End of 3 days off!

June 26 - Boo hoo, our last day off, but only for 2 days!  Last night was the first since we arrived a month ago that I didn’t wear flannel pants to bed.  Summer has arrived in CT.

We didn’t rush this morning before heading south to Norwich.  We did a detour off the interstate to Canterbury, CT to the Prudence Crandall Museum to get a stamp for the Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor.  The lady working was disappointed I wasn’t there for a tour of the house but oh, well, we were on our way to Norwich. 

Bill had hoped there would be signage to Meeting House Rock in Norwich where the Old Burying Ground was and nearby the site of the massacre of 600 Pequot by the English.  There was not so we followed the signs to the Pequot Museum which is just passed the casino compound, The Foxwood.  First I must say the first view of The Foxwood

View of The Foxwood from museum tower

is truly imposing.  The deep sky blue glass of the new Tower and the blue of the original buildings, just beautiful.  The museum was not so beautiful but does have a 13 floor observation tower giving a beautiful view of the casino buildings and the surrounding countryside.  At first the museum displays were not so impressive but that changed once we viewed some of the movies and visited the recreation of a Pequot village from 450 years ago.  Using handheld audio you could stop at any of 20+ stops and hear exactly what the figures were doing.  The 30 minute movie of the 1637 Pequot War was as good any movie on the big screen that we have seen.  Very graphic in depicting the events leading up to and the final clash.

Museum display of Pequot men fishing

We were starving by the time we left the museum.  We parked at the casino and surprisingly there wasn’t very good info upon entering to let us know where to go for what.  We were looking for FOOD!  The kiosk we found listed all the places but wasn’t clear where they were with regard to us.  We found a Panera Bread that was closest and it was the MOST expensive lunch at Panera I’ve ever had.  Part of that was because I chose the lobster roll.  It was yummy and the bread was delicious but it was pricy.  Then Bill gave me $50 to spend, notice I say spend, not invest in the casino.  I started at the one where we came in so it would be easier to meet up with Bill and leave but it was actually closed.  There are 3 casinos for sure, maybe if I had continued around the circle there would have been 4.  I went to 2 and lost my money.  I do like Vegas WAY better!  

On the way home we stopped in Dayville to go to Target.  Our little George Foreman is about shot and that’s the only place I know that sells the 2 serving one.  We also picked up another month of service on our Verizon burner phone so we’re good to go if we need it.

We put our stuff away and immediately headed out for our walk and chatted with people along the way.  We were still full from our late lunch so we didn’t eat until 8.  The new George works great.  I just did a chicken breast and leftover broccoli and sliced tomato.  Bill was watching the NBA draft and I was trying to use the computer but didn’t make much headway.