Uncle Jack - Connecticut Waterfall and Pond

We drove through Pennsylvania, part of New York and finally into Connecticut as we made our way to Windsor Locks, CT...our newest "home away from home". When we crossed the Hudson River, Mom was quite excited and anxious to see her brother. She thought it had been 12 years since she last saw Uncle Jack. Uncle Jack thinks it was closer to 20 years since they'd last seen each other. No matter whether 12 years or 20 years is closer, everyone agrees that it was much too long since their last visit together.

It was great to see Mom and her brother together. It certainly put a smile on both of their faces and gave them the opportunity to reminisce together over some of the things that they experienced when they were younger, and to just enjoy each other for who they are now.

We took a nice drive with Uncle Jack to a couple of his favorite areas for picture taking including a large pond close to his home and another area with a walking trail and picnic area that has a wonderful waterfall and is reached by way of a one-lane bridge. Uncle Jack has several really wonderful pictures on his walls that he has taken over the years. We really enjoyed looking at his pictures. They are quite good!!

It was great fun to drive along the Connecticut country roads. The little towns in Connecticut are very picturesque and we love seeing so many beautiful old houses with front porches and all of the churches with the great steeples. These are things that you just don't see much of in our part of the U.S. During our drive with Uncle Jack, I saw that Massachusetts was only a few miles down the road, so we continued to drive until we had the chance to cross into Massachusetts....I wanted to have the "bragging rights" to say that I'd been in that state.....if only for a few minutes. I was just really surprised to see how close we were to Massachusetts. Anyone who knows me knows that I don't have a very good grasp of geography! Anyway, after our trip to Massachusetts, we turned around and found a McDonald's since Mom really needed a good cup of coffee and McDonald's has good coffee...at least that's been our experience as we've crossed the country. Mom had her usual lunch (an oreo McFlurry) while Uncle Jack had a salad.....are we really sure they are related??