies] explains the manner of distribution of the corresponding archives between the sub-series F7 (Police générale), F12 (Commerce et Industrie), and F15 (Hospices et secours). There is often interference between the three Sub-series. It is necessary to conduct research in ALL of the various groups of individual dossiers.
Amongst the groups mentioned below, some, we note, do not uniquely concern Saint-Domingue.
F7. Police générale.
F7 36445 to 364430. Aid to refugee colonists and to Maltais , Year IV-1815 (filed by département: Allier to Vienne). [Amongst the principal départements which sheltered and fed the colonial refugees, these notably stand out: les Bouches-du-Rhône (F7 36446-8), la Charente-Inférieure (F7 36449-12) and le Morbihan F7 364422-23).]
F7 12306 to 12308. Aid to refugee colonists: receipts of mandats et quittances (giving the names and domicile), 1812-1828.
F12. Comemerce et Industrie.
In the group of F12 2716 to 2891, concerning only aid to the former colonists of Saint-Domingue, one should particularly consult:
F12 2736. Matriclue générale [general lists] by département, of the colonists, 1824.
F12 2737 and 2738. Individual fiches [card files] (filed by year of birth), 1765-1832.
F12 2740 to 2883. Individual dossiers (filed alphabetically), 18th-19th centuries.
One should also consult:
F12 7623 to 76321. Aid to the colonists and others taking refuge from Saint-Domingue, from Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, and from Canada: Status of aid and dossiers of the beneficiaries (alphabetical series), 1882-1890.
F15. Hospices et secours.
In the group F15 3349 to 3490, one should especially consult:
F15 3362 to 3426. Aid to the colonists (particularly of Saint-Domingue): individual dossiers (filed alphabetically), Year II-Year XII.
F15 3442. General lists of refugee colonists in the départements, 1832.
F15 3455 to 3490. Accounting of aid rendered, 1822-1846. [filed by département (Aisne to Yonne) and by year.]
Concerning the colonists of Saint-Domingue, one can also find bibliographical information in:
D XXV. Fonds du Comité des colonies.
D XXV 60 to 76. Colonial Assemblies of Saint-Domingue, 1790-1793.
D XXV 76 to 78. Petitions of colonists detained in prisons, as suspects of counter-revolutionary intrigue, or concerning emigration, Year II-Year III. (filed alphabetically.)
D XXV 85 to 90. Archives of the Société des colons réunis à l'hotel Massiac, 1789-an III.
Outside of the above-mentioned groups of F-documents, in connection with the refugee colonists from Saint-Domingue, one should consult:
Refugees of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
F15 3427 to 3431. Aid: dossiers, filed alphabetically, Year II-Year XII.
F15 3513. Accounts and correspondence, Year XIII-1814.
Acadian and Canadian refugees.
F15 3432. Aid: dossiers, filed alphabetically (A through T), Year II - Year IV.
Of special interest is the footnote on page 274, which is a comment on "Aid was granted to the colonists of Saint-Domingue beginning in November of 1793." It takes up half the page and reads:
The principal ministerial decrees, laws, orders, and decisions with reference to this aid are the following:
Decree of 8 Frimaire, Year II (28 November 1793) awarding provisional/temporary/ interim aid.
Decree of 27 Vendemiaire, Year III (18 October 1794) and interpretative decree of 26 Brumaire, Year III (16 November 1794), awarding permanent and recurrent/periodic aid;
Law of 28 Germinal, Year VII (17 April 1799), which established the formalities necessary for the refugee colonists to go through, and which served as a base for all later decisions;
Order of 16 Messidor, An X (4 July 1802) which continued the aid only to the colonists taking refuge in the seaport cities (Bordeaux, Lorient, Marseille, Nantes and la Rochelle);
Decision of the Minister of the Marine of 3 Germinal Year XII (24 March 1804) establishing a Comité de colons notables, charged with determining the colonists eligible to receive aid;
Ordonnance of 1 May 1814, re-establishing aid for ALL of the colonists;
Ministerial decisions of 30 October 1820 and 21 April 1824, relative to the rights of the children of the deceased colonists;
Ministerial decision of 21 April 1829, which struck down the conditions of distribution of aid to the colonists indemnified by the law of 17 April 1825;
Ministerial decisions of 13 January 1831, 24 July 1837, and 13 March 1838, relative to reinstating the conditions of aid to the colonists.
Ministerial decisions of 30 June 1842 concerning the discontinuance of the Comité des colons notables de Saint-Domingue and of 11 September 1854 concerning the direct/expeditious receipt of aid by the colonists.
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I recently spent some time in Europe and upon coming back to the U.S. it came to my attention that I had lost weight. I didn't intent to because I wasn't overweight to begin with and, as I am a bit too thin now, I intent to gain it back. I noticed that my breasts had gotten smaller and I want to know if gaining the weight back will return them to normal size as well?
Breast Size and Weight Fluctuation. Will I Get My Breasts Back If I Gain Weight?
