Manchester Model Train Show

I finally made it to the Manchester, CT model train exhibit. It was preyty amazing with huge layouts in N, HO and O-27 scales. It was overwhelming (overwhelmingly cool)!.

O Scale Layout (O-27)

N Scale Layout

HO Scale Layout

 Pennsylvania Horseshoe Curve

Short Videos

Manchester Road Race

The Thanksgiving Road Race is an annual tradition in Manchester, CT. This year was the first year I participated - it was a lotta fun. There were over 12,000 runners and 30,000 spectators!

Buses were provided from the nearby Community College. At 4.737 miles, I was happy just to cross the finish line! :-)

It was terribly cold and windy waiting for the shuttle bus

On the bus, people were already in a festive mood :-)

In my spot
(The crowd was huge!)

I was psyched:
(or was it psycho?)

The race was on!

Niantic

It was a sunny but breezy and cool Sunday afternoon when we drive down to Niantic, CT to check out the beaches.

The Big Beach - Niantic Bay Beach

Shoreline RR lift bridge

A Smaller Beach - Hole in the Wall

A short underpass under the RR giave its name

    

Cis snuck into my selfie! ;-)

We ate here - it was excellent!!!!!

Did you know?

Niantic means people of the “point of land on a tidal river” 

Tribal location:

Between the Thames and Connecticut Rivers, mostly at the mouth of the Connecticut River, around Niantic Bay and Niantic River, and in parts of modern East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut

Language:

Algonquin. Y-dialect similar to the Pequot, Mohegan, Narragansett, and Montauk

Castle Craig with Cris

After the Hartford Protest Rally I took Cris down to Meriden to visit Castle Craig - the autumn colors were stunning.

No Kings Protest- Oct.18th

We went to the No Kings protest in Hartford on Oct 1th - there were lots of folks there- yeah!

One of my signs (Cris is holding)