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Connecticut Roadtripping
It’s been a little too long since my last big road trip, so next week I’m piling in the car with my family and heading east to visit relatives in Connecticut. Sure, it might be more practical to fly, but for quite few reasons, a road trip made the most sense.
While it’s not nearly as long of a drive as San Francisco, it’s always good to have things to look forward to along the way. So, for now, here are a few of the attractions I’m excited to stop at en route to the East Coast:
- Thomas Edison’s Birthplace – Milan, Ohio (Roadtrippers)
- Gobblers Knob – Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (Roadtrippers) – Who wouldn’t want to pay a visit to Punxsutawney Phil?
- Scranton, Pennslyvania: Home of “The Office” (Roadtrippers) – While Dunder Mifflin (and its office building) aren’t real, there are quite a few locations around Scranton, like Poor Richard’s Pub, that exist in real life.
East Coast Roadtripping | My new trip on Roadtrippers.com!
Have any must-see attractions along the way? I’d love to hear your suggestions!
Eats: Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale
Though I was born and raised in the Midwest, both of my parents hail from the East Coast. Meaning that though I love a good slice of deep dish pizza, there’s times when I absolutely crave seafood. So a few weeks ago when my family visited Connecticut, one of my only requests was a hot, buttered lobster roll.
We celebrated my grandmother’s birthday at Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale in Westbrook, where I’m pretty sure I inhaled my buttery lobster and flaky roll faster than I’ve ever consumed something in my entire life. Plus I took the liberty to taste the clam chowder, scallops and calamari my family members had ordered as well.
Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale, 86 Boston Post Road in Westbrook, CT
A Paul Bunyan Muffler Man in Chesire, CT
A few weekends ago I took an impromptu trip to Connecticut for my grandmother’s 90th birthday. She had no idea we were coming and, needless to say, it was one of the best surprises I’ve been a part of in a long time.
On the way to her house in Wolcott, I made my obliging parents take a quick detour to stop at this Muffler Man in Cheshire. Before that weekend I had no idea that muffler men are apparently a nationally present roadside attraction (stay tuned for a separate post on this) and am now on a quest to find more of them.
This particular gentleman can be found outside of the House of Doors, yielding a large America flag. The 26-foot-tall Paul Bunyan-themed muffler man was erected in the early 1980s by the business’ owners and—after some controversy amongst townspeople—replaced his axe with an American flag, claiming a “flagpole” could legally be any height.
Paul Bunyan Muffler Man, 540 W. Johnson Avenue in Cheshire, CT
