Below is the view of Connecticut River from the lawn. This is East Haddam, CT and across the river is Haddam. The lawn is a great place to rest, catch some rays, or read before turning back.
View of Gelston House from lawn. That terrace on the right, with the tent-cover is the outdoor dining and beergarden. Unfortunately this fine establishment is too far from the office otherwise I would drag my drinking comrades here regularly.
Below, view of the swing bridge from lawn:
What is a swing bridge?? It is called a swing bridge because the bridge rotates, to let boat traffic through, by swinging on a pivot.Photo below, lawn, & opera house in background. Can you imagine taking a boat to the opera? These premises were built in the mid 1800s. The aristocracy along the Connecticut river no doubt lived well.
Where to dock for the Goodspeed!
Goodspeed Opera House is a neoclassical Italianate marvel on CT route 82. Connecticut river in background.
Gelston house, next door to the Goodspeed and of the same vintage.
Approaching the swing bridge. It is a steel-deck bridge, which causes a weavy feeling on the motorcycle. Takes getting used to.
Map of places talked about in this Blog:
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Before the Canterbury tales, a little bit about motorcycle controls
Most of the motorcycle controls are on the handlebars, except for the rear brake and gear shifter. Those are controlled by foot pegs. Turn the right hand grip (throttle) to speed up.
Friday afternoon up in the Northeast Corner:
Scotland General Store. That is about it for destinations in Scotland Center. A few towns in eastern Connecticut still have general stores.
Photo below, Route 169 between Canterbury and Pomfret is scenic. The road is usually scenic before you see these signs, so my reaction once was something like "this gets even better?"
cornfield, Canterbury CT
Before the Canterbury tales, a little bit about motorcycle controls
Most of the motorcycle controls are on the handlebars, except for the rear brake and gear shifter. Those are controlled by foot pegs. Turn the right hand grip (throttle) to speed up.
Friday afternoon up in the Northeast Corner:
View from downtown Scotland, CT
Scotland General Store. That is about it for destinations in Scotland Center. A few towns in eastern Connecticut still have general stores.
Photo below, Route 169 between Canterbury and Pomfret is scenic. The road is usually scenic before you see these signs, so my reaction once was something like "this gets even better?"
cornfield, Canterbury CT
Brooklyn, CT
Brooklyn Ct
Before heading home, lunched at Vanilla Bean Cafe, Pomfret. It is biker-friendly and a guy there tried talking me into riding in the Hoka Hey Challenge, a bike race from Key West to Alaska with a $500,000 purse. It's $1000 to enter and there's no second prize. I had to say no thanks!
Brooklyn Ct
Before heading home, lunched at Vanilla Bean Cafe, Pomfret. It is biker-friendly and a guy there tried talking me into riding in the Hoka Hey Challenge, a bike race from Key West to Alaska with a $500,000 purse. It's $1000 to enter and there's no second prize. I had to say no thanks!
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