OT: Fun Day Trip in CT

[Huskybass]

My girlfriend and I are both in our early 50's. A month ago she had emergency surgery for a perforated intestine. It is a long, slow recovery but thus far she is progressing nicely.

She is finally at the point where a fun day out is possible, as long as it's not strenuous. I am thinking lunch and something that would take 2 to 3 hours to do would be good. We live in Glastonbury and Burlington, so nearly anything in CT is within an hour or so from one of our houses.

All thoughts and suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.

 

[tykurez]

Weather permitting - downtown Mystic. You could grab lunch at a place like S&P Oyster and ice cream right across the bridge. Also take the small taxi boat tour of the harbor or you could check out the seaport.

 

[Vancat]

Have you been to White Flower Farm? Beautiful place, especially this time of year (also weather permitting). There are a few cool little lunch places nearby.

 

[Robertelamin]

Elizabeth Park and lunch at the Pond House?

 

[8893]

I've been trying to schedule a trip to Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan this summer. Looks very cool, and they have a few different types of tours of varying duration between 1 and 3 hours, which is right in your sweet spot. There are obviously a ton of great food choices down in that area for lunch.

 

[JSM1970]

Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill is always a good time

 

[boog204]

Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill is always a good time

It is?

 

[boog204]

Weather permitting - downtown Mystic. You could grab lunch at a place like S&P Oyster and ice cream right across the bridge. Also take the small taxi boat tour of the harbor or you could check out the seaport.

Definitely would recommend Mystic and the two spots mentioned. S&P is very good with a nice patio to eat/people watch...

 

[Jay-Bone]

Lunch on the Essex train is a good way to get out and see the landscape without being strenuous. Also, second Elizabeth Garden. Gillette castle if you've never been.

 

[Dove]

Brewery tours!!

 

[whaler11]

Drive around flipping off DOT workers.

 

[superjohn]

Ride in a car with your girl and JSM and flip the bird to every DOT worker the state of Connecticut has to offer.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

It is?

On pet-a-dinosaur day, you bet!

 

[JSM1970]

Yup

3 today, but 2 were to the same crew going and coming so not sure how to count that

Ride in a car with your girl and JSM and flip the bird to every DOT worker the state of Connecticut has to offer.

 

[JSM1970]

Isn't Holy Land open again in Waterbury? Has anyone been, looks like a good time

On pet-a-dinosaur day, you bet!

 

[CTMike]

UConn Dairy Bar!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Nice idea of yours.
We recently enjoyed lunch and stroll in Chester, which would also fit the distance and scale.

 

[Deepster]

How about the Harriet Beecher Stowe house...or the Old State House. Or I guess, any of the boring spots everyone has suggested so far.

 

[Robertelamin]

Take the Keney Park ghost tour!

 

[Excalibur]

Wow, it took Deepster nearly 3 hours to chime in with some version of "the entire state of CT sucks and there's nothing worthwhile to do here". He's slacking . . .

 

[zyron]

How about the Harriet Beecher Stowe house...or the Old State House. Or I guess, any of the boring spots everyone has suggested so far.

Maybe you can give them a walking tour of Hartford.

 

[Excalibur]

As for an actual suggestion, a trip to Stony Creek and a boat tour around the Thimble islands works and isn't too taxing physically.

 

[8893]

As for an actual suggestion, a trip to Stony Creek and a boat tour around the Thimble islands works and isn't too taxing physically.

Combined with a lobster roll and chowder from Lobster Shack and then a stroll over to Stony Creek Brewing for a few pops.

 

[Deepster]

Wow, it took Deepster nearly 3 hours to chime in with some version of "the entire state of CT sucks and there's nothing worthwhile to do here". He's slacking . . .

Hey, don't mind me. I'm on my way to White Flower Farm right now. That sounded like so much fun, I took the rest of the day off and headed right over.

 

[Vancat]

Thanks for the warning.

 

[superjohn]

How about the Harriet Beecher Stowe house...or the Old State House. Or I guess, any of the boring spots everyone has suggested so far.

Do you actually live in Connecticut? If you do, that's hilarious.

 

[August_West]

Lunch on the Essex train is a good way to get out and see the landscape without being strenuous.

God no.

I hate that fricking Steam Train. I was out running errands on Saturday and they have that stupid thing set up as "Thomas the Tank Engine" and families pay like 479 dollars a head each to ride that thing for an hour through 10 miles of mostly boring CT woods.
And I have to sit at stop lights for 15 minutes wile the stupid train chugs along.

Those people have a license to steal. And shame on the parents who custy up for that stuff.

 

[CL82]

God no.

I hate that fricking Steam Train. I was out running errands on Saturday and they have that stupid thing set up as "Thomas the Tank Engine" and families pay like 479 dollars a head each to ride that thing for an hour through 10 miles of mostly boring CT woods.
And I have to sit at stop lights for 15 minutes wile the stupid train chugs along.

Those people have a license to steal. And shame on the parents who custy up for that stuff.

My god man, isn't there any wholesome American thing that you like comrade?

 

[8893]

My god man, isn't there any wholesome American thing that you like comrade?

Didn't the stupid Thomas the Tank Engine originate in England?

 

[CL82]

Didn't the stupid Thomas the Tank Engine originate in England?

Lol, I left that low hanging fruit for Auggy.

Fisher Price has the toy rights. The books are just the loss leader for the TTE empire.

Edit: and can a mod please change Auggy's avatar to this: