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Visiting Old Saybrook, CT For Thanksgiving

November 28, 2009

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Okay, enough of the pleasantries.

This Thanksgiving, my lady and I had dinner at the Griswold Inn in Essex, CT. Since we had been there a few times before, this wasn’t a huge deal for us. What was a huge deal was the fact that dinner was buffet style. I like buffet because it translates to “all you can eat” for me. On Thanksgiving, that’s a good thing. Trust me, we’ve been down the road of “exquisite chef who only uses locally grown foods…blah blah blah.” What that means is small portions for too much money. I am so over that.

What I am into is wearing comfortable clothes and eating until I am fat and dumb. That’s what we (I) did. Dinner was great. The only complaint I have is that there were too many people. I guess the Griswold is a popular place. Next time, we are going to eat in a different room. The room we were in was crowded and I had to keep saying, “excuse me” when I got up multiple times for more food. I started getting funny looks for my second dessert run. Oh well.

So that was dinner.

We thought that it would be fun to head down to Old Saybrook, CT before dinner to do a little exploring. Since we had to be at the Griswold at 4:30PM, we went down to the water earlier to catch as much light as we could.

It’s funny, the weather was cloudy, but there were breaks of sun here and there. It was a very weird sky. November will do that. I am happy that it was the way it was because I got some great pictures of the coast line. Rarely…I mean RARELY have I ever said that something in nature is beautiful. Not that I haven’t seen beautiful natural settings in my day, but I generally say that things are nice or cool. I don’t get too excited. For some reason, when we came around the most southern bend on Maple Avenue, I started saying, “Now that is beautiful.” I couldn’t help myself. It was the way the sun was shining through the clouds and hitting the water. It looked like the water was steaming. It was really nice and you are lucky people to see pictures of some of it. I think you’ll agree.

There is nothing nicer than going for a stroll on a beach on Thanksgiving. Not too hot, not too cold.

Private home near South Cove in Old Saybrook, CT

Looking across Connecticut River from Old Saybrook, CT

South Cove in Old Saybrook, CT


Bridge Street going through South Cove in Old Saybrook, CT

Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse

November sky on Maple Avenue in Old Saybrook, CT

Looking over Long Island Sound towards Long Island from Old Saybrook Town Beach

Looking West from Old Saybrook Town Beach towards Westbrook Center, CT


Some sea grass at Old Saybrook Town Beach

Small wooden walkway / beach divider at Old Saybrook Town Beach

Looking Southeast towards Long Island

Looking Northeast towards Saybrook Manor

November sky over Long Island Sound

Town of Old Saybrook Town Beach sign

Main Street – Old Saybrook, CT

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Comments

  1. Brian says

    October 9, 2014 at 11:00 am

    YES! Pictures of open roads! Finally!

    Reply
  2. Ruthanne says

    October 9, 2014 at 11:00 am

    What a beautiful day, so glad you had a lovely Thanksgiving!

    Reply

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