Connecticut has no Ocean

[lydamorehouse]

 
Image: whaling ship in the grey, cold rain

Shawn and I have made this trip to Connecticut (and back again) five times. Once to move Mason in, and then four times now to move him out. We have never, ever been able to see anything more off the coast of Connecticut than mist. I was pretty sure that the whole fog-of-nothingness/evil was supposed to be a Stephen King thing for Maine, not Connecticut, but here we are, our fifth trip, and there is clearly NO OCEAN OFF THE COAST. It is all greyness and LIES.  

But, we managed a fun sight seeing trip anyway. 

We went to Mystic, CT, bringing along with us both Mason and his partner Jas. 


Mason, our grad, (left) and Jas (right) at the Black Sheep in Nantic, CT. 

The Seaport Museum was probably an interesting choice given the foul weather, and, honestly, I would have hoped that pouring rain would mean that we'd have the place to ourselves. No, every school group in the history of school groups were all there, making trying to get into the litttle faux village shops somewhat of a crapshoot. It was a lovely little space, though. Mason and I explored the whaling ship and I got inspired to do a better job explaining how cramped berths on sailing ships (in my case space ships) can be.  

I'm going to say, however, that my favorite thing was seeing a family of geese and their three little goslings. 

And getting to see Mason hanging out with the person he calls "love."

We did not get any packing done today, but the four of us got very moist and a little cross, so it's back to the AirBnB for us. Clothes are in the dryer and my wet toeies are tucked under the covers. We are giving up for the day, with only dinner out for plans. I wish we'd had better weather, but we had excellent company and that's what it's all about.

Comments

[spiffikins]

I have not been to very many places on the US East Coast - but I *have* actually been to Mystic!

One of our biggest customers (2 guesses and it's not the Navy) is based there and one of my coworkers actually lives in Mystic (he works onsite at our customer most of the time).

[lydamorehouse]

Nice! I think I'd really like Mystic if there had been slightly less rain. :-)

[sabotabby]

Big aww!

[lydamorehouse]

Thanks. They are very cute together for sure.

[lcohen]

double big awwwww!

[lydamorehouse]

They are adorable, both of them.

[pameladean]

Awwww, look at them! So radiant!

I think the people who named Mystic were really taking a chance, and look what they got. I'm glad you had a good time anyway.

P.