Road Trip from Montreal to Great Barrington, Massachusetts and on to Connecticut!
We left Montreal and headed southeast driving through a small portion of the Quebec Province and then crossed the border into New York state.
Au Sable, New York
We began our beautiful drive through some of the Adirondack Park.
The leaves were just beginning to turn and we saw some lovely fall foliage.
We crossed the border from New York into Massachusetts near Stockbridge and headed south to Great Barrington where we spent the night.
We went downtown that evening for dinner and an ice cream cone.
The next morning we left headed south for Connecticut.
We passed some beautiful scenery as we left Great Barrington.
Then we passed through Sheffield, MA.
There were lots of fun antique shops along our way and we stopped at some of them. One of these stops was at Susan Silver Antiques. I bought a cup and saucer and it was guess what? Blue and white!
We then drove to Connecticut - this was our 50th and the last state needed to visit all the states in the union!!
We stopped at a cute shop in Norfolk that had items made by local craftsmen. I ordered a print of a watercolor of some hydrangeas.
As we traveled on, we passed this beautiful church in Winsted, CN.
Our drive then took us passed the Seville Dam and reservoir in West Barkhamsted.
This scenic dam is an earthenware embankment with attractive masonry work on beautiful Lake McDonough.
By then we were getting hungry and wanted lobster and clam chowder!
S we drove then to the seaside village of Noank to a restaurant that had been recommended to us.
S we drove then to the seaside village of Noank to a restaurant that had been recommended to us.
Ford's was right down on the water's edge with outdoor dining and the lobster was fresh!
These photos show the views from our table.
The clam chowder was really good and we ordered a 3 lb. lobster to share - it was awesome!
After dinner we headed to our hotel but when we saw Herb's Country Store, we had to stop and check it out!
Herb's son was minding the store and he was really friendly and talkative. He told us all about the store and Herb's restaurant next door. We wound up buying a small cherry pie to share and some maple candy to take home.
The bright autumn flowers and pumpkins were so colorful!
Then we went to our hotel after our busy day of sightseeing, shopping and eating!
What a fun and beautiful trip. I'm so glad you're getting a hydrangea painting and that you got a blue and white antique cup. That's great that you've been in all 50 states! That's quite an accomplishment. I love the picture of you at Ford's.
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