Norwich, Connecticut 9/22. City Hall below.
3 houses below in historical section of Norwich, CT.

 

St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Norwich, Connecticut 9/22.


 

Mohegan Sun Indian Casino, Connecticut 9/22.
Inside ceiling.
blown-glass art structure inside casino.
Several waterfalls inside casino, one wall-size! Me with Judy Justus and Sandy Pfann. Wonderful pulled-pork sandwick at "Bubba's BBQ". 

Mansions in Newport, RI cont'd. "The Elms" built in 1901. View of back of this frenchy-style chateau built for coal magnate Edward Berwind. Highlight: 18th century paintings.


 

Mansions in Newport, Rhode Island 9/21.
This summer home was built in 1895 for Cornelius Vanderbilt, ship builder. Highlights: beautiful, different colors of marble from Africa and large 1600 tapestry.







Side portico. No pictures were allowed inside-darn! (Doug Justus on cell phone in foreground)
Architecture on side of mansion under eves.
Judy Justus and I at view of back of home; looking out at Atlantic surf. 

Inside the Nautilus sub.


 

Groton, Connecticut 9/18.
Museum and Nautilus, on the outside.


 

Cape Cod, Massachusetts 9/16. Sandy Beach pictured here.
Fishing pier at Chatham on the island.

Plimoth Plantation continued... Wampanoag native people homesite made out of bark. They helped pilgrims survive their first winter.
Inside this very warm hut, beds were covered with hides; and the air circulated because of the dome-shape and reed-mats that hung inside.
Canoe made by burning the inside of the tree.
These navite people teaching us how they lived were actually from this tribe. This view is where they would prepare food. A woman had just skinned an otter that morning. They used the animal's brain to treat the skin; and they said the size of the brain was the right amount for each animal.

Plimoth Plantation - 1627 replica of 1/3 of township where Pilgrims lived when they landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. (1/2 the number of residences died in the first year due to illness.)
Inside 1-room Pilgrim home.

Wife baking bread made of corn.

Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Mayflower II replica of original Mayflower built in England which carried Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock, US (102 passengers/26 crew).
What's left of Plymouth Rock.
Statue in Plymouth as memorial to Pilgrims that landed there.
Mayflower I list of passengers.