Originally posted by monochrome I’m familiar with the area on maps but never been there. My direct lineal prime ancestor John Compton, second cousin of Henry Compton - England - settled in St. Mary’s County around 1665. There’s an unincorporated community, Compton, MD near Leonardtown with some NRHP buildings - about all that’s left of his holdings. He sold his landholdings to help form a Regiment for the Continental army 1776. Interesting to know you live. nearby.
That's interesting. Compton is near Breton Bay, outside of Leonardtown, which was the nice neighborhood in St. Mary's County when the county was mainly tobacco farmers. This was before NAVAIR headquarters moved here and the base consolidations in the 1990s greatly expanded the population and average income of the area. Since then we've had several McMansion developments pop up to steal Breton Bay's crown. My wedding was at the Breton Bay Country Club, a few miles from Compton.
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Originally posted by Just1MoreDave The best commute was on Kaua'i, Lihue to Kalaheo. There was one two lane road, a few lights, top speed of 50mph. You pretty much just followed the other guy. There were 3 passing zones but passing was a waste of time. If you left at the same time you'd see the same people in front of you. You might as well just look at the great view, or tourists trying to put the top up on their rented Sebring in a quick rain shower.
Sebring... bah. When we were on Kaua'i we rented a Jeep Wrangler, with the hardtop and removable panels that weighed 30 pounds each, so getting them on and off is like wrestling a medium sized animal, only with sharp corners. We did that once, since it did rain three times a day. The Jeep was kind of silly, but nice to take on the terrible road to Polihale beach. Not too many places you can have a mile of Hawaiian beach to yourself.
I did briefly look for engineering jobs at Barking Sands, I could handle that commute.
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