Today we took one of our all day sightseeing tours. The Mystic Seaport is a completely reconstructed 19th century village devoted to shipbuilding - just as Mystic was in the 1840's. This is one location where whaling ships as well as many other types of boats and ships were built. The economy of the entire town revolved around the several ship builders who had their companies located here - on the Mystic River where it flows into the Long Island Sound.
A few miles from Mystic is the village of Stonington - this sits on a peninsula that juts out into the ocean, and is the only port in Connecticut that opens out onto the Atlantic. It has a unique lighthouse and is filled with beautiful 19th century architecture. We had a terrific meal here at the Dogwatch Cafe. (The dogwatch is a short 2 hour watch from either 4pm - 6pm or 6pm - 8pm).
The surprise was the tiny ferry we found on the scenic drive back to New Haven.
This is better told with pictures. Here they are with commentary in the captions:
https://picasaweb.google.com/jalyss1/2013ConnecticutTourTwoMysticSeaportStoneingtonVillage?authkey=Gv1sRgCIeMqZzawIHD9gE
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