edpaffjr.comAfter celebrating our friends’ wedding in Newport, Rhode Island, we spent the next day exploring parts of Connecticut. Rhode Island was my forty-fourth visited state, and Massachusetts was number forty-five, making Connecticut number forty-six. Rather than taking the interstate between Newport and Mystic, CT, we drove the entire way on highway 1, which included a couple of scenic moments. It wasn’t nearly as pretty as I had hoped, but it was better than the highway, which we later took back to Providence for our flight out.
Our friends Tracey and Kevin came along for the adventure in Connecticut. Our first stop was for lunch at the famous Mystic Pizza. Prior to our trip I had never heard of the movie with the same name, but I was able to view clips of it on the restaurants TV sets as we enjoyed some pizza. It wasn’t the best pizza I had ever had, but it was good enough to satisfy a very hungry group of four. After lunch we decided to check out the Mystic Seaport. Admission was a little pricey, but once inside I realized there was a full day of entertainment available. It was a little hot for my liking, but we gave our best effort to see as much as we could and actually stayed all the way until closing.
After the Seaport, Kevin decided to start his drive back to New Jersey, leaving Tracey to explore with us for the rest of the day. Eventually we made our way over to our hotel in the nearby town of New London, and after getting settled, decided to drive back over to Mystic for dinner at the Captain Danial Packer Inne Restaurant and Pub. After checking out the upstairs menu, we decided to eat at the more casual downstairs pub. Fortunately many of the dishes served upstairs are also available downstairs and at a discounted price. This was another of my favorite meals! The Lemon Peppered Chicken was delicious.
The next day we explored the boardwalk of another nearby town called Niantic. Part of the boardwalk was closed, but we still enjoyed the limited time on the rocky shores of this tiny town. We had one last meal at Dad’s Restaurant before making our way back to Providence for our flights out-of-town. We had a great time exploring New England, and I’m happy that there are now only four states remaining that I have not yet visited.
