After leaving Cape Cod, Massachusetts we made our way to Connecticut, the place where Tim and I grew up, met and fell in love 25 years ago. We have been back a couple times since moving to Arizona but overall we are both glad we made the move to the west. While in Connecticut we were able to visit lots of family and friends which was really great but we couldn’t help but think how moving west all those years ago was the right thing to do.
While in Connecticut we stayed at a campground that is attached to an amusement park, Lake Compounce. It was a convenient location and turned out to be a good campground with electric and water hookups and decent showers. All this time Tim is telling me how they have the oldest wooden roller coaster and I am just saying yeah, yeah, yeah. Then while we are there the park is not actually open, they are basically closed for the season but the gates are open for the workers who are working on various construction projects. We wandered into the empty amusement park and I see this structure covered with greenery with the number 170…. and it says years, 170 YEARS, and I thought wait… what… 170 YEARS?!? Then we see a sign that says this park here in Bristol, Connecticut is the oldest amusement park in America, wow that is pretty amazing! Tim is now saying “see, I told you”.
As a side note we found a nice paved bike/walking trail near the West Hartford Reservoir:
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