Our Evergreen Club hosts for Somers, Conn., were Tom & Cathy. Wonderful people who made our vist delightful. We arrived here after visiting the Basketball Hall of Fame.
They have a beautiful yard. All of the meals we had with them were in the back yard and this was our view. Beyond the fence is one of the pastures for their neighbor's stable of valuable racing horses. Tom & Cathy told us that the horses often come to this fence in the evening to visit, but they didn't show up while we were there.
Day 2 of our stay we visited the house that Mark Twain & his wife had built in Hartford.
Is there anything not represented in Legos?
Gee, Mark Twain looked a lot like Dan!
Norman Rockwell did illustrations for some of Twain's books. There is a collections of Rockwell prints in the Museum and this is a set up for visitors to emulate his Tripple Portrait piece.
On of only two pieces of equipment designed to make printing faster. Twain was excited about this machine and invested $200,000.00 with its developer believing that he would make a fortune. However, it had too many parts and broke down often, which defeated the speed at which it could print. Another machine was made at the same time which, though slower, worked better and was more successfull. Hence Twain's investment was a loss.
Our hosts took us to their mountain. I think they said its elevation is about 1500 ft. We would call this a hill, but in the part of the country where most of the land is flat this is considered a mountain. There was a great view.
We hiked up to the observation tower to see this vista. Dan, who is afraid of heights, actually stood at the rail for a few moments.
Here we are at the top of the observation tower.
On the drive back to our host's home we passed many farms and ranches. Cathy said, "Let's go by the Orio cookie cows." We were thinking brown & white spotted cattle, but were surprised when we saw these Dutch Belted cattle. They do look like Orio Cookies!
The Mill that has long been vacant.
The river and fall at the mill.
After dinner we walked with our hosts along one of the roads that boarder their property. This is a view of the pasture and stables for the horses that live behind their place.
A corn field across the street.
The farm house of another neighbor and friend.
After returning from our walk we had ice cream.
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