Eastbound: Our 2006 Adventure

DAY 19: SOMEWHERE IN CONNECTICUT

Having a wonderful visit with Daryl and Tom, who live in Meriden, just up the road, but the camera batteries ran out of juice yesterday as I was leaving the main home in New Haven... so will have to add photos later. Here it is!

Yesterday (Saturday) we walked the neighborhood, then drove around the larger area some, saw a fabulous park, and visited a wonderful place called Lyman's Orchard, where they have seasonal events (pick your own whatever's in season, corn maze, and next weekend, the blueberry festival) and a huge store full of great produce!

On the way back, we tried to rescue a painted turtle that was near the road, but he had already been hit by a car and was dead. (I did get two box turtles out of the road in Indiana, though, so guess this is a bit of a turtle trip.)

As you can imagine, after almost 40 years, Daryl and I had a lot of catching up to do... we spent a lot of the time together just chatting and looking at pictures and talking some more. As with Priscilla, it's wonderful to catch up on what people are doing after all these years. Daryl and Tom are both retired from teaching...

She has an amazing little review booklet of our class activities from freshman to senior year... and of course, there was the yearbook. How will I ever catch up on everyone before the reunion (July 22)? Now I have an assignment from Priscilla to call a few people--that's interesting, and sometimes strange.

--Sally

posted by SLW @ 7:49 AM