This summer, I did not think I would get to do any of my letter trips. With my arm injury, driving any distance is difficult. I tried to keep thinking about what I could do without having to travel. I did an inventory of all the places I have traveled and their status – is …
On a rainy Sunday afternoon in the beginning of December, after meeting a friend for tea in Lexington Center, I veered to the right onto Lexington Road to head home via Concord Center. For years, I have been fascinated with the farm stands that line that part of Lexington Road (https://waitingstories.org/2019/03/09/the-forgotten-farmstand/) but on this , …
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 …
STOP EIGHT: WINSTED – The Winchester Hotel – 406 Main Street High Roads and Low Roads: Tour 3 – Route 44 About the ride: This ride from Lakeville was gorgeous. Right outside of Salisbury Center, the Appalachian trail crossed and I saw several hikers heading towards Salisbury Center. The speed limit was pretty fast, so …
STOP SEVEN: Lakeville – The Gateway Inn 27 Millerton Road High Roads and Low Roads and Travel Notes. From Torrington, I headed to the Interlaken Inn in Lakeville. I followed this route found in the guide book: High Roads and Low Roads: CT4 to CT63 to CT126 – Johnson Road – Rte 112 This 25.2 …
STOP SIX: TORRINGTON (population 35,357) – The Conley Inn, 93 Main Street High Roads and Low Roads (Tours)- Tour 5 Travel Notes: Tour 5, which involved Route 8, ended up being a 2 to 3 lane 65 mile per hour highway, so I went 12.8 miles in 24 minutes. It was mostly a rural ride, …
STOP FIVE: Warner’s Corner, Thomaston (population 1730) – Warner Lane High Roads and Low Roads: no direct tours here, so will rely on Google maps to get me from New London to Thomaston, avoiding highways. Trip Notes: Long – it took me 142 minutes to travel the 70 miles. Many of it was very urban, …
STOP FOUR: NEW LONDON (population 27,635) – THE MOHICAN HOTEL 281 State Street High Roads and Low Roads (Tours)- Route 9 Travel notes: This took me 21 minutes to travel the 11 miles down Route 32. It became much more “urban” and busy as I got closer to New London. I passed by Connecticut College, …
STOP THREE: Norwich – The Norwich Inn 607 West Thames Street High Roads and Low Roads (Tours)- Route 9 and a little bit of Route 9A Travel notes: This ride took me 8 minutes to traverse the 1.6 miles and I stayed there for 19 minutes. The street (Route 32) ran parallel to the Thames …
STOP TWO: NORWICH (population 40,014) – The Wauregan, 25 Broadway https://youtu.be/pFIo7EFTNJU High Roads and Low Roads (Tours)- Route 9 and a little bit of Route 9A Notes about travel: It took me 72 minutes to drive the 35.5 miles to Norwich. It was pretty rural for a while, traveling through places like Plainfield which was …
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