Our First Stop

Boy, there sure is a lot to do after you get back from a vacation! Now I know where the expression comes from: "I need a vacation from my vacation!" Still, I am not complaining as we had such a wonderful time. Before I go out to one of my appointments I wanted to share a couple of pictures I took.

One of the coolest parts of our vacation was that TB and I felt free to make side trips and visit places on the spur of the moment. We both enjoy exploring wherever we are.

On our way up on 95N, we pulled over to use the restrooms at one of those places that has tourist information and brochures. We'd seen mention of a castle in a Connecticut guide booklet we'd received from AAA and it sounded like just the place to go. According to the book, it wasn't that far away from the rest stop. I asked the volunteers about the castle and they enthusiastically told me it was worth a visit and that we should ferry across the river.

Sounded right up our alley! So we took a little detour and stopped in East Haddam to visit William Gillette's castle. We wanted to take the ferry and so these are the first pictures I'm sharing before I have to go to my doctor's appointment.


Here we are in line to get on the ferry to cross the Connecticut River. We didn't mind the wait--we were in no hurry!



In fact, I got to take several pictures of whatever caught my interest. I liked the wildflowers growing along the side of the road and here's how one of them came out.



I even took pictures of just your regular average bushes!



After a wait of maybe 15 minutes, we got to the ferry. It's not very big but I think it could fit up to a dozen cars.



We were parked smack dab in the middle and towards the rear so we couldn't take great pictures but we sure enjoyed the ride!