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Breast volume can fluctuate with weight changes
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Breast size can change with weight change.
Thank you for your question.
Breast size can change with weight change. If you are already planning on gaining weight, then gain the weight and see. If your breasts haven't gotten to where you would like to be, then you can consider breast augmentation.
It is recommended that you be at the weight that you want to be at the time of surgery for the most predictable results. If your weight changes significantly after surgery, then the results can be unpredictable.
I hope this helps.
Depot Fat In Breasts
Some women's breast sizes mirror their body weight whereas in other women it does not. It certainly sounds as if you are in first group and I would expect that, in your case, a gain in body weight would be accompanied by an increase in breast size.
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Weight gain and breast size
If you lost weight and you notice that the breasts have gotten smaller, then weight gain may restore the volume.
Weight gain effect on breast size
Every persons has their own individualized fat distribution pattern. There are pear shapes that carry more fat on their hips and thighs. Others carry all of their weight in their midsection. You can almost certainly expect to gain weight back in the place you lost it.That would be your individual fat distribution tendencies. I would be greatly surprised if your breasts did not return to their pre weight loss size once you have regained your weight.
Breast Size
Thank you for the question.
The breast is composed of gland tissue and fatty tissue. When you lose weight, it affects the breast as well and the breast gets smaller. The opposite occures when you gain weight.
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text: I have Mossberg Maverick 88 that holds three shots. I have read that it is very hard to put a magazine extension on an 88 but that it is possible to remove a plug in the tube that will allow it to hold more shots. Can anyone confirm this and give me any pointers on how to do it?


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Bad News from (for?) Sure-Fire (Laser Products)...
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I agree with you, Jeff!
The distributor had LP send me two more P90 replacement lamp assemblies.
One of them was DOA. I put it in the 9P, and when turned on, it produced a small dim orange light!? When I looked at the bulb itself, it has a milky coating. Oh well, one down.
The second replacement lamp produces a big oval beam, just like the replacement I had ordered originally. NOT a nice hot round center like my 3P, 6P or 6Z.
So far the original bulb that was in the 9P, with it's banana shaped beam center, has the closest thing to a normal Sure-Fire hot spot! It's not round, but at least it's bright!
I am still waiting for Bill Perches of Street Smart Professional to respond to emails I have sent him regarding their return policies. (He is the distrubutor I bought the 9 volt stuff from.) I don't know why he is "hiding", but he has not responded to two or three email requests about their return policy. I'd like to retuirn all the 9volt stuff I bought, but I'd prefer not to have to pay any 15% "restocking fee".
And I keep meaning to talk to the Customer Service rep, Stuart, who told me the first story. Bill Perches has still not commented on the part of Stuart's story that said the 3 and 6 volt lamps would "soon" have the same problem.
All in all, very depressing and tiring. Why do people think this kind of shilly-shallying is better than just telling the truth? Oh yeah, now I remember! :-)
But on a "good" note, the Z32 "shock isolated" bezel appears to be a good design, that should reduce how much external shock is transferred to the lamp assembly. I wish LP would offer these as an option on your original order, so we wouldn't have to spend so much to have a Sure-Fire so equipped. But I guess they think they'll make more money this way!
Still unsatisfied....
P.S. On the water-proof issue, I can imagine a big difference in "wet performance" may depend on whether the o-rings are "lubricated", with something like the teflon-silicon lubricant that Walter Welch recommends. While the Sure-Fires may not be truly designed to be "waterproof", you may get acceptable "rainy weather" results with a little O-ring lube!
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Schaufelspitze and Bettlerkarspitze are connected by a long and high ridge which offers a traverse possibility of both summits. It runs south - north and divides Falzthurntal / Gerntal and the Plumsjoch cirque in the east from Eng valley in the west.
I once red in a guide books that this ridge is only a grade II scramble (in parts) and, being a hopeless traverse monster, I decided at once to do that traverse and to bag Schaufelspitze as an add-on by doing so.
Schaufelspitze as the only goal for a day is not so interesting for a non-climber due to the steep off-trail ascent / descent via northwest ridge but in combination with the traverse to Bettlerkarspitze and a nice Weißbier at Plumsjochhütte the whole undertaking seemed to be more than worthwhile.
I strongly recommend my followers to do the traverse from Schaufelspitze to Bettlerkarspitze. Not only because of the Plumsjochhütte standing as a nice and enticing obstacle near your descent route - too near to ignore it. It is above all a long day and your knees will be thankful not to have a steep and unpleasant off-trail descent from Schaufelspitze in the late afternoon.
Getting There
The trailhead for the traverse is Hagelhütten near the end of Eng valley.
You reach Eng valley by car
You can reach Eng valley from Munich by rail and bus, too. Check this possibility here.
Directly at Hagelhütten there is a small parking area alongside the road.
