Odds are, if you have a connection to Gorham, Maine, and you are picked as a member of a “Survivor” cast, you’ll do very well.

Bob Crowley, 63, who captured the $1 million prize as the winner in 2008, and his wife, Peggy, live in a farmhouse in Durham. After retiring as a Gorham High School physics teacher, he launched a campground, Maine Forest Yurts, which is a 100-acre wilderness site on Runaround Pond in Durham.

It’s a retreat for the adventure seeker.

A yurt is a circular-style dwelling that he fashioned like ones in Central Asia. He said recently that his facility has a log cabin for meetings and two yurts, with plans for a third. His yurts are outfitted with wood and gas stoves along with a sink.

“They sleep six,” he said.

Crowley’s facility offers year-round outside activities. He has had guests from Boston, New York, Quebec and as far away as Germany and France. “We’re booked every weekend,” he said.

Two years ago, the Crowleys launched Durham Warriors Project Survival Challenge, a weekend-long fundraiser for veterans in which 21 contestants, grouped in teams, negotiate contests that will ultimately determine who wins. People from around the country and as far off as Switzerland have paid $300 each to compete.

Julie Berry said on Jan. 30 she had just turned 34. “It’s true what they say about your 30s, they are the best years so far,” she emailed the American Journal.

Berry lives in Los Angeles.

“I’ve made a life out here since I moved the day after my ‘Survivor’ finale, which was 11 years ago,” she said.

She was a competitor in 2004 who just missed making the final four.

Now, she works in reality TV as a producer while maintaining her marriage and family therapy practice. She said popular shows she has worked on are “The Bachelor” and “Dancing with the Stars.”

She grew up in Gorham, and graduated from Gorham High School in 1998, where Crowley was her physics teacher.

Her parents are Les and Judy Berry of Gorham.

“I get back to Maine twice a year and fall back in love with it every time I do,” she said. “I was just back for Christmas and was bummed, it was 50 degrees. I love my roots and I’m always proud to be from Maine.”

Julie Berry was a “Survivor” competitor in 2004 who just missed making the final four.Bob Crowley took home the $1 million prize as the “Survivor” winner in 2008.