Mystic, CT

Today we traveled just a short distance for a one-night stay in Mystic, CT.  We aren’t big shoppers, but we enjoyed walking around the “Olde Mistik” shops, and even purchased a few Christmas decorations, in what has to be one of the nicest stores of this type we ever visited.   From there we headed out… Continue reading Mystic, CT

Long Beach, NY

Today, we visited a business acquaintance and friend of Claudette at her Long Island home in Long Beach.  We took the scenic route to get to her place, had good conversations, took a walk along the long beach boardwalk right around sunset, and ended our visit with a nice dinner at a local Mexican restaurant.

Montauk,, NY

Today was a big driving day – more than 4 hours of driving, including driving around New York City via the George Washington Bridge.  I chose a park that had high ratings, and those were well deserved, but that park is at the far eastern end of the south branch of Long Island.  Predictably, traffic… Continue reading Montauk,, NY