If this parking area is complete go on in the direction of Eng Almen. After less than 1 km there is a forest road branching off to the left with signposts for Plumsjoch. This is the parking area for mountain bikers. You can use that trailhead, too.
Route Description
Ascend to Schaufelspitze
If you start at Hagelhütten follow the forest road across the creek and up to a trail junction with signposts for Plumsjoch. Leave the forest road, cross the creek again on a wood bridge (good bathing possibilities for the afternoon a bit up the creek) and follow the trail up to the forest road (signpost again).
If you start at the Plumsjoch forest road follow that road until you reach the upper trail junction with the above mentioned trail coming up from Hagelhütten.
Leave the forest road at that point, scrambling up the slope of the forest road to reach the lower northwest ridge of Schaufelspitze. Follow the ridge off-trail up through dense wood. Don´t leave the ridge crest. You will find some surveying check marks and soon enough a sort of foot track.
Follow the foot track up to some rocks and to a steep, steep meadow with some sparse trees. The foot track disappears but there are the first cairns. Struggle straight up that meadow part, it is exhausting! You then reach the first dwarf pines.
Within the dwarf pine zone there are some "chutes" which are a manageable bypass for the dense vegetation. Sparse cairns are guiding you through this zone. If you are lucky like me the first time many years ago you find the route without difficulty. It goes first to the right, traverses then to the left and ascends through several dwarf pine "chutes" to another meadow and to some more easy rocks.
If you are unlucky like me the second time, you miss the cairns - that can happen easily enough - and you are nearly lost in vegetation. If I am not very mistaken our American friends call that bushwacking. That´ s what it is ! You will be astonished what swear words can leave your mouth.
Above the dense dwarf pines climb up the steep meadow and rock slope to a first culmination point of the northwest ridge with a huge cairn on its top. Go straight up to it, don´t traverse to the right, that part is even steeper.
From the culmination point just simply follow the ridge over steep meadows to the next easy rocks. Traverse to the right, then back to the left, scrambling up to a sharp ridge crest with some spires. Follow that ridge crest in some ups and downs to the col in front of the summit block of Schaufelspitze.
The best thing to do is: climb up the northwest ridge of the summit block over easy but bad rock to Schaufelspitze summit and return then to that col. Traverse Schaufelspitze summit block on its north side on a feeble foot track (some cairns) to a first sharp notch in the connecting ridge between Schaufelspitze and Bettlerkarspitze.
The second best thing to do is scrambling down the loose and bad rocks on the north ridge of Schaufelspitze to the above mentioned notch. I did that the first time, it is not advisable (grade II in parts, bad, bad rock!!).
Traverse to Bettlerkarspitze
At the notch starts a nice climb on the now very exposed connecting ridge (grade I - II) up to a first culmination point of that ridge.
Follow the ridge crest which drops down again or bypass these steep rocks on the west side in easier but loose rocks to a more or less level part of the ridge. At a second culmination point traverse first to the right (scree filled ledges) to a subridge; then gain the main ridge again. The ridge now ascends slowly to a wicked looking rockface below a secondary summit of Bettlerkarspitze.
At the beginning of that wicked looking rockface traverse to the right and start scrambling up the rockface in the direction of a huge cairn some 40 m above you. The rock is o.k. and not difficult to climb (grade I) but littered with scree. Turn left to the main ridge again, traverse the secondary summit, descend some meters and ascend the summit of Bettlerkarspitze, using the ridge crest rocks or the slopes west of the ridge.
Descend from Bettlerkarspitze
Follow the exposed north ridge to the crux of Bettlerkarspitze normal route: the 3 m overhang, now secured with a fixed rope. After the little overhang descend to the left and traverse the steep west walls of Bettlerkarspitze on several scree filled ledges, descending steeply from those ledges above to those below. There are foot tracks and some washed out red dots as markings.
After a last traverse you reach the north ridge again below the hiking summit of Bettlerkarspitze.
Follow the white - red - white marked trail down to Plumsjoch and Plumsjochhütte. Use the forest road from Plumsjochhütte and - if you started at Hagelhütten - the foot trail down to the trailhead.
Alternatively follow the foot trail from Plumsjochhütte (signposts) down to Plumsalm where there is the trail junction with the forest road.
Gear & Mountain Condition
The traverse is a summer and autumn tour. The ascent to Schaufelspitze is an off-trail scramble, the traverse from or to Bettlerkarspitze requires climbing abilities up to grade II. The grade III overhang is now secured with a fixed rope.
Be aware that the rock around the summit of Schaufelspitze is bad and loose and that belaying on the northwest ridge or on the connecting ridge to Bettlerkarspitze is not possible everywhere.
If you easily master UIAA grade II you need no rope for the traverse.
The weather should be stable for the traverse. Eng valley and the surrounding mountains are a trap for thunderstorms, so be careful.
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Bettlerkarspitze and Schaufelspitze are part of the "Alpenpark Karwendel", an important and strictly protected national park. There is no entrance fee for the park but many regulations to follow.
