Steam train & boat ride

Here's the gang. You see what Patches does while we are sight seeing.

Judy gets an up close look at the engines cab. Mel is a retired railroad engineer and got us a close look.

How about a hot dog? Or....if your a bald eagle a fresh fish?

A nifty rotating bridge.

Gillette Castle was built by William Gillette who was an eccentric actor in the early 1900s. He gained fame playing Sherlock Holmes. It is now a state park.

Today we spent the afternoon in Essex on a train and boat ride on the CT River. I really enjoyed the open car ride on the train.

USS Nautilus & sub museum

Stan & I are manning a gun. We stopped in Mystic at Mystic Pizza for lunch or supper or whatever it was. The pizza was good, I think most are. I wasn't aware but there was a 1987 movie centering on 3 waitresses that worked at the pizza joint, Julia Roberts was one of them. The waterfront pic was taken from the parking lot.

Here's Dee & Connie at the controls. Later Connie & Stan were checking for targets.....like our trucks in the parking lot!

Judy has her periscope sighted on the Nautilus.

The gang of six spent a couple hours this afternoon in Groton (5 or 6 miles from the CG) at the Submarine Museum & the USS Nautilus which was the first nuclear powered submarine. The museum is adjacent to the sub base & we were fortunate to see a sub heading out to sea on the Thames River.

Old Mystic, CT

Mel & Dee made the 180 mile trip to Old Mystic, CT with us today while Stan & Connie went up to NY where Woodstock was held in 1969. They needed to get NY state on their map because after the Nova Scotia caravan they are heading west through Canada while Judy & I are returning to MI through the states & will get NY & VT then. Some of the NY & CT expressways are as bad as any other state's roads. We do like the CG, looong pull through sites with lots of grass. Good TV, Internet & cell reception too. AND...the temperatures are in the mid 70s with a nice cool breeze, how refreshing after the heat of Gettysburg!!! The 4 of us went to 5 Guys Burgers & Frys for supper....good! Stan & Connie will be here tomorrow. We will be here a week to explore the area.

Montague, New Jersey

On Sunday Judy went shopping with all the others while I watched the Grand Prix of Monaco, the Indy 500 & the Southern 600. An enjoyable day for everyone. Monday we watched 90% of the CG here at Gettysburg depart.....back to some peace & quiet! We always hole up over Memorial Day, the Fourth of July & Labor Day holidays as the CGs are full. On Tuesday we made the 230 mile trip to New Jersey for one night. We can now add NJ to our map! It was pretty hilly (or small mountains) so our fuel mileage wasn't very good, 9.1 mpg. $35 for a 30amp & no sewer site....expensive. We were against some trees that blocked our rooftop dish so we watched some recorded movies in the evening after the 6 of us went out for supper.