Pre-trip Day 1. 12/28/16
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Pre-trip Day 2 6/10/17
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Stamford to Southport. HOT.
Heading out
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Heading to Southport station... will pick up where we left off!
Packed up.
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Sights
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
1) turns out you can rent a sauna... delivered to you. Not sure why you would want to.
2) Lots of abandoned factory buildings, and lots of barbed wire in parts of Bridgeport.
3) captions in the wrongRead more
Bridgeport park
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Also in Bridgeport, a really nice park/playground/rest stop.
Today's highlight: GoKarts.
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Southport to Milford
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Fantastic first day. Hot but bearable, and only one incident... Nate walked straight into a pole while admiring one of those big blowy guy things that they use to advertise at used car shops. GoKartsRead more
Back on Rt 1
June 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
This part of Rt 1 is a bit of a wasteland. All big box stores and fast.food. Sun is being tamed by some hazy clouds, though, and there's sidewalk. We listened to the NYT podcast "The Daily" to startRead more
Is it too early for milkshakes?
June 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
???
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Ok, what IS that???
A clearer shot
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The Cushing Exhibit
June 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
At Yale Medical Library
Brains in jars.
Patty CummingsIt kind of looks like something you'd see under glass in a bakery, maybe at Halloween time.
In line.
June 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
No sidewalk
June 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Most of the route has had nice sidewalks so far. This stretch, not so much.
Circle Lanes, East Haven
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Winding up day 2
June 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
When we walked from Stamford to Southport, we saw dozens of establishments advertising eyelash extensions. Today, the theme was tattoo parlors. Also, we've ascertained that white men in ConnecticutRead more
Red roof?
June 24, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
The roof on the sign is white. The roof on the building is brown. Poor naming?
Farm country
June 24, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Today is almost all green. Farms and marshes. Farm stand strawberries.
Day 3. Branford to Clinton
June 24, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
And we're in. Not as much to do on the route today, but the scenery was really pretty. Lots of colonial era buildings in the cute little towns we went through. Listened to a few podcasts (PlanetRead more
Good morning!
June 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Nate's sleeping, and I'm drinking coffee in bed catching up on news and starting to plan our day. Nice start to the day!
Breakfast spot
June 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Podcast
June 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Useful item for long walks: earbud splitter. We're particularly liking Malcolm Gladwell's podcast, "Revisionist History." Sun hats are also very useful.
We do look a bit incongruous with our hats,Read more
Thai lunch
June 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
With surprisingly delicious Thai desserts.
Clinton to Old Saybrook
June 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Short day today to rest a bit. More marshland, pretty scenery, and not a whole lot else. We did see a whole bunch of three wheeled, open topped cars (? ATV's ? Grown up GoKarts?) today and yesterday.Read more