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Article: Spring - and spending - in the air at sportsmen's show
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- March 16, 2009
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ORONO - Brian and Cheryl Gallant of Bangor have made attending
the Eastern Maine Sportsmen's Show a spring tradition.
This year, the couple decided to pick up friends Bill and Linda
McDougall, also of Bangor, along the way.
The four walked through the exhibit-packed University of Maine
Fieldhouse learning about outdoor activities and local land trusts,
which help land to be set aside for Mainers to enjoy for generations
to come, and they began to get jazzed.
Their enthusiasm boiled over when they reached the Old Town
Canoes and Kayaks display.
"We decided we're going to explore some of Maine's wonderful
wilderness," said Bill McDougall, as the women discussed kayak
colors.
His wife, Linda, ...