During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?

JimH wrote:
During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?


Mystic, CT, is not in New Haven. It's about 60 miles east of New Haven,
a little east of New London. It's an interesting day trip if you are
already going to be in the area.

http://www.mysticseaport.org/


If you are going through New Haven, you'll want to consider stopping for
lunch or dinner at Pepe's or at Turks. Pepe's, many believe, has the
best pizza in the known universe. Turks in West Haven along the
shoreline has great "shoreline" seafood. The restaurant and its same
name predecessors has been around for at least 75 years.

Do not park your car anywhere in NYC with any luggage or gifts in the
trunk or visible on the seats. Your out-of-state plates are a dead
giveaway that you are a "tourist" and therefore your vehicle is worthy
of a trunk pop. I am not kidding about this.

If you haven't picked a Boston hotel, consider the Parker House. It's a
grand old hotel, recently renovated, and many of the best Boston sites
are within walking distance, including an interesting graveyard where
you will recognize some of the names.

The Boston Aquarium is much nicer than the one in Baltimore.

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:37:05 -0400, hk wrote:

JimH wrote:
During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?


Mystic, CT, is not in New Haven. It's about 60 miles east of New Haven,
a little east of New London. It's an interesting day trip if you are
already going to be in the area.

http://www.mysticseaport.org/


If you are going through New Haven, you'll want to consider stopping for
lunch or dinner at Pepe's or at Turks. Pepe's, many believe, has the
best pizza in the known universe. Turks in West Haven along the
shoreline has great "shoreline" seafood. The restaurant and its same
name predecessors has been around for at least 75 years.

Do not park your car anywhere in NYC with any luggage or gifts in the
trunk or visible on the seats. Your out-of-state plates are a dead
giveaway that you are a "tourist" and therefore your vehicle is worthy
of a trunk pop. I am not kidding about this.

If you haven't picked a Boston hotel, consider the Parker House. It's a
grand old hotel, recently renovated, and many of the best Boston sites
are within walking distance, including an interesting graveyard where
you will recognize some of the names.

The Boston Aquarium is much nicer than the one in Baltimore.


Thanks!

JimH wrote:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:37:05 -0400, hk wrote:

JimH wrote:
During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?

Mystic, CT, is not in New Haven. It's about 60 miles east of New Haven,
a little east of New London. It's an interesting day trip if you are
already going to be in the area.

http://www.mysticseaport.org/


If you are going through New Haven, you'll want to consider stopping for
lunch or dinner at Pepe's or at Turks. Pepe's, many believe, has the
best pizza in the known universe. Turks in West Haven along the
shoreline has great "shoreline" seafood. The restaurant and its same
name predecessors has been around for at least 75 years.

Do not park your car anywhere in NYC with any luggage or gifts in the
trunk or visible on the seats. Your out-of-state plates are a dead
giveaway that you are a "tourist" and therefore your vehicle is worthy
of a trunk pop. I am not kidding about this.

If you haven't picked a Boston hotel, consider the Parker House. It's a
grand old hotel, recently renovated, and many of the best Boston sites
are within walking distance, including an interesting graveyard where
you will recognize some of the names.

The Boston Aquarium is much nicer than the one in Baltimore.


Thanks!

.....Harry forgives you. He wants you back....

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:08:43 -0400, JimH wrote:

During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?

Yes.

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:44:09 -0400, JimH wrote:

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:37:05 -0400, hk wrote:

JimH wrote:
During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?


Mystic, CT, is not in New Haven. It's about 60 miles east of New Haven,
a little east of New London. It's an interesting day trip if you are
already going to be in the area.

http://www.mysticseaport.org/


If you are going through New Haven, you'll want to consider stopping for
lunch or dinner at Pepe's or at Turks. Pepe's, many believe, has the
best pizza in the known universe. Turks in West Haven along the
shoreline has great "shoreline" seafood. The restaurant and its same
name predecessors has been around for at least 75 years.

Do not park your car anywhere in NYC with any luggage or gifts in the
trunk or visible on the seats. Your out-of-state plates are a dead
giveaway that you are a "tourist" and therefore your vehicle is worthy
of a trunk pop. I am not kidding about this.

If you haven't picked a Boston hotel, consider the Parker House. It's a
grand old hotel, recently renovated, and many of the best Boston sites
are within walking distance, including an interesting graveyard where
you will recognize some of the names.

The Boston Aquarium is much nicer than the one in Baltimore.


Thanks!

Harry would probably like for you to visit him. Maybe he'll treat you to
lunch. When you're down to two friends, you should associate as much as
possible.

John H wrote:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:08:43 -0400, JimH wrote:

During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?

Yes.


Another helpful Herring post.

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:08:43 -0400, JimH wrote:

During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?

You sure she didn't mean Mystic harbor in Mystic, CT?

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:33:12 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:08:43 -0400, JimH wrote:

During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?

You sure she didn't mean Mystic harbor in Mystic, CT?


Yes I guess I do. Bad info from my BOL.

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:41:43 -0400, JimH wrote:

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:33:12 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:08:43 -0400, JimH wrote:

During our Labor Day weekend picnic I talked about our planned road
trip to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and Maine in mid October.

My BIL suggested a visit to Mystic Harbor in New Haven, CT while
traveling from NYC to Boston.

Does anyone have any information on Mystic Harbor?

You sure she didn't mean Mystic harbor in Mystic, CT?

Yes I guess I do. Bad info from my BOL.

No problem - things to do in Stonington (which includes Mystic).

1 - Gotta visit the Mystic Aquarium and see the Ballard Titanic
exhibit. It's interactive and is quite the deal.

2 - Mystic Seaport. Lots of stuff to see at the Seaport (which is
what I suspect your BIL was talking about). All kinds of restorations
and such, plus several sailing vessels of old including the Morgan a
whaling ship. Very cool place to visit.

3 - Seaman's Inn for dinner, but - eh - it's ok - Mrs. Wave likes it,
but it's pricey and I didn't care for it.

4 - Stonington Harbor - also very cool. There is a resturant there
that's right on the main channel out of the Pawcatuck River that I
can't remember the name of now. I'll ask Mrs. Wave and send it along.
Get a seat on the outer veranda and watch the boats in and out of
Stonington.

5 - Watch Hill, RI. Just up the road along Rt. 1. Park the car and
head out to the lighthouse which is open for visitors, but you can't
take a car out there. Watch Hill has a great view of Fisher's Island
Sound, Fisher's Island and parts of Block Island sound. On a clear
day you can see Montauk, NY, Block Island and Martha's Island. Plus
you will get to see a bunch of great looking yachts there.

6 - Want to see fishing boats? Head further up Rt. 1 to Point Judith
and walk around the wharfs there. Tons of fishing boats and probably
a few that you may have seen on Discovery Channel. It's worth the
time to park the car and walk out on the Harbor of Refuge break water
- espiecally the west wall and watch the boats go in and out. I can
sit there for hours watching everything going on.

Newport further up which is fun - in particular the inner harbor where
all the expensive yachts are.

If you have the time, drop me a line and I can meet you in Mystic for
lunch or something and give you the .05¢ tour. :)