Our decision to move to Aroostook County
was in the making years before we actually moved. My
husband was ready for a new job, our area was increasingly
becoming busier and busier, essentially becoming a tourist
town year round. Our kids in grammar school were
growing up too fast. In our heads we had the image of
Aroostook County as a wholesome place to raise your
children. The area seemed like it would be something from
the Andy Griffeth show, that of dirt roads and people
sitting on their back porches sipping iced tea and listening
to the crickets. With this image in our minds, we packed
up and decided to move within a month. The sale of our
house had fallen through the week before and while it
was still on the market we decided to rent it out. We had
already purchased our farm, so we pushed on. Now you
would have to understand how sheltered I was as a young
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