Monday, October 1, 2007

Mystic, CT

Lovely, charming, quaint...I'll be using those words frequently in the next page. The New England area is lovely. We've spent the last week in the Mystic, CT area exploring. Windy, narrow roads on quaint rolling hills, slowly changing lovely dying foliage, very old, well kept large homes with charming rock walls everywhere. And lots of money.
Stonington, just across the bay from Mystic was one of our destinations a few days ago, and while walking around the small borough, we noticed a lot of remodeling. So we asked the lady at the coffee shop if a hurricane had gone through; she raised an eyebrow and said with a smirk, "there's a lot of very rich people here. They're simply remodeling". And while walking past a realtor office, the pictures in the window indicated these homes were going for $1-7,000,000! And they're on lots smaller than ours in Appleton! But on the ocean. Lovely, quaint, charming.
Yesterday we went to Groton, the submarine capital of the world and toured the Nautilis, the first nuclear powered sub. What an experience. It was so big, but so small. They housed 12 sailors in a single room with 3 rows of 4 bunks high, and maybe 2 feet between the bunks (above and beside). And to be in close quarters like that 400 feet under water. Wow! It was very interesting.
Then while driving to our appointment at the camper repair station, at 6:45a.m. on Friday we took a sharp left turn and "bumped" the guard rail on the right, causing $2,400.00 damage to our brand new camper:( Did I mention we were on our way to the repair shop? Who also employs a very good body man. He had us buttoned up that day, but we go back this week for paint.
The day wasn't a complete loss... we went to the Mystic Aquarium while they were working on the camper. That was a blast...they also had a 3-D virtual roller coaster that took us through outer space. It was great! Also beluga whales, penguins, sea lions, and lots of cool fish. Bob was so bummed about the camper...he's NEVER done anything like that, and for it to happen to our BRAND NEW CAMPER! But the roller coaster put a smile back on his face.Today we watch Brett Favre break the record, drink bloody mary's, and contemplate our next destination...after the camper is fixed of course.

1 comment:

Ralph said...

Looks like lake winnebago, just switch peguins with carp