There is a National Park Information Center at Hinterriß. Information panels, starting at the parking area of Engalmen, show some interesting features of the Alpenpark Karwendel.
Camping is not allowed within Alpenpark Karwendel.
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If you are experiencing grief very deep, are you gonna cry? If you do not cry that means you are a strong person. I am among those who are in the middle, sometimes I can be strong and sometimes I get weak. It was hard to face numerous problems that occurred during the first 15 days in 2013. Many things that make me sad. Every time I was sad, I always tried not to cry, especially when it comes to looks family or my friends. At my age now, it's not a sort of natural for me to cry. I've grown up now, no longer a teenager is unstable and can not determine attitude. I'm proud to be who I am now. Patience, always think positive and be strong. Whatever problem you get, do not cry. Face it with a smile. Always believe that God can give a definite problem you are facing.
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Foster Care versus Modern Orphanages
Issue Briefs | Social | Welfare
No. 136
Thursday, February 06, 2014
by Richard B. McKenzie
A San Francisco-based think tank has proven the obvious: If disadvantaged kids are orphaned by their living but irresponsible or abusive parents, then moved from one foster-care placement to the next, they will fall behind in school and develop a substantial achievement gap compared to their peers from stable homes.
The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd in San Francisco, which conducted the survey, found that only 37 percent of California children in foster care achieved grade level in math.1 The children scored even lower than students with disabilities and limited English. The drop-out rate for foster care children in 2009-2010 was twice the rate for all California students - due to the foster-care kids moving through multiple cycles of extraction from their neglectful families to foster-care placements, only to be reunified with their families and then extracted again.2 (A common phenomenon, as shown in the figure.3) And as the children change schools repeatedly, the required adjustments throw them further behind their peers in every school.
Judges and child welfare experts have aptly described foster care as "permanent temporary care" for many children trapped in the system until they age out of it at 18, ill-prepared for life. No wonder foster-care kids are disproportionately represented in the country's prison and homeless populations, and are underrepresented among the ranks of college students and graduates, though the latter problem is now being remedied, at least partially.4
The Orphanage Option in the Past. Arguably, child welfare officials should understand that children need some stability in their lives, something that was once offered in orphanages. Back in the mid-1990s, a child welfare expert summarized conventional orphanage wisdom: "Orphanages damaged children: emotionally, behaviorally, and intellectually." In response, I argued in a Wall Street Journal column that the orphanage where I grew up in the 1950s was hardly perfect but was far better than experts imagined. A large number of orphanage alumni responded, "Right on!"
I followed with a survey of 2,500 aging alumni who lived in 15 American orphanages prior to the mid-1960s, and guess what? The orphanage alumni at the time of my research had outpaced their age counterparts on education, income and attitudes toward life (and a couple of dozen other social-economic measures):
The alumni had a median income 10 percent to 60 percent higher than the general population in their age group; in part because they had a 39 percent higher college graduation rate.
They also had substantially lower unemployment and crime rates.
More than 85 percent of the alumni reported favorable or very favorable assessments of their orphanage days. A scant 2 percent reported unfavorable memories.
The vast majority of the alumni shuddered at the thought of spending their youth in foster care.5
When I was producing a documentary on Homecoming: The Forgotten World of America's Orphanages, in which aging alumni at four orphanage homecomings were filmed, the producers and cameramen were incredulous at the dominance of positive assessments of orphanage experiences they were recording.6 The screenings of the documentary at film festivals were met with tears and laughter, and disbelief among many viewers who thought that Charles Dickens had the last (and right) word on orphanages of the past, which were portrayed in the film Oliver as child labor camps where the children had to plead for "more gruel" while their care masters dined on lavish meals. His views on orphanages stand in sharp contrast to contemporary academic historians' assessments of past orphanages, which, generally speaking, improved the welfare of children over what they otherwise would have had.7
The Critics of Orphanages. While foster-care failures continue to surface, critics have returned to blasting orphanages everywhere with broad rhetorical brushes, calling them "poisonous," "dangerous" and "deadly" for children.8 Congress passed the Children in Families First Act of 2013, which is based on the blatantly wayward premise that: "Science now proves conclusively that children suffer immediate, lasting, and in many cases irreversible damage from time spent living in institutions or outside of families, including reduced brain activity, reduced IQ, smaller brain size, and inability to form emotional bonds with others."9
But Duke University Professor of Public Policy and Health Kathryn Whetten challenged these assumptions on all counts, citing her research team's discovery of favorable outcomes (on several behavioral, emotional, and health fronts) for children in orphanages in low-income countries in Africa and Southeast Asia compared with children in foster care and even in biological families.10 Whetten writes:11
"Our team studied more than 3,000 orphaned and abandoned children in five Asian and African countries and found those age 5 and older doing as well in terms of emotional wellbeing, cognition, physical development and health as orphaned or abandoned children living with families. We and others have found as much abuse and neglect in family settings as in institutions. Children in extremely poor families often become child laborers...."
