June 29th 2019: Five New Towns in a Day

I started today's sightseeing in the town of Glocester RI,

West Glocester Elementary School

Ponaganset Reservoir

Heading into Foster RI for the first time,

Hopkins Mills Union Church,
36B Old Danielson Pike

Barden Reservoir, 24 Central Pike

Swamp Meadow Covered Bridge

Clayville Church

Foster Center Baptist Church

Public Library

Line Baptist Church

going for a terrible hike at Borders Farm Trail from 38 North Road, which I don't even want to elaborate on,

stepping into Scituate for a bit,

Ponaganset Falls

Clayville Post Office

then crossing over into Sterling CT,

Ross Management Area Pond,
555 Sawmill Hill Road

before heading into Killingly CT,

South Killingly Congregational Church

Ross Pond

Temple Beth Israel

going on a hike at Old Furnace State Park, where the path I took is shown below in pink.

Nice views of Furnace Pond from the shore,

but even more amazing ones from the various rock outcroppings high up in the hills.

Excellent hike to say the least, and I will be back for a water body I missed out here.

I also checked out the Museum of Killingly History, which had some interesting stuff, but unfortunately I could not take any pictures here.

Next, it was on to the town of Brooklyn CT,

Riverside Park

Riverbend Apartments,
20 Greenway Street

Our Lady of La Salette Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

Town Hall, 4 Wolf Den Road

Unitarian Meetinghouse

Mortlake Fire Company

Federated Church of Christ

Israel Putnam Monument

Post Office

Soldier's and Sailor's Monument

Basset Pond, 34 Tatnic Road

Fitzgerald Covered Bridge,
90 Fitzgerald Road

going for a hike at Donald Francis Recreation Park and Creamery Brook, where the path I took is shown below in pink.

Nothing much to see here though.

Next, passing through Eastford CT,

Hale Marsh Pond, Stetson Road

I entered Hampton CT,

River Run Dam,
Pomfret Road and Hemlock Glen Road

Hampton Elementary School

Hampton Congregational Church

Our Lady of Lourdes Church,
41 Cedar Swamp Road

Hampton Reservoir

where I checked out parts of the Air Line State Park Trail (in black),

where there was nothing much to see

except for animals crossing my path.

and hiked the Goodwin State Forest at the same time. The paths I took here are shown below in pink.

Nice views of swampy Pine Acres Pond

and Brown Hill Marsh,

as well as Black Spruce Pond in the Chaplin CT section of the place.

While here, I also checked out the Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary, where the path I took is shown below in pink.

The ponds here were just alright though.

With that, I called it a day for sightseeing, heading back toward home, stopping by We Lik It Farm in Pomfret CT for Orange Pineapple Ice Cream, where I also got to sample the Cream of Maple flavor,

then going to Grill 37, a pretty upscale steakhouse, for more food.

I got the Danish Onion Soup (made with slow caramelized onions, house made veal stock, red wine and secret seasoning, topped with toasted crouton and stilton blue cheese)

and the Peach Seared Scallops (fresh scallops seared with fresh peaches  and apple wood smoked bacon. Deglazed with peach schnapps).

Risky but delicious take on french onion soup, and the scallops were excellent with the peaches and crisp bacon.

For dinner, we were in the town of Wayland at Prime 131 Grill, an upscale steakhouse which had significantly lower prices than Coach Grill.

For food, we got the CHICKEN SANTORINI ( SAUTÉED CHICKEN BREAST WITH MUSHROOMS, ASPARAGUS, SUN DRIED TOMATOES, WHITE WINE & CREAM, SERVED WITH LINGUINI, FRESH BASIL & FETA CHEESE)

and the Roasted Mushroom Soup (roasted mushrooms, caramelized onions, roasted garlic, chicken broth, and cream garnished with sliced scallion and truffle oil).

Excellent food, and definitely more satisfying than at Coach Grill.