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An Old Seaport, Famous Pizza, and a Nuclear Sub
... old-time ships, as well as a living history 19th-century village. We didn't have time to tour the museum, but it looked interesting. The biggest downside was that the Seaport takes up a lot of the coastline, so if you just want to hang out on the seashore, it seems like you either have to pay the entry fee or leave town and find another spot.
Our last night in Mystic was a wild one. We had a vicious thunderstorm at about 3 am that knocked us around like a pinball ...
Newport - Opulence by the Bay
... down Belle Vue Ave to our first mansion The Elms. Here, I had prebooked a Servants Quarters Tour. Our guide took us waaay to the very top floor of the mansion where the 18 rooms were that housed the 37 servants who took care of the house, the yard and the home owners. We also saw the kitchen, laundry, ice box room, coal room, etc that aren't normally part of the mansion tour. Very interesting! By now we were ...
The Vanderbilt'ssummer place, Newport.
... down, a sudden downpour. By the time we finished, yes, we are slow eaters I admit, it had cleared up and we set off again driving throug Connecticut. Stayed in a semi-dodgy hotel run by mr Patel. our hotel accom seems to have deteriorated somewhat. But the bed linen was clean and so was the bathroom. the twin bedded room had twin double beds -often hotels offer either a king or queen double. First time I have slept in a double in years... Very squishy for us two ...
Getting ready to go!
... Fleetwood Pulse on a sprinter. Hope we have a safe trip!
The pictures are from previous trips: our camper at Grayton Beach, FL,
George and Steph enjoying a campfire in St. Augustine,
These are all reminders of what we have to look forward to - camping, camp fires, great campsites, biking, meeting new people, visiting our children and just relaxing and having a great time.
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Island Life
The next day we drove back to the Pequot Museum and were treated to one of the most elaborate displays of Native American village life I have ever seen. The revenues from the casinos have really underwritten a fabulous exhibit. The use lifelike manikins to recreate a village, based upon archaeological research of the area. A locally produced documentary details the Pequot’s difficulties with the early English settlers which resulted in a ...
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