June 17, 2008
We’ve spent the past 4 days visiting Steve’s family in Connecticut. Cousin Dawn, husband Charlie, their daughter Tabitha, her husband Jim and 2-and-a-half year old Allison entertained us over the weekend. We parked on Dawn and Charlie’s driveway in Winsted and celebrated Father’s Day weekend with the family. It was great fun touring the back roads of this rural part of Connecticut, revisiting the town where Steve’s mom and Aunt Francie grew up, and renewing acquaintances. Steve and Charlie were able to locate his YMCA summer camp and a waterfall where he camped several times as a youth. Campbell Falls Park straddles the Connecticut-Massachusetts border. There are inscribed granite markers in the woods along the trail identifying the position of the state line. Steve remembers being thrilled to stand with one foot in each of the two states while poised over one of the markers. We had an excellent Father’s Day brunch buffet at a supper club on a lake with Dawn, Charlie and many other members of their extended family.
Then we went to the southern shore of Connecticut to visit cousin-in-law Harry and Mary in Stratford. They had just returned from Florida and are in the process of moving there to enjoy the golfing and retirement life in The Villages, near Ocala. Harry took us to visit Steve’s Aunt Blanche at her assisted living center in Wallingford, CT. We also toured New Haven and walked around the historic parts of the campus at Yale University. We couldn’t bring the motorhome up the narrow driveway to Harry’s house. So, we stashed it at the park-and-ride at an entrance to the Merritt Parkway for two days, returning to tend the dogs and to sleep there.
We’re now off along the Connecticut shore on I-95 and will shortly turn north toward Massachusetts. We’ll spend two days visiting Old Sturbridge Village then go on to the home of Steve’s college roommate in Pepperell, MA for a visit next weekend.
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