East Rock -- Breath Taking Views

When you live in a valley you tend to forget that there are mountains that surround you, how I really don't know.  I guess its just another one of those things in life that you take for granted.   Last weekend we decided that we were going exploring and I wanted to go this park that you could see from Ikea... Yes I know, I had to mention that place at least once in my posting (LOL).

Now about that park; from a distance you could see this tower sitting on top of a very large hill (oops that would be a mountain).   We took the ride and it found and made our way up the very narrow and winding road (no its not a song).  The view on the way up was amazing and sort of frighting at the same time, as I don't do well with heights.  When we did make it to the top the view was just an experience that if you every visit this area you simply must take the time to see it to believe it.

Below you will find just a few of the many pictures that I took that day.   I hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them.  Of course I will need to go back up once everything starts to turn green!

New Haven, CT

Using the miniature setting on my camera 

This memorial was built in 1887 and towers over the top of East Rock

Breath taking view of the edge looking out on New Haven

West Rock... the next place we are going 

A view off the edge of the road

again in miniature 

Good Friday

This year for good Friday our friends Vickie, Joe and Alina came to visit us from New Jersey.  We spent a good part of the day at the Mystic Aquarium.   It was fun and the exhibits were nice, however its a really old facility (40 years) and needs a lot of work.

We really liked the fact that the beluga whales had a nice area that was outside, which allowed them to interact with the trainers and the visitors.  The Atlanta's beluga's were just in tanks and you did not get to see them like this, it almost makes me wonder if that's why they kept loosing so many of those majestic creatures.

It was a great day... Enjoy a few more of the pictures I took...

Spring Time Update

WOW it's been a long time since I've posted anything on this site and I do have a lot of updates.   Since the last time we talked I have accepted a new job and moved back to the cold wintery north... Yup, Connecticut!  I never thought I would make the move back to this part of the world, however a good friend of mine wanted to me work for him and his company and it took him a whole year to convince me to make the move.   I've been here since last August and well it was the winter from hell, of course.

I survied the cold weather and now I'm getting ready for the spring weather to start.  The area where I live is very nice, lots of parks and really old homes.  I like being able to drive the big city (New York) as its only about an hour away.  Mom is now just two hours away and Michael and I are able to do a lot of sight seeing.  There are so many places that I saw as a kid but never appreciated so now I get to relive all those places again and make new memories.

The picture above was from our recent trip to Essex's a small town in our new state.  The houses are so old... mid to late 1800's.  It was a great little place, however I still want to go back once everything turns green and its much warmer. 

The picture above is from across the other side of the river in my new home town.  The area is full of walking trails and is very quaint.   The picture below is in the next town (Derby) this is one of the walking trails and its nice to have some nature so close to home and I did mention that we are only 7 miles from the ocean?!

We also took a trip back to Mystic Seaport which I must say was just as boring as when I went as a child.  The only good thing was that I was able to get some pictures this time. 

Well that's all for now.  Stay tuned for some more interesting trips to come this spring and summer.....