Hartford, Connecticut: The Mark Twain House
July 21, 2022 The author Samuel Clemens used the pen name Mark Twain. He, his wife Livy, and three daughters moved to Hartford, Connecticut to be close to the writer’s publisher.
Springfield and Ludlow, Massachusetts
July 20, 2022 We were meeting Jane’s niece Liz Reeves in Ludlow, Massachusetts for supper so we headed up from our base in Hartford, Connecticut to see what geocaches might be nearby. Another cache was called “Take-a-Look” and took us to the Springfield Library. Does anyone else remember the theme Read more…
Hartford, Connecticut: Capitol, Legislative Office Building, and Old State House
July 19, 2022 Imagine if you will, a Chamber on the third floor of the Connecticut Capitol known as the Senate Chambers. It rests inside the gold dome of the Capitol. One of Seth Thomas’s first electric clocks is in the room. The Lieutenant Governor presides over 36 State Senators Read more…
Around Sussex, New Jersey: Geocaching
July 14-15, 2022 Boundary Monument It’s hard to resist a cache that marks a point where three states come together, in this case New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On the way to the Tri-State Monument we passed the highest elevation in the state of New Jersey. A monument dedicated Read more…
Trenton, New Jersey: The New Jersey State House
July 14, 2022 The New Jersey State House is under renovation and we were unable to see many features. [Spoiler alert: There are no photos of the rotunda.] The original portion of New Jersey’s State House was constructed in 1792. Major additions were made in 1845 and 1865. After a Read more…