We headed down to New Haven on Saturday to walk Yale's campus. First things first, what a beautiful campus. There are amazing buildings and a TON of history on this campus!!! Very picturesque, and I can understand why so many films and television shows have used the campus as their background. Now, I don't think I would ever want to attend this school, ever. It is crazy spread out. I have no idea how the students get from one side of campus to the other and still make it to classes on time. We parked on one side of campus, walked around for an hour and a half, and still didn't see the entire campus.
After our long stroll through campus, we decided it was time to eat. We had asked around before we left Storrs on suggestions for food. Every single person we spoke to said we needed to hit up Frank Pepe's for the best pizza we would ever consume. So, naturally, we took their advice. I've had a lot of pizza in my day, and I'm not saying it was the best ever, but it comes pretty darn close if it's not.
I had done some research on the internet and had found a state park that was close by so we were now off to Milford to check it out. Our final destination: Silver Sands State Park. There was one main reason this park stood out from the others....sand bar, or what I'm going to refer to from here on out as the "shell"bar. There is an island located about a mile offshore from the beach, and at low tide a "shell"bar is revealed and you can walk across to the island. The island is now a bird sanctuary. We were told that we had about an hour, once low tide started, to get across, spend time on the island, and then get back to the mainland.
When we got to the beach, we saw that some of the "shell"bar had already started to expose itself. We were money, our only problem...we didn't know what time tide had started, so we didn't know how much time we had to get across, and get back. We soon realized, that low tide was just starting. About halfway out, the tide was still working on exposing the "shell"bar, so it was almost like we were walking on water. We made it across safely, took some photos, and then started the trip back, on a now fully exposed walkway. What a way cool experience, and I think it's safe to say that visiting the state park was the highlight of our day!
Sunday started as a pretty lazy day, we all decided to sleep in. When we finally got around, Brittany and I decided we were finally going to check out one of the local wineries here in Connecticut. (For those who don't know remember my mentioning it earlier, I love wine and I had been looking forward to hitting up a vineyard since my arrival.) We decided on Priam Vineyards in Colchester. What a great vineyard to start with! We each decided to do a tasting, and each of us tried 10 of their wines and left with a balloon goblet. After our tasting, we walked the grounds, took some pictures, and then headed back to Storrs.
One side-note about our vineyard visit....Connecticut promotes visiting their 30 vineyards with their Connecticut wine trail passport. For every vineyard you visit, you get your passport stamped on the respectable page, and if you visit 16 or more vineyards you can be entered to win a 13-night trip to Spain. Brittany and I had such a fun time, we are up for the challenge. We have decided that we are going to attempt to hit up at least 15 more vineyards before our departure on July 16th. Wish us luck!
Thank you for supporting CT agriculture by visiting the winery!
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