Connecticut

We just drove through the northern part of Rhode Island--took about 45 minutes! The last two days we stayed in Bristol, CT. The picture is that of Mark Twains home in Hartford, CT. This is where he wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in this house. I always imagined him sitting on a porch overlooking the Mississippi River as he wrote--he was overlooking the Park River. Harriet Beecher Stowes home is right next door.
The big rain was coming in last night so yesterday we did a color loop into the northwestern part of the state. We found waterfalls, a covered bridge and beautiful color. We spent quite a bit of time at the Ag-machine museum which is about 11 buildings filled with tools, old tractors, steam engines, a mining history/artifact display. It was quite impressive.
The rains came as promised and today it got windier as the day progressed. We went to the Carousel museum in Bristol this morning learning about carousels which it seems were everywhere in this part of the country. They also had a two room fire history museum. This guy had these two rooms of stuff in his basement--hats, lanterns, hoses, clothing, pumpers--it goes on and on.
We headed out of town for Waterbury and antiquing. We found lunch then followed the garmin into what was to be shop after shop. We became suspicious when the houses were run down and there were young guys sorta hanging out. Further looking, and Ann had mistaken Woodbury for Waterbury! Woodbury didn't yield anything useful either.
Tonight we are in Newburgh, NY which is along the Hudson River.