10/27/21

               So I felt that a October break was necessary for my general peace of mind and part of my transition to less work more travel. Originally I tried to convince  to take off the week and go to Chicago and back but she was reluctant to do so for variety of reasons. I originally planned on  going to Gettysburg and  Altoona but the weather did not cooperate. As the front was going from west to east I decided to go east and ended up going to New London ,Connecticut. On Tuesday I took the day off and pretty much worked on eBay relaxed and went to see Dune which was excellent.
               On Wednesday I left around 11:00 in order to void rush hour which worked out as previously the Google maps was showing delays and as I drove up to the Tappan zee there were no delays at all. It was pretty much smooth driving most of the way with only a very few delays My first stop was Frank Pepe's Pizza in New Haven where there was no wait . I had the white clam pizza which was excellent so one of the essential road stops was checked off. 
           I then stopped at the Florence Griswold museum which was excellent. It's a old house that she turned into a boarding house in order to make a living and it ended up turning into an art colony and there's all sorts of art all over the place .It was a great story and most impressive was the kitchen where the artists all painted on the doors. I really loved it. I then walked down to the river and could see where one gets inspired. A truly excellent art museum
              . I then drove to fort Groton battlefield. There wasn't much there but you could still see the remains of the fort and the passageway. It was pretty nice and it does have  a nice view of New London and it knocked off another bucket list for me on my list of revolutionary battlefields.
       I then went to the hotel. I realized when I got there that it was not in the greatest area and that I perhaps should have done a little more research on how safe the area is. I feel the whole town itself is safe but it's not an area to walk around. Based on that I drove a little bit further south to a area closer to the river and ate at on the waterfront. It was okay. I thought it was good but the portions are a little bit skimpy for the price. But I sat at  the bar and had clam chowder and a lobster roll and a scotch and I was satisfied. I then got back to the hotel to find out that Liz's grandmother had died at 94. I was sorry to hear that. She was very classy lady and I liked her. She was also really good with the kids. I got back to the hotel around 6:30 .The rest of the night I just read and watched TV on my laptop

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