Long Island to Mystic, CT

Wednesday, Sept. 29

The lobby of our Mariott hotel in Melville.

Woke up to a beautiful morning on LI. Found an Au Bon Pain nearby in a huge Bank of America complex and ate breakfast there. 

The lobby of the BOA building.

The "Good Egg" sandwich.

We were on our way to Connecticut but first we had to navigate our way through Long Island. Once we got off the expressway, we found the east end of Long Island very charming. We drove through a lot of farmland and a few very quaint villages. I saw a clapboard building that turned out to be a McDonald's! We had to dodge goats at one point that had managed to escape their pen and were munching along the roadway.

We finally reached Orient Point where we pulled into the ferry terminal and bought a ticket for the 1:00 crossing.

Pulling onto the ferry.

The ferry port as we leave.

It takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes to cross the sound. We ate lunch on the ferry (hot dogs). After about an hour we got close enough to the Connecticut shore for me to start taking pictures.

Several houses on a spit, and one on a rock (island).

Close up of the house on the spit.

Cool lighthouse

Getting ready to turn into the river.

Love the sailboats!

Another picture of the lighthouse.

Almost lost my sunglasses trying to get a picture of this.

The wind was that strong!!

We chugged through the Thames River (not the one in London) to New London! 

Fort Trumbull

Looks like a cannon on this rock.

Passing a ferry going back to Long Island.

Lots of sailboats anchored off shore.

The ferry terminal is on the right.

We headed to Mystic which is about 10 miles east of New London. After checking into our hotel, we went out and found a pizza restaurant (not the famous one) and had dinner.

The pizza was good. We each got one and now we're

set with leftovers.

The plan for tomorrow is head for Mystic Seaport, which is a museum (19 acres) of old seafaring buildings, ships, displays, etc. It's been on my bucket list for awhile!

A much better today than yesterday (although now I realize I left my phone charger and cord at a previous hotel. Luckily I can use the iPad charger).

Oh, no leaf color yet. But much cooler temperatures.