Surely there have been, and continue to be, bad orphanages in the world, but such could just as surely be said of biological family care, and certainly of foster care. Of course children can prosper in "loving and responsible families," as orphanage critics insist is the case, but therein lies the problem: Many families, biological and foster, fail miserably the test of being "loving and responsible." Critics also don't seem to understand that many of the studies they cite on the impact of orphanages from the mid-1960s could not be published today because they rely so heavily on small groups of "institutionalized" children (10 and 15 subjects), who were often from juvenile detention centers and mental institutions as well as orphanages, and who could have been clinical referrals, rather than randomly drawn from the relevant populations.12
Foster care and, to a lesser extent, adoption can be the worst care for some children. Among numerous cases that vary only in detail, sheriff's deputies in Union County, North Carolina recently found an 11-year-old foster-care boy, handcuffed to his front porch shivering - with a dead chicken tied around his neck.13 According to the deputies, the conditions in the home were "deplorable" and the "smell" was horrific. The true shocker in the case is that the boy's foster parents were also adoptive parents of four other children, ages 14, 13, nine and eight. The parents were charged with intentional child abuse, inflicting serious injury and false imprisonment, as well as cruelty to animals. The wife was a social worker who, because of her position, was also charged with willful failure to discharge her duty as a public official, as reported in numerous news accounts.
Undoubtedly, many foster parents go beyond the call of duty for the foster children in their care, but the continuing flow of news reports of derelict foster-care parents suggests the system is far from perfect in selecting foster parents and offering foster children the sense of permanence, security and "home" that all children need. The relevant child care issue is this: When adoptions and foster placements fail children, then what? Only more of the same? Should there not be alternative surrogate homes - call them orphanages, academies or whatever - where children abused by their biological families and the foster-care system can find a sense of home and community with closely monitored adults and other children who share experiences, and who then can rebuild their broken lives and spirits in a peaceful place? Doubt such places can exist today? Read on.
Crossnore: A Modern Orphanage. When critics have acknowledged positive life outcomes for alumni of orphanages of the past, they have retorted, "Well, maybe orphanages worked long ago, but they can't today." Really? I spent the fall of 2011 embedded in a self-proclaimed "modern-day orphanage," the Crossnore School, hidden in the North Carolina Appalachian Mountains and home to close to a hundred children in all grades who openly talked with me about their life experiences, before and during Crossnore.
It can't be done today? From my experience, recounted in a recent book, I say, "Go to Crossnore and be wowed!"14 Suspend preconceived conceptions of "institutions" drawn from the movies (where the word "institutions" is used to stifle serious debate on substance). The campus is nothing short of peaceful and gorgeous, especially when fall colors abound. The cottages look like lodges. The on-campus academy cannot be equaled in the wealthiest communities. Crossnore has an equestrian center (with rescued horses), a full fitness center, an athletic field with a court for every sport (including skateboarding), a bike for every child - and much more.
More importantly, the staff of this "modern-day orphanage" cares for children who have faced more disadvantages due to their families than my orphanage cohorts ever imagined:
Nearly three-fourths of Crossnore children were abandoned and faced extreme poverty.
Eighty-five percent of the children's parents are drug abusers.
Nearly half have been sexually abused.
Far too many have been rescued from traumas caused by serial foster-care placements.
But you would never know that was the case by watching the children at play on campus. From my stay, I came to realize that Crossnore largely lived up to its mantra, "Mountain of Miracles." What "miracles," you ask?
A seriously withdrawn 13-year old read on the fourth-grade level on admission, but she graduated from high school on time, and then went to community college.
One of the baby girls adopted from a Ukraine orphanage had a wonderful life in rural America until at age 10 she was crushed by the death of her single adoptive mother. Crossnore took her in, brought her out of her shell, and found a third adoptive home after her second adoptive family decided not to keep her.
A teenage girl was admitted after enduring sexual abuse from age 8 to 11 from her stepfather. After years of truancy, she graduated on time and now attends community college.
A 12-year-old boy, who faced a tragic childhood because of his father's psychoses, developed a network of middle school drug dealers. When caught at 14, Crossnore took a chance on him and reversed his miserable school record. On high-school graduation, he became the first teenager to be hired on a major 2008 presidential campaign. He recently graduated on a full scholarship from an elite Northeastern university - with honors. (His twin sister, who managed to stay out of trouble, but stayed with her psychotic father and did not go to Crossnore, dropped out of high school at age 16.)
Since its founding in 1913, Crossnore has saved hundreds of kids from distressed lives with a simple child care philosophy infused into the campus culture by its remarkable head, Phyllis Crain. Her guiding principle was always to go beyond "care" and provide a place where "hurting children can regain their childhoods," which accounts for the many points of beauty and playgrounds across campus. She insisted that education is "your meal ticket out of bad situations."
