Connecticut & A Taste of Rhode Island

Hi all! It is past time for me to catch up on my blog!! 

The last part of August was spent waiting for an RV service appointment in Danbury, CT.  I have a Mercedes Diesel engine and called several Mercedes service companies before finding one that could take my RV size. So I was glad to get the appointment even if I had to wait! 

I camped for 2 days at Macedonia Brook State Park near Kent in Eastern CT. It was a great spot where I could hear and see the brook babbling. 

It rained quite a bit and I got pretty bored in the camper. I walked around Kent for a bit, but it was mostly antique stores and pricey clothes. I rode my bike between showers. I'm enjoying the folding bike. It fits just behind the drivers seat.

Then I camped a little closer to Danbury for another 2 days at Kettletown State Park. This park had a nice lake but the bacteria count was too high to swim.

So it was hiking by the lake, in the woods, or along a pretty stream for me! The RV was serviced and off I went again, this time to the beach!

Hammonasset state beach is not far from  New Haven. Hammonasset is an Indian name which means "place where we dig holes in the ground," referring to the farming methods used by the local tribe. 

I enjoyed a walk to the beach to watch the sunset. And I got back to camp just before it poured! It was a large campground of over 400 sites on a busy summer weekend and noisy with music, people, and generators! The RV needed a hookup and I was glad to leave early the next morning. 

I was treated to a rainbow! I drove through Old Saybrook and enjoyed views of 2 lighthouses.

I next went to a small, wooded RV campground (with electricity) on a lake near Woodstock, CT. It was peaceful and the people were friendly!

I hiked a bit and swam and floated out on the lake for a couple of hours. It was so relaxing just floating on the water! When I was at Alderson I went on a very different float trip with Julia down the Greenbrier River with rapids and a bruised behind!

The next day I drove the backroads through Rhode Island to Fisherman's Memorial state beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island. I loved the stone fences along the roads!

I was biking and saw a long line at Iggy's Clam Shack and figured it had to be good! I had my first clam cake, a baseball sized deep fried dough with chopped clams. Tasty.

I biked to Wheeler state beach

And to the lighthouse...

On the way back to Connecticut I tasted my first lobster roll! It was hot with butter and a few leeks and oh, so good, from the Sea Well fish market in Pawcatuct, CT.

Then it was time to head back to Hartford area to prepare to pick up my sister, Karolyn, from the airport.