Mystic, CT

Today was a interesting day. I'll probably say that a lot. We're in a dog friendly Hampton Inn in Mystic along with a lot of other dog lovers. The first stop for us was to take Shadow to his grooming appointment in Pawcatuck, a small tow a few miles west of Mystic. How did we get that appointment? Jennifer, the groomer at VIP in Fernandina Beach, is from this part of CT and let us know that she had a good friend, also a groomer, who would take good care of Shadow. We called Jennifer who in turn called Linda and gave her grooming instructions and made the appointment. Linda gave us the name of a great Pet store where we later bought dog food and a waterproof raincoat for Shadow. She also gave us the name of a dog day care where shadow will go tomorrow when we visit Mystic Seaport.

             

We were now ready to visit a lighthouse - the Old Stonington Lighthouse which is now a museum. Sorry about the picture, had to move out of the sun and that tree jumped out right in front of me. And the museum doesn't open until May 1st (season) so all I can tell you that it's made of beautiful stone and it appears the lantern, lens or light has been removed. Driving to the light we went through the picturesque Village of Stonington one of the best places that we have been, so far, on the trip. In the center of the village is the brick library, surrounded by a park, built in 1898, in the place usually reserved for a Courthouse or City Hall.

Just wanted to mention that Susan wanted to visit a some of the shops on the Village's Water Street which fortunately were not open either. We did do a coffee shop stop and shared a very tasty homemade apple fritter.

We continued on to Mystic and stopped at the pet store which is one of best either one of us have ever been in. Across from the pet store was the Post Office so I crossed over to find out about the time tomorrow that our Priority Forwarding mail package would be in.

From there we spent the rest of the afternoon in the Mystic Aquarium. The building was filled with people mostly  parents with anywhere one to six kids all below 6 years old. Never seen so many one and two seat strollers before in one place.But even with all the kids we enjoyed seeing all the displays, our favorites being the sub tropic penguin and the sea horses.

We picked up Shadow and called it a good day. And here he is.