Just got home last night from a wonderful vacation in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.  We had a great time and saw a lot of beautiful places.  It was hard getting up and getting ready for work this AM - I think I need a vacation to rest up from my vacation!  Here's a bunch of photos.

Mystic Seaport & Aquarium:

Avery Point (Groton, CT) where Sam was located for a while in the Coast Guard.  It was such a beautiful place and brought back a lot of good memories for him.  The stone mansion was the officers quarters.  Avery Point is now part of UConn.

 

Next stop was Gillette Castle in Essex, CT (home of William Gillette - the original Sherlock Holmes and movie director) and the Essex Railroad.  We just missed an old friend there from my Steamtown days - it would have been nice to see him, but it wasn't meant to be.

We found a great place to eat right on the harbor in Noank, CT.  Shared our picnic table with a couple from New York and found out the woman's brother lives in Greentown, PA - about 5 miles from Sam.  What a small world it is!

On to South Sudbury, MA where we spent a wonderful night at the Wayside Inn including a beautiful dinner and Celtic concert at the Mary-Martha chapel next door.  Of course, we also spent a lot of time at the water wheel there that Sam's dad built and had a nice long visit with the miller.

 

 

On to Merrimack, NH where we toured the Anhauser-Busch factory (even though I hate beer) and to see the stables where they train the Clydesdales.  There were only a couple there since most of them were out on tour, but what a beautiful place!

 



Left Merrimack for Vermont and spent the last 3 days of our vacation with Mom.  We had a great time - went to "Spurs" for ice cream, to Windsor to the Precision Museum and to Pittsford to the Maple Museum.  Of course also did a lot of just plain visitin'!