Dr. Crain had a small sign hanging on her office door that spoke volumes, "Free Hugs, One Size Fits All." When she walked across campus, the kids in sight came running for the simplest of human pleasures, hugs freely and warmly given.
Unfortunately, Dr. Crain lost her twelve-year battle with cancer shortly after we filmed her for a short video now available on YouTube.15 Her legacy remains strong and is as vital as it is hard to accept: Children's homes can work today. They can work exceptionally well when staff members harbor a sense of mission fueled by passion to help the least advantaged among us.
Don't buy it? Well, suspend outdated orphanage images. Go to Crossnore, or Connie Maxwell Children's Home in South Carolina.16 For a glimpse of the good that can be done through orphanages in poor countries, go to Father Marc's Free the Kids in Haiti, which is home to 600 children (with a very long waiting list for admission) and notice the contrast between the care of kids inside and outside of the orphanages' walls.17
Conclusion. There is a need for a menu of care options, including adoption and children's homes. Foster care - with kids often going through up to a dozen or more placements before aging out of the system - should not be the only child care game in town.
Richard McKenzie is the Walter B. Gerken Professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, and a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. He is the author of many books, including The Home: A Memoir of Growing Up in an Orphanage and most recently, Miracle Mountain: A Hidden Sanctuary for Children, Horses, and Birds Off a Road Less Traveled.
References and sources can be found in the online version at http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ib136.
1. See Vanessa X. Barrat and BethAnn Berliner, "The Invisible Achievement Gap, Part 1: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California's Public Schools," 2013, Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, WestEd, 2004. Available at http://cftl.org/documents/2013/IAG/Invisible_Achievement_Gap_Full_Report.pdf.
2.Teresa Watanabe, "Students in Foster Care Face 'Invisible Achievement Gap,' Study Says," Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2013. Available at latimes.com/local/la-me-foster-education-20131014,0,3257218.story.
3. Sources for the figure: "Foster Care Statistics 2012," Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, January November 2013, available at https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/foster.cfm.; and Keith A. Miller, Philip A. Fisher, B. Fetrow and K. Jordan, "Annotations of Research in Treatment Foster Care," Foster Family-based Treatment Association, 2009, available at http://www.ffta.org/research_outcomes/annotations_Miller_Fisher_Fetrow_Jordan.pdf.
4. Michael Winerip, "Out of Foster Care, Into College." New York Times, October 31, 2013. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/education/edlife/extra-support-can-make-all-the-difference-for-foster-youth.html.
5For details from my two surveys of orphanage alumni, see Richard B. McKenzie, "Orphanage Alumni: How They Have Done and How They Evaluate Their Experience," Child and Youth Care Forum, April 1997, pages 87-111; and Richard B. McKenzie, "The Impact of Orphanages on the Alumni's Lives and Assessments of Their Childhoods," Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 25, Issue 9, September 2003, pages 703-753.
6. See summary for Homecoming: The Forgotten World of America's Orphanage: Executive Producer Richard McKenzie,HomeFront Productions Inc, 2005.Available at http://www.cato.org/events/homecoming-forgotten-world-americas-orphanages.
7. See the various historical essays on orphanages from academic historians who have written entire books on their orphanage histories: Richard McKenzie, ed., Home Away from Home: The Forgotten History of Orphanages (New York: Encounter Books, 2009).
8. Chisinau, "The Nanny State," Economist, August 17, 2013, available at http://www.economist.com/news/international/21583665-orphanages-are-closing-not-quickly-enough-nanny-state; and Laurie Ahern, "Orphanages are no place for children," Washington Post, August 9, 2013; available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/orphanages-are-no-place-for-children/2013/08/09/6d502fb0-fadd-11e2-a369-d1954abcb7e3_story.html.
9. See "Children in Families First Act of 2013," September 19, 2013. Available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s1530is/html/BILLS-113s1530is.htm.
10. See OVCWellBeing.org, Duke University's Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research. Available at http://www.ovcwellbeing.org/.
11. Kathryn Whetten, "Comments on the Children in Families First Act of 2013," Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, Duke University, November 6, 2013. Available at http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/02/3331988/whats-wrong-with-the-children.html. See also Kathryn Whetten, "Millions Still Need Group Homes," Tampa Bay Times, November 5, 2013. Available at http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/column-millions-still-need-group-homes/2150968.
12. See John N. McCall, "Research on the Psychological Effects of Orphanage Care: A Critical Review," included in Richard McKenzie, editor, Rethinking Orphanages for the 21st Century (Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1998).
13. See the news report by Joel Landau. 2013. "N.C. Police Find 11-Year-Old Boy Handcuffed with dead Chicken Hanging around His Neck. New York Daily News, November 16, 2013. Available at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-found-handcuffed-withd-ead-chicken-hanging-neck-article-1.1519359.
14. Richard McKenzie, Miracle Mountain:A Hidden Sanctuary for Children, Horses, and Birds Off a Road Less Traveled (Irvine, Calif.: Dickens Press, 2013). A video on Crossnore, "Miracle Mountain:A Hidden Sanctuary for Children," is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8LaWwzbsc.
