After a morning ride out of New Haven and we are well on our way, we hit the beautiful
Long Island Sound just after the sun has come up. As we follow the Sound and we enter
Branford, CT there are many beautiful houses built in the middle of the bay. On today's
route we can expect almost as many hills as yesterday, but not quite as bad. The
bulk of them today are between Lunch and Pit Stop 3.
As we leave the more populated cities, we'll head in to some beautiful quaint New
England towns like Madison and Clinton. Our lunch stop today is in Chester, CT -
one of the quaintest towns around. After lunch we will cross over the Connecticut
River in Haddam, CT. As we come off the bridge on our right will be the historic
and beautiful Goodspeed Opera House.
As we leave Pit Stop 3, we will be riding through Devil's Hopyard State Park. The
park is beautiful with brooks and streams running all around us. There have been
many deer sightings, so we'll have to be on the look out. And although the roads
are beautiful, they are also narrow so we'll be cautious!
We will continue through the countryside and cross the Thames River in Norwich as
we head toward our final destination, Preston, CT. We will be spending the night
at the inactive Norwich State Hospital, graciously granted to us by the Connecticut
Department of Public Works. (But is it haunted???)
| Where: | Town Green - New Haven, CT. (Located in the center of town between College and Church Streets on Elm.) |
| When: | 6:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
| Where: | East Shore Park - East Haven, CT. (On Woodward Ave.) |
| When: | 6:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
| Where: | Youngís Pond Park - Branford, CT. (On Blackstone Ave.) |
| When: | 7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
| Where: | Town Green - Madison, CT. (On Rte. 1 just west of Rte 79. In front of the Lutheran Church.) |
| When: | 7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
| Where: | Indian Reservation Recreation Complex - Clinton, CT. (Front entrance on Rte 81.) |
| When: | 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
| Where: | Devilís Hopyard Park Picnic Area - East Haddam, CT (On Hopyard Rd. Arrive early so as not to cause unsafe conditions on the very narrow roads.) |
| When: | 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |