Leaving Winsted at 10:06, I decided to not do the Brimfield Antique Fair, but instead, try finding some tobacco barns. I went Route 44 for a little bit, then turned onto Route 318 and then onto Route 219. These were really pretty roads, and I stopped at Barkhamsted Dam and Reservoir to admire this pretty vista. I then ended on Route 20 (not the coast to coast version). But somehow in East Granby, my GPS decided to ignore my “Avoid highway option” and dumped me out near Bradley International Airport (which was where I saw my first Dunkin Donuts of the day) and then onto Route 91 for five miles. I got off onto Route 5 and took a right, which led me to a more rural area. At 11:05 a.m., I came upon a group of 7 barns that didn’t look to have anything going on around them. By now, for some reason, my phone was overheating and I thought perhaps, this was the logical stopping point of my adventure. Further up the road I came upon a working tobacco farm that had some sort of tobacco growing. This road turned into a series of horse farms, which was really pretty. I found my way to 190 to Route 319 and then I connected onto Route 19, which brought me by some pretty lakes before entering Wales, Massachusetts. Route 19 emptied me out onto Route 20 in Brimfield, which I just followed back the way I came the day before. Route 20 through this stretch is not the prettiest of roads but it led me home. At 1:44 p.m., I pulled back into my garage, having traveled 144.4 miles on Thursday and a total of 355.8 miles over the two day exploration of small cities and towns in Connecticut.
An interesting comparison was between Lakeville and Sturbridge, I only saw 3 Dunkin Donuts and not many gas stations in comparison to the day before! What a difference a day makes.
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