Connecticut - Trash Talkin'

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Have you ever been to a museum that is devoted to one of the worst things in the world?  I have, and that museum is called the CRRA Garbage Museum. Other than that, nothing was garbage about Connecticut. We enjoyed many activities like swimming at the beach, eating a lot of pizza, visiting yet another museum, and going to an orchard.

The CRRA Garbage Museum is one of the two museums we visited. You can watch what happens to garbage from start to finish here. I loved playing I Spy in the huge heap of garbage that the trucks brought. They also have a huge dinosaur made out of garbage ranging from Barbie heads to stop signs. That was great for I Spy too. They had many things for small kids like puppets, coloring paper, and a little fake grocery store.

The other museum we went to was the Submarine Library Force Museum. It had information from the invention of the sub to the present day. They had a room where you could look into some real periscopes and see things that were happening outside. They also had a great video about the submarine that showed its uses in World War I and World War II. The best part was you could go inside a real submarine which was once an active submarine. They also have a section of the museum devoted to the Cold War.

We ate at a lot of local restaurants in Connecticut. Joey Garlic's specialized in pizza. We ordered the barbecue pizza. It wasn't the best pizza I ever had, but I enjoyed it. One of the problems was they had a floury, dry, crunchy crust. We ordered some Italian dessert donuts which is the rare time we order dessert at a restaurant. They were really good. I loved the mushy inside with the brown sugar and vanilla sauce. We ate at another restaurant called Chip's. They are famous for their forty pancake selection, and they certainly did have a variety. They had pancakes that came with bananas, M&Ms, chocolate chips, and blueberries just to name a few that were available. You have the choice of getting three or five pancakes. I was full after three. I am a big pancake fan, so Chip's is a restaurant after my own heart.

Bishop's Orchard has many things to do. You can pick apples, pears, and even raspberries. We picked raspberries and pears. Unfortunately we were too early for the apples and to get any good, mushy pears which I love. The raspberries were really good though. We got a bucketful for about five dollars. I don't know which was better: picking them or eating them. They also have other things to do like look at alpacas and llamas.  Plus they have a great general store.

Connecticut was a great state. They're third in low obesity, 20th in low crime, and with their garbage museum I would say they're number one in "trash talk."

The Son