http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Connecticut en-us Mon, 09 Nov 09 05:17:35 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 09 05:17:35 +0000 Hey its Lucia I'm leaving in 2 weeks but we are already starting to pack I am so excited for all the things we will do.Please log on to this blog every week or so to find out what I'm doing...... and send me questions and comments lucia http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Stamford/blog-449011.html Getting ready for an adventure is a very exciting process. Packing I believe is an art form. My gadgetwires bag has gotten bigger but my pictures have gotten better. Cross my fingers no late night or even worse morning of packing. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Stamford/blog-447638.html 25th28th SeptemberSo to our fist experience of bus travel in the USA we arrived at the bus station an hour before scheduled departure time found the check in desk only to be told our reference number was an old one but no worries it would still work However the lady bluntly told us that the bus schedule had changed we asked when the next bus was and luckily for us it was half an earlier. R http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-443004.html I am most familiar with Google Blogspot but unfortunately Blackberry does not interpret the site properly and I can not blog with the device. So I am experimenting with other travel blog sites to see if Blackberry will respond better. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-441578.html The next day the 24 of June I went for a bike ride with Matt Ryanrsquos younger brother and his good friend Justo through the old rail road trail nearby their house in Colchester Connecticut. It was a really nice ride and kind of reminded me of riding through the Kentlyn bush or something like that back home.After getting home me and Ryan headed to the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic Connecticut. W http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-435520.html Bob and I spent two weeks in Mystic in July minding the grandchildren for 8 of those days all by ourselves. We then recuperated for the remainder of the second week plus Bob tried to finish up making some improvement to the Bigfoot RV. We'd had to leave for Connecticut before all the work had been done. Then we spent a couple of days with one of his sisters near Reading PA and then home. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-428436.html I am finding it hard to believe that the day is finally here and that I am heading off on my trip. After so long thinking about this planning changing contemplating researching and fantasizing I am finally going. This first blog entry will be different from the others. I promise that in future missives from the back of beyond I will not be as introspective. Part of the reason for this note i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Stamford/blog-427770.html Our 2nd stop today was Roseland Cottage in Woodstock CT. Roseland Cottage was built in 1846 as we learned on the tour provided by Gloria a Historic New England tour guide by Henry Chandler Bowen. Bowen was born in Woodstock and then headed to New York to make his gajillions and hobnob with politicians. He was quite involved with the Abolitionist movement and apparently used his clout and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Woodstock/blog-417314.html Very cool day today. I looked through an old Frommer's travel guide for New England my mom picked up on one of her many yard sale jaunts and found some local attractions that I didn't even know existed. So we spent today visiting a couple sites located in nearby towns. First up we headed out to the Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret CT for some wine tasting and a walk through their grounds. T http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Pomfret/blog-417310.html So the KooKoo Review...it just happened. I thought we were going to the supermarket but mom had other plans. She claims to have told me but I'm skeptical. Anyway on our way to a car cruise which is not where you go to pick up hot guys in even hotter cars I received a message from my cousin Beth who lives in the same town as my mom asking if we wanted to meet up in a park downtown for http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Killingly/blog-417307.html 28 June Manchester ConnecticutAll I wanted was a few weekends and to take him to a hockey game now and then. Instead his mother resorted to the deplorable yet surefire tactic of using him as a weapon against me. She has utilized him this way from the very beginning when she didnrsquot get what she wanted out of me. For years I tolerated the put downs insults and threats. I held my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Manchester/blog-414440.html Welcome to this summerrsquos essays entitled THE SUMMER OF MY SALVATION. THE SUMMER OF MY SALVATION will depict a different type of journey starting in Tennessee. From there who knows A travelerrsquos itinerary should never be set in stone. For me it is still developing as I compose these words. I am still considering a change in title as planning has been thrown on its head in the past w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Manchester/blog-412937.html It's hard to believe we will be in Ireland soon We still have so much to do and wanted to be sure we knew how to use this correctly. We promise our future entries will be more interestingWish us luck http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-412211.html Hi everyone Just a quick note about my upcoming trip to Iceland. I'll be leaving Sunday June 28th from Boston and flying directly into Reykjavik getting in around 630AM local time. For the first part of the trip we'll be staying at Hotel Plaza in Reykjavik then on July 4th moving to Hotel Highland in Hrauneyjar. Finally we'll return back to Hotel Plaza on July 9th. It looks like we'll have in http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-412008.html Rain patted the tent fly all night long. Not heavy just a steady Seattle drizzle. The thick pine trees overhead helped abate the worst I think. It also helped it continue to hit the tent long after the real rain had quit. We woke up around 530 with water still hitting the tent. Motivation was not real high to go out but we did have to make the Post Office 11 miles away. The Ridgerunner told http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-409152.html Sunday 14 June NYC KOA to Mystic BostonCape Cod KOAWe left the NYC KOA around 9am heading for Mystic Connecticut before our next home base at the BostonCape Cod KOA in Middleboro or Middleborough depending on where you look. The trip to Mystic was pretty much uneventful not even getting GPS lost. Our first stop was Mystic Pizza for lunch at this famous eatery from the movie by the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/Groton/blog-408738.html We took the train on a fairly nondescript route from NYC to New Haven. Then we drove on a country road route through beautiful lush countryside. We'd forgotten the meaning of green with our drought at home but this green we've never seen much before. It was lovely to take the slow route. We stopped at a Dairy Queen for an ice cream with mobs of junior baseballers then in Mystic a sea town http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/New-Haven/blog-406917.html Quiet night alone on the mountain. I did see the moon through the trees once when I woke up to adjust my bag. We sleep with one half the fly door open on each side when we can. This prevents condensation from breathing and sweating overnight. We were up by 630 packing and eating. During our resupply at Joline's we chose to have noncooked breakfast for these few days. Oatmeal bars was the fare http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-406898.html After some wonderful rest and visiting we are back to the trail. The ride up was uneventful. The weather outlook for the next few days is fair and I have new shoes without holes in them. Warm weather greeted us as we pulled our things from the trunk. Hugs all the way around goodbyes said and in a cloud of dust kind of we were back on our own headed north. One of the things we did yesterday w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-406897.html So much for all the early risers in the shelter We woke up right at 6AM I thought I heard someone in the shelter making breakfast or packing. CC was awake so I got all fixed up rolled up my sleeping pad and headed out to make breakfast. Much to my surprise all four hikers even the I get up at 5AM guy were still in their bags snoring away. Quietly like our friend Highwayman used to do http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-406895.html