For the second weekend of my Mum's stay with us we had hired a car to drive north, get out into the countryside and see some more leaves. I picked the car up on Friday night and we set off early. People at work had recommended going to Sheffield in Berkshire, but we had been watching the "fall map" which shows where the leaves are the best colours, and instead that area was "past peak", so instead we headed to the Cornwall and Kent area in Connecticut. It has to be said that the British settlers weren't very original when they set about naming the places in New England! (Although just south of Kent and Cornwall is the fantastically named Gaylordsville).
After a nice lunch in Kent we stopped to look and some great sculptures, and then went for a nice walk by some waterfalls and through a forest. The weather wasn't great, but it was still beautiful. We stayed at a small motel and got a good night's sleep and on Sunday we woke up to a really clear sunny day. In the cornwall area a lot of the leaves had already fallen, so we headed south to a place on the Appalachian Trail, with a nice river, canal and covered bridge. We had a nice walk and then found a lovely pie shop for lunch. The apple and pumpkin pies for pudding were delicious. After lunch we went to a state park on Lake Candlewood and had fun throwing stones in to the water and looking at the beautiful colours in the trees surrounding the lake. We have now put some more photos on our flickr site, including some of the amazing leaf colours.
After the drive back to New York my mum babysat so that Lyn and I could go and watch the NY Yankees against the LA Angels in the American League Championship Series. If the Yankees won they would win American League and qualify for the "World" Series - kind of the baseball equivalent of the Champions League. I had been to three baseball games before and the atmosphere had always been a bit flat, but the new Yankee Stadium was absolutely rocking, for this big game. The Yankees hadn't been to the World Series for 9 years. Even though we were on the top (fourth) tier we were standing up for half of the game, and I was surprised by the fact there were chants for a lot of the players. The Angels took an early lead, but the Yankees fought back to win 5-2 and the stadium erupted to celebrate winning the league. Lyn and I had a great night, and one of the good things about american sports is you can drink beer in your seat. The game finished at midnight and we stayed to watch the celebrations before heading home.
Right - Sam and Lyn are making pancakes and I need to go and buy some lemons. Lyn will be writing soon, and we have Halloween and an NFL game to tell you about. Feel free to comment at the bottom. Love to you all,
Tom x
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