For anyone who knows me, the mention of “New England” makes me immediately think about cheating and underserved championships. But on this trip, I could not be more excited about the opportunity to see the New England states for the first time in my life. And I was not disappointed.
Leaving NYC, I very quickly was introduced to Connecticut and was pleasantly surprised at just how much traveling I was able to do in what I had thought to be a relatively small state. Of course, I had to start with New Haven and a trip to Yale, which was my third Ivy League school so far on this trip (Penn and Columbia). This was a decent oceanside city and I saw my first lighthouse of the trip while I was here (Five Mile Point Lighthouse).
After a quick lunch, I headed northward and, after a quick stop in Bristol to check out the ESPN campus, it was a visit to the basketball hall of fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. So, when I say I am enshrined permanently in the basketball hall of fame, I can assure you I left behind enough skin cells to always have a home in this illustrious site.
Back on the road in Connecticut, I headed back south and visited two places with a limited amount of fame and with mixed results. The Foxwoods Resort Casino wasn’t much more than any other casino I’ve been to, but at least now I can say I’ve been there. The oceanside city of Mystic, on the other hand, was quite impressive and definitely a place I’d like to return to on a future trip. It seemed like a great place to hang out for a few days and enjoy in a less hurried manner.
With Connecticut in the rearview mirror, I was off to the smallest state in our massive country and also the only one to have “island” in its name. I didn’t spend much time in Rhode Island but did take enough time to check out the capital city (Providence, or Quahog for us Family Guy fans). Providence didn’t offer up a whole lot to look at other than a couple of statues, but then again it wasn’t expected to be one of the highlights of the trip.
Having been on the road most of the day, it was time to pull into one of the trip’s definitely highlights - Boston.