15. To stream the video, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8LaWwzbsc.
16. See the Crossnore boarding school, developed to educate and improve the futures of children in poverty, at http://crossnoreschool.org/. See also the Connie Maxwell Children's Home, which serves as a shelter for at-risk children. Available at http://www.conniemaxwell.com/.
17. The Free the Kids program provides educational and medical needs for the children of Pwoje Espwa in Haiti. See "Helping Haiti's Children," Free the Kids. Available at http://www.freethekids.org/.


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Fentanyl Transdermal Matrix Patch ZR-02-01 to Treat Moderate to Severe Cancer Pain
This study has been terminated.
(Based on PK data, product did not meet requirement for further development.)
ZARS Pharma Inc.
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First received: August 2, 2005
Last updated: June 4, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of the matrix fentanyl patch ZR-02-01 in providing relief of cancer pain.
|Pain Cancer
|Drug: Fentanyl Transdermal Matrix Patch ZR-02-01
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Open-Label, Long-Term Safety Study to Evaluate the Safety of the ZR-02-01 Matrix Transdermal Fentanyl Patch for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Cancer Pain
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Drug Information available for: Fentanyl Fentanyl citrateU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by ZARS Pharma Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of participants with adverse events [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]To evaluate the safety of long-term administration of the ZR-02-01 patch for the treatment of moderate to severe cancer pain
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Pain intensity [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Patient's evaluation of pain intensity using the VAS (100 mm)
- Global Satisfaction satisfied) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Global Satisfaction using a 5-point Likert scale (0= not satisfied to 4 = completely satisfied)
|Study Start Date:
|August 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: ZR-02-01
ZR-02-01 matrix transdermal fentanyl patch
Drug: Fentanyl Transdermal Matrix Patch ZR-02-01
ZR-02-01 patch contains fentanyl dispersed in a solid matrix, and will be available in 25, 50, 75 and 100 mcg/hr patches. The patches will be worn on the chest or upper arm and an overlay will be placed over the patch. Patches (and overlays) will be replaced every 3 days by the patient and/or responsible caregiver. If a patient experiences end-of-dose-failure, the dosing interval may be changed by the physician investigator to every 2 days. The maximum dose allowed in this study is 300 mcg/hr.
Other Name: ZR-02-01 matrix transdermal fentanyl patch
Detailed Description:
This study will evaluate the safety of the matrix fentanyl patch. The study will be conducted in opioid-tolerant patients with moderate to severe cancer pain currently taking an around-the-clock opioid. Patients will discontinue their current opioid regimen and begin using ZR-02-01 as soon as possible under the direction of the physician investigator upon entry into the study. Patient's dose of ZR-02-01 will be determined by the investigator using sponsor-provided conversion. Pain therapy will be under the supervision of the physician investigator.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient is at least 18 and no older than 75 years of age at the time of screening
- Patient has a diagnosis of cancer
- Patient has moderate to severe pain that is related to cancer or its treatment and is expected to last indefinitely and is currently taking an around-the-clock opioid to treat his/her pain
- Patient is already receiving opioid therapy, has demonstrated opioid tolerance
- A responsible adult caregiver is available in the event of an emergency at home
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient has uncontrolled or rapidly escalating pain as determined by the investigator
- Patient has a history of substance abuse or has a substance abuse disorder
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|Loma Linda Center for Pain Management
|Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354
|United States, North Carolina
|The Center for Clinical Research
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27103
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ZARS Pharma Inc.
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|Richard Rauck, MD
|The Center for Clinical Research
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|June 4, 2012
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Pain Cancer
Chronic Pain
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Analgesics, Opioid
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Adjuvants, Anesthesia
Anesthetics, Intravenous
Anesthetics, General
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700 SPS Tactical replacement stock
Well I am back from overseas...the time when a man's thoughts turn to "OK, what can I buy first?" I have owned various types of firearms in my past, but I have never had a rifle I could tinker with in a "quest for accuracy". To this end I think I will get a 700 SPS Tactical (I know there are better solutions out there, but it is the optimal solution for me right now). The issue I have is not in the rifle choice, it is with the improvements after the purchase. I shuddered when I checked the prices for a really good stock to put under her (Mcmillan A5, Tactical Manners etc). I know you have to pay to play, but holy s***, the stock costs more than the original complete gun. Looking to stretch as much performance outta the gun that I can, but not breaking the bank in the process (want to keep total cost below 2k after all the mods (Falcon Menace 4-18, badger base and rings, harris BP, GA precision work with badger FTE and DM) so you can see I will be already be crowding 1700. Dont HAVE to replace the stock, but from all the reviews I have read that is the shortfall on the production gun. And of course I don't HAVE to have the gun, but we all know how that goes1;) Any replacement stock advice from some long range shooters amongst the brotherhood? I have a feeeling I will just have to choke the A5 down in the end. Thanks in advance!
