First we stopped at Gilette Castle State Park in East Haddam, CT. This was a castle built in 1919 by William Gillette, the first man to play Sherlock Holmes on stage. We took a ferry across the river to get back. With our car!!
Here is a picture of Mel C tossing a coin into the wishing well.
At the castle, a guy named Tyke dresses as William Gillette (dressed as Sherlock Holmes) and answers questions. We, of course, demanded photos.
The grounds were beautiful and very foresty.
Speaking of forests-- we heard rumors of a miniature village, created in a forest about 50 miles away. It was abandoned in the woods and we only had a rough idea how to find it. Its origins: unknown.
We found a dead butterfly along the way. We buried it under some nearby leaves.
We think the butterfly would have wanted it that way.
Or maybe the butterfly would have wanted to just not be dead.
Later that night, we stopped by a restaurant and had some fancy cocktails. Why? Because we're f*cking fancy.
At said restaurant there was a video game. In it, realistic deer nibble on realistic leaves in a realistic forest. Your goal is to shoot them.
After a relaxing night at a Super 8 Motel, we took off for the Lamothe Sugar House-- a maple syrup farm. Among other things...
Inside the (awesome) gift shop, we spoke with the proprietor.
Since it was not maple syrup season, he demonstrated the process with a video presentation. It was riveting.
After the farm, we headed to Bridgeport, CT to the PT Barnum Museum.
Barnum was known not only for his circus, but also for his marketing genius. He was the man behind such sideshow acts as little Tom Thumb-- from whom he earned much of his fortune.
Barnum also has an Egyptian mummy in his collection, a gift from his wife during the early portion of the 1900s. Scientists recently verified that Pa-Ib (as the mummy is known) is an authentic Egyptian mummy, and possibly a woman. There may or may not be a falcon buried in her stomach. Only more tests will tell...
This mummy was in the back section of the exhibit, which was being renovated at the time. Therefore, there wasn't much else in the room and I got the chance to be alone. In a room. With a mummy. From Egypt.
After the museum, we headed to a nearby Catholic shrine.
It included things like this:
After all this action, we were definitely hungry.
Turns out the best Mexican food in New York...is actually in Connecticut.
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