Yesterday we stopped by the Post Office to pick up our postal care package which we were politely told that it did not arrive. That meant that we had to come back on Saturday sometime before noon when the PO closes. We were kind of disappointed because we always look forward to our Friday mail call. The timing would work out because we still had to go back to Bristol and pick up the RV and because Friday was a rain day and since we left al kinds of rain gear in the RV we didn't want to visit Mystic Seaport in the rain. We had checked out of the motel and after lunch we decided to pick up Shadow from his play day and head back to Bristol with the high hopes the the A/C would have arrived and the RV would be finished in the afternoon and not on Saturday. Despite the rain a call to the service manager made us feel better - the repair work was completed and they would have the billing done before we got there. We arrived just before four and at the same time the Geico claims adjuster showed. Every thing turned out great and we decided after we would dry camp in the front parking lot after the rental car was returned. Now we felt great.
Saturday morning we woke up[ and the sky was blue, the sun was out and the temp was forecast to be in the 70's. We couldn't wait to get back to Mystic. We went directly to the PO, our package was
there - we were happy campers. Besides the aquarium there are two other special places to visit. This is the Mystic River Bascule Bridge which was built in 1920. During the season there is a lot of boat traffic and the bridge opens on the hour. Check the huge concrete counterweights. When you get here there is a wonderful ice cream shop on Broadway just past the bridge.
If you do nothing else you should spend half a day, or more, at Mystic Seaport, one of the top Maritime Museums in the country. All of the boats are old, big and small, mostly sail with some powered fishing boats. They have created a. what looks like, 150 year old fishing village and the are many exhibits for kids. There is a wonderful seaport gallery and gift shop that contains a marine bookstore - the building also has a bakery and snack shop with delicious fudge that would give the fudge shop on Centre Street a run for their money.
This is the Charles W. Morgan, a whaling ship that was built in 1882. Susan and I visited the Seaport in 2009 and at that time this ship was up on the dry dock and it was being completely restored. It was great to see it finished and back in the water. You're able to inspect most of the boats and it really made us have a lot of respect for the crews that sailed these boats. In the dry dock today they are restoring a replica of the Mayflower that was originally built in 1967.
Shadow enjoyed the Seaport, too. Surprisingly, they allowed dogs on the property but not on the boats or in the buildings. He liked looking at the boats but he had the most fun playing with all the other dogs that were leading their owners around.
So here we are in a very nice KOA campground just a few miles up the road. We getting our home all straightened up and we're planning for tomorrow's attack on little Rhode Island.
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