New England Road Trip; Chapter 7 - Connecticut

(written by Bill)

This is a series of blogs covering a 21 day road-trip my wife and I made through eight New England States during the month of September – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

I’ve covered Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania to date.

Chapter 7 - How can anyplace top the town of Intercourse?  Well, we were back on the road bright and early heading for Connecticut in search of the next wonderful location.

Our first stop was in the town of New Haven, Connecticut where we toured Yale University.  All I can say about this campus is, “Wow!”,  It is so worth taking time to walk around and see a place that educates some of our most intelligent young people.  I felt smarter just strolling around the grounds.

After walking through the University we took a boat ride with River Quest on the Connecticut River.  The weather was okay with  just a few scattered clouds and slightly on the cool side. On the cruise was saw the Gillette Castle, Snowy Egrets and some beautiful homes along the waterfront.  If you are visiting Connecticut, be sure to take this tour.

After finishing up the boat ride we traveled on to a quaint little town called Mystic, still in Connecticut, where we planned on spending the night.  We really got lucky finding a vacancy at the Steamboat Inn (B&B) right on the waterway with a terrific view (and very romantic). While in Mystic, you have to eat at the Mystic Pizza parlor.  As they say on their sign it’s like eating, “A slice of heaven”.

All in all, Connecticut was a great state with lots to see and enjoy.

Beautiful residential street in New Haven, Connecticut where Yale University is located.

Yale University Law School Building

Park just outside of Yale University.

Boarding Connecticut River Quest Cruise line

View of the Gillette Castle (State Park) which is one of the highlights of the cruise

Snowy Egret along with their nest in the background built on a human made platform

One of the many beautiful homes we saw along the river.

We spent the night at Steam Boat Inn, which was the best B&B.

Old historic draw bridge (Bascule) in the town of Mystic River in Connecticut

Historic Mystic River pizza parlor that was featured in the 1988 film titled “Mystic Pizza” staring Julia Roberts

Historic home in Mystic, built by John Denison in 1770

A look at the harbor in Mystic featuring a tug named Anne.

Click here to see more photo’s of Connecticut (as well as previous images from other New England States).

Next blog with cover Rhode Island, then on to Cape Cod.

Hope you enjoy…

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