Second both Groton and Mystic. We lived on Thames St
by so-it-goes (2019-07-16 12:32:28)

In reply to: If you have time for a 3.5 hour round trip.  posted by John88


in Groton in mid-70s, just 100 ft across the street from the local lobster pound and the Thames River. Easy walk to buy fresh lobster just unloaded from the boats. Could see New London, the sub tender docked and US Coast Guard Academy (and their masted training ship) from our deck. A great three years there, added to by the birth of our first son, ndslc! Our neighbors were a great couple, no children, who "adopted" us. He as asst chief of police for the town and she owned a local women's store close to the base of the Thames River Bridge (rt 95 ). Just upriver less than a mile was the SUb base and home to active Nautilus, and a few hn=undred yards in opposite direction, General Dynamics Electric Boat, where the Trident Subs were being built and launched. Saw a fewe as well. I was wor=king there in the final stages of completion for Milestone Unit #2 in Waterford just across the river as well.

Besides the ease of purchasing lobster (cheaper than meat then, we had the regular sounds and sights of subs going to from the LI Sound and sub base. A neighbor in the 12 townhouse community was the MPA on the Nautilus at the time and eventually went on the last around the world / under ice too, cruise of the Nautilus.

We returned a few times to the area when we lived in Sandwich, on Cape Cod (another nuclear plant project - in Plymouth). By then the Nautilus was a museum - YES GO - as well as a Diesel Sub.

Also, recommend Mystic. There are many small towns along the coast from Greenwich up along the Connecticut Coast that are great to visit. We used to attend many Art and Craft shows/flea markets back in the day. New London is a nifty town. Might want to check out the Tall Ship cruise there. There are also Whale Watch cruises from Narragansett, but best are from Cape Cod - Falmouth, etc.

Enjoy your visit. It is a great area.








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