New Britain

Washington DC to New Britain, CT. We were on the road by 8:00AM and leaving DC on the GW Parkway is a treat. Nice quiet tree lined road that I’m sure is busier at other times, but on Sunday morning is almost lonely. Traffic didn’t really pick up until we got into Delaware, by NJ it was massive. Ten lanes of Turnpike, five each direction, were filled with travelers. The Garden State Parkway was busy as well until we got north of Passaic. Fortunately there were no incidents or accidents to bring things to a standstill.

Once we were across the Tappan Zee Bridge we got off the highways and started driving the byways. But first we stopped in Tarrytown and got a slice of pizza. It was lunch time, but it didn’t matter we wanted some pizza, every time we come up here we try and eat pizza at least every three days, because to quote my sister, “The south may be friendly and have good BBQ, they don’t know pizza.” Fortunately for us pizza joints in the northeast are as prevalent as drive-thru espresso places in the northwest, i.e. on every corner.

No waterfall picture today. As a matter of fact I didn’t take a single picture, so for your enjoyment, here is one from yesterday’s visit to the National Zoo. They have set up some high lines between several points in the zoo and the orangutans have the freedom to roam them. Just don’t stand directly under the wires….