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 Salisbury – library building and town hall – spring bowl Over the Housatonic River, next to Blackberry River Norfolk – beautiful hills Winsted – described as “never, never land” – back in the 30s, …
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 Get back onto Route 6 to Route 8 North 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 …
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 Back on Route 32 Follow Route 32 for 10 plus miles onto Eugene O’Neil Drive. Turn right onto Governor Winthrop Blvd Turn left onto Meridan Street Turn left onto State Street Travel notes: This …
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 From Main Street, turn left onto Market Street Turn right at first cross street onto Water Street Follow Water Street – at lights it becomes Washington Street. Go over …
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 Back to 44, next right onto Grove Street (Route 12) Route 12 turns right at Killingly Ave, turns into Putnam Pike Goes through Attawaugan into town of Killingly. Go …
