Lunch out again and MORE ice cream!

July 26 – We heard about a “really good” seafood place in New London, which isn’t far at all from Niantic.  Bill wanted to go for lunch and back to the Book Barn Mystery location.  I checked out some possible shopping for on our way back.

So we headed south and the truck GPS was not doing a good job as usual, so we relied on

my phone to get us there.  We missed the turn to the docks so when around the roundabout and it looked like we were headed to nowhere!  Then the next curve you see cars parked along the side of the road and the parking spots filling up fast.  Bill dropped me to get in line while he got a decent parking spot.

This one is the starter

NIce deck and view

Captain Scott’s was pretty packed, but the line went quickly.  It’s all outdoor seating with one big covered area, but due to covid, there were a lot less tables than normal.  They have a counter along the water with colorful bar chairs and behind the covered area are more picnic tables along the water as well.  They painted lobsters on the concrete to designate your six foot distance in the line, which was pretty cute.  They have a pretty wide variety and an ice cream area as well.  Bill ordered his first lobster roll, and I had a salad with lobster on it and we shared a side order of clam

Bill's first lobster roll

strips.   My lunch was good, the lobster was plain and they give you a choice of regular salad dressings and I should have said ranch as it was not as good with blue cheese.  Bill’s roll was so overflowed that he gave me some of the lobster and it did not taste anything like mine.  It tasted old!!

We enjoyed watching the geese along the edge of the water.  Bill tossed them some bread but they really wanted meat!  It was rather hot out but a cloudless day and the harbor was full of boats.  People were still coming as we left so they must do a really good business!

Right on front of us!

Since it was Sunday there wasn’t anything open downtown or any people even, so we drove to Niantic to the book store.  I found 3-4 books then went to the truck but Bill found about 20!  Luckily they are all $1. 

Just as we pulled out on to the road I told him I could go for some ice cream and BOOM, there was a dairy shop on the right corner with quite a few cars so we pulled in to Tony D’s Craft Creamery.  It’s a bit pricey, but everything up here is!  I had a cup of Jack Sparrow.  Now, you ask, “What is in Jack Sparrow ice cream”?  I have to admit, in reading the description, they had me after rum and molasses, but there are also nuts, raisins and Hermit cookies.  Oh boy was it ever good!  You could lightly taste every ingredient!  As I write I asked Bill what the name of his was and what was in it and he has no clue!  Oh well, moving on…

Who are these masked
people??

I was hot and sticky and now I was full of ice cream so I decided I didn’t want to walk around a shopping plaza or go to a mall, so we headed back to Eastford.  The campground was back to normal, meaning 2/3 empty as the weekenders had left.  All was quiet and good with the world!