Road Trip...Close To Home

 The hubs and I took a "close to home" road trip...

Mystic, Connecticut 

Only 3 days, 2 nights, this is a place that is very familiar to us.

It is a place where we could wander, not getting too close to anyone...and we could eat outdoors.

Because of Covid, there was no cleaning service at the hotel.

I thought I was ready for a short trip, but I wasn't.

We did not get to see or do much of what we had planned.

After recovering from Covid, the symptoms get better but they also linger...

and you need a little extra time to rest and recuperate. 

I did get some pictures...

Draken Harald Ha`rfagre 

We saw this old Viking Ship off in the distance in the Mystic Seaport Museum 

It is the worlds largest Viking Ship sailing in modern times.

A crew of 32 sailed the longship across the North Atlantic to it current docking spot at the museum.

The next six pictures we took in Stonington, Connecticut... 

The next 8 pictures were taken in Watch Hill, Rhode Island...

The hubs wanted a picture with the "big boat".

In this image, a wooden boat in front of a yacht, 

- 14 to Smile -

A 114 foot luxury yacht, sleeps up to 8 people and can reach a top speed of 17 knots.

It's last port of call is Watch Hill, Rhode Island and the boat calls Palm Beach Florida home.

Wooden Boats are very popular in the area, these 2 are always docked here,

we have seen them on previous trips to Mystic.

The Watch Hill Lighthouse is in the background!

Unusual, in that it has a large keepers house attached to it.

Tappan zee Bridge now called The Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, no comment on that!

If you are wondering how we pass the time, 

we play this Scavenger Hunt.

The hubs knows the items by heart and I check them off for him.

And if you are wondering, I WON 44 - 36....

the hubs says I have an unfair advantage, but that's not true.

I am the one looking down all the time to cross things off,

 he always has his eyes on the road.

We play this game on every road trip!

- travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer -

Butterflies And Caterpillars

 I was so surprised to see these gorgeous Black Swallowtails on my Butterfly Bush!

Please excuse the fact that it has not been pruned or dead headed all summer,

I have not been able to do it.

During a "normal" summer, I deadhead all of the spent blooms and the bush looks gorgeous.

It would have a lot more blooms on it had I been able to keep up with it.

Still the butterflies don't mind and I found these two were having a blast, 

fluttering from one bloom to the next!

And what a surprise to find this caterpillar on a piece of old dill.

My dill did not do well this year, 

so I did not get the abundant number of caterpillars I usually do.

- just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly -