Sunday Drive
Linda and I went for a good old fashioned Sunday drive today. Actually, it wasn't quite so old fashioned as we used the new GPS system I installed on my Treo smartphone and picked a Connecticut POI (point of interest) to drive to, and then we followed the voices of Sugar 1 and Sugar 2 as they guided us along the route. One voice gives the step by step directions and the other pronounces the street names.
We chose the Burlington Trout Fish Hatchery, about 50 miles from home. If you go to the Connecticut page on my website, you'll see a few of the pictures I took there. We looked in on a few of the hatchery pools and walked around for a few minutes, before heading on our way.
We chose a different route back which took us through the towns of Farmington, Bristol, Cheshire, Plainville, Hamdem, New Haven and Orange.
A few weeks ago, we drove to Sleeping Giant State Park in New Haven to see the "Sleeping Giant" outline in a local mountain. Although we found our way to the park, we were too close to actually see the outline of the giant. Well, today during our return home from the Hatchery, we actually drove by far enough away to get a great view of the Sleeping Giant. An unintended consequence of today's drive.
We chose the Burlington Trout Fish Hatchery, about 50 miles from home. If you go to the Connecticut page on my website, you'll see a few of the pictures I took there. We looked in on a few of the hatchery pools and walked around for a few minutes, before heading on our way.
We chose a different route back which took us through the towns of Farmington, Bristol, Cheshire, Plainville, Hamdem, New Haven and Orange.
A few weeks ago, we drove to Sleeping Giant State Park in New Haven to see the "Sleeping Giant" outline in a local mountain. Although we found our way to the park, we were too close to actually see the outline of the giant. Well, today during our return home from the Hatchery, we actually drove by far enough away to get a great view of the Sleeping Giant. An unintended consequence of today's drive.
FYI... the voices in the navigation system are named Sugar and Honey. We made a pact before we left that we would follow their directions whether we disagreed with them or not. That was fun. We should have taken a map, though. Next time.
And, the fish hatchery was underwhelming compared to the ones we have been to in Oregon and Vancouver, but the ride was beautiful. And, it was strange that the parking lot was full of cars, but there were no people there but us. OOHHHHHH a haunted fish hatchery (we later found the people, a bunch of boy scouts).
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