Pre-trip Day 1. 12/28/16
22 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Pre-trip Day 2 6/10/17
22 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Stamford to Southport. HOT.
Heading out
22 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Heading to Southport station... will pick up where we left off!
Packed up.
22 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Sights
22 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 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 wrongEn savoir plus
Bridgeport park
22 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Also in Bridgeport, a really nice park/playground/rest stop.
Today's highlight: GoKarts.
22 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Southport to Milford
22 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 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. GoKartsEn savoir plus
Back on Rt 1
23 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 startEn savoir plus
Is it too early for milkshakes?
23 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
???
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Ok, what IS that???
A clearer shot
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The Cushing Exhibit
23 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
At Yale Medical Library
Brains in jars.
In line.
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No sidewalk
23 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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
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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 ConnecticutEn savoir plus
Red roof?
24 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
The roof on the sign is white. The roof on the building is brown. Poor naming?
Farm country
24 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Today is almost all green. Farms and marshes. Farm stand strawberries.
Day 3. Branford to Clinton
24 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 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 (PlanetEn savoir plus
Good morning!
25 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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
25 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Podcast
25 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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,En savoir plus
Thai lunch
25 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
With surprisingly delicious Thai desserts.
Clinton to Old Saybrook
25 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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.En savoir plus






