Welcome back to the Promised Land! How good did that first American cheeseburger taste? :p
Okay, everyone knows that I am no fan of the Remington platform, at least the current one. The new one is going to be sick...
However, if you are looking at keeping costs down, and can "live" with the factory stock for awhile, there is no reason you can't tighten your groups right out of the gate by merely glass bedding the action, which will free float the barrel. This will greatly improve harmonics and help you get some tighter groups without any extra tweaking.
As for stocks, you might want to check out Bell & Carlson. They make fiberglass stocks and do really good work. Their vertical grip tactical is a direct "drop in" for the Remy 700 and features an all aluminum bedding block.
Another choice might be HS Precision. They make a bit of a higher end replacement stock, I actually like it better than the McMillin personally. I have the 2008 dealer list at home, so if you see something you like, shoot me a PM and I can get you the MSRP and Dealer pricing.
Good luck with the hunt. Post pictures when you get it done please. :D
I'd scrap the SPS idea and get a 700P or if you want a fluted barrel get the VFS-- much better stock (HS Precision) that is bedded already. It also has a plastic pocket in the butt-stock that will hold almost 4lbs of lead. Adjusting the trigger and adding the weight is a afternoon job. (hit me up a pm and I'll send you directions)
Doing so will go a long ways to better groups, and getting you on target-- and back again for the follow up.
The A5 is a great stock, I have one on order (for 6 months)-- but the HS stock that comes with the 700P and the VSF is one the doesn't necessarily need replacing. It's a great stock made by a great company-- and it's trusted by LEO all over the country as their primary precision rifle.
The stock doesn't necessarily equate to accuracy unless it's a POS like the one that comes with the SPS or other Tupperware stocks like some of the ones that come with the Salvage cough Savage rifle-- trust me I have two Accuracy International AICS rifles that don't shoot much better than my VFS 700.
So figure $900 for the rifle
IOR Scope 10x42 $800
Rings and 20 MOA base $200
Shoot off your pack or buy a Harris 3-9 BRS notched leg $100
You'll probably get .25 moa at 100 yards with this set up if you do your job.
I second JPBeck on the 700P. I have an LTR in .308 that is stupid accurate, out of the box. I adjusted the trigger slightly, down to about 2.5# with zero take up or over travel, and put a Leupold VX II 4.5-14 on it with a plain old Leupold 1 piece base and Leupold rings. I did lap the rings first, but no other tweaks. With my hand loads (110 grain V Max, 35 grains IMR 3031 and CCI primers) it is shooting .5 (maybe a little more, but not .75) moa.
The HS stock has it hands down over the McMilllan in my opinion, and it doesn't have the huge palm swells like the PSS. I have never shot anything with an A5 stock however.
Without having to drop $$$ for a replacement stock right off the bat, the LTR would keep you within your budget. I am seeing them around for $850 +/-.
This is why I enjoy this forum so much. Thanks gents, I truly appreciate the help and sharing your expertise. I am giddy about getting her set up, Christmas is coming early! I just hope I can beat the wife to the UPS packages, she explored the contents of the safe while I was gone and I kept getting emails through the year "hey, why do we have two of these" or "I didnt know you had..." She used to be blissfully ignorant of firearms recognition, its my own fault for training her!
Thanks again gents, will keep you posted and will get some pics up during the process.
I have to say defer to JP Beck & Jeep, they are more Remington guys, I am not that familiar with their line, and JPBeck has some great build ideas from his other website duties.
In any event, I would definitely suggest bedding any factory stick, along with a trigger job, and a good quality scope & mounting.
You can go with the SPS and then sell the stock of Ebay for $75 then go to Bel & Carlson and get the Vert grip Medilist Tactical stock. This stock comes to you with a full alum bedding block for a good solid mount to the action #2092 short action or #2096 for long actions. Now you have sold a stock for $75 and you have purchased one for $213, 213-75= $138. Or you could go the laminated wood route as well. But these can be more costly than the Bel & Carlson stock and they take a lot of work to get them finished.
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A Cessna Citation VI owned by Irish businessman Jim Mansfield was involved in a major drug bust on September 26, when Belgian police impounded the aircraft at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport and arrested its two pilots. The police reportedly seized more than 110 pounds of heroin as a passenger tried to board the jet. The aircraft had just arrived from Weston Executive Airport, near Dublin, Ireland. Mansfield, whose businesses include hotels and golf courses, also owns Weston Executive Airport. National Flight Centre (NFC), based at Weston, operates his aircraft. According to a spokesman for Mansfield, he had no knowledge that his jet was being flown out of Ireland on the day of the arrests. He said that an undisclosed third party had approached NFC asking to borrow the jet because its aircraft was out of service. As of October 3, the crew had not been released. They have denied any involvement in the alleged drug trafficking.
Citation VI Involved in Drug Bust
- November 15, 2006, 8:48 AM