I had the day off and the weather was beautiful, so I decided to get a nice long ride in. The ride was split almost exactly 50/50 in RI and Ct. One of the fun aspects of this ride was that I went through some towns in CT which I have only ridden through once or twice before and I went through them north to south instead of east to west. Cranston-Scituate-Foster-Killingly-Dayville-Pomfret-Brooklyn-Canterbury-Lisbon-Jewett City-Hopeville-Voluntown--Sterling-Coventry-Scituate-Cranston 104 miles elevation gain 2569'
Mt Hygeia Schoolhouse (1840-1952) Foster, RI
I wanted to get closer and take a better picture, but it was too overgrown and it looked like deer tick heaven, so I passed on a better angle.
here's a link with more Foster schoolhouses:
http://www.fosterpreservationsociety...hoolhouses.htm
A couple of miles done the road
Killingly CT
I could hear fish sucking bugs off the surface of this pond. Weedless lure a must!
Killingly CT
This steeple has seen better days.
In case your wondering corn is growing everywhere in RI and CT
No sleep till
Brooklyn CT is a beautiful town. I went through Dayville first and then later Brooklyn and the contrast between the colonial and early republic architecture in these two towns was pretty dramatic. I'll have to record that on another trip.
A nice equestrian statue of Israel Putnam in Brooklyn
better lighting from this side
169S between Brooklyn and Canterbury CT
Old barn on the town line of Canterbury
