The last miles of the Mohawk Trail
Couldn't resist one more roadside graveyard
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We at lunch at this Dairy Bar. It was good. Lon liked it, Lon liked the cow. So we got him a little squishy cow. 
The frog bridge in Willimantic. Thread city. 
Willimantic is in Connecticut. We were almost back in Niantic.
Dodge Pond, Niantic. There are houses all around the pond. It is very pretty.
We left the next morning. Our flight was uneventful. The biggest thing on the airplane ride was that I was the big winner of the inflight trivia contest. No real prize, just knowing that I knew more useless knowledge than my companions.
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Congrats!
Don't you just hate it when people look at you and ask...
"How did you know that?"
I just know it, no idea where or how I picked it up, probably Jeopardy.
Glad you are finally home. Let the Holiday Parties begin!
Tomorrow night is our first party of the Holiday Hoopla Season. WhooHOoo. I have to do a Costco run for baking supplies this week!
Thats Willimantic -
Willimantic is best known for its legend,"The Battle of Frog Pond". It was an incident in 1754 around the time of the French and Indian War. The citizens of Windham (Willimantic is located in Windham) were awakened in the middle of the night by a tremendously frightening racket just outside of town. Assuming the worst, they seized their arms and prepared for the impending Indian attack. When morning arrived, the armed villagers marched in the direction of the noise only to discover that the nearby pond had dried up, and the area was littered with hundreds of dead bullfrogs. The frogs that still lived were heading to the Willimantic River in search of water. Thus, the fearsome sounds that had plagued the citizenry the previous night had not been Indians but rather bullfrogs “fighting” for water. The pond was renamed Frog Pond, the story spread throughout the towns and colonies, and the legend was born. To commemorate the incident, the town has erected a Frog Bridge featuring giant frog sculptures atop spools of thread. The thread spools are included in the bridge's design because Willimantic was once known as “Thread City.” The American Thread Company had a mill on the banks of the Willimantic River, and was at one time the largest employer in the state as well as one of the largest producers of thread in the world.
Glad the vacation blog is up to date. I enjoy Mark's additions about the history.
Love,Mom
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