Well, the 6 girls set out on our destination weekend in Mystic CT.  We were excited to be together, eat lobster and not have to see baseball!   The last time Katie and I were invited to Baltimore for a baseball game, we were cheering for “outs” in order to have the game over faster!  The men were not amused!

Mystic was a shipbuilding center in 1654, and now is a  charming New England  town and a vacation destination.  It has sailboats, swimming, seafood, shopping, and old town.  Old Mystic Village can be quite crowded but it is a stroll back in time where you visit and shop.  There are no chain stores and unusual gifts are available for a price, of course.   There are convenient benches for long suffering men….not ours as they were in Baltimore, but it made me smile!

Next across the draw bridge. . . . . . when it comes back down, of course. . . .. 

for more shopping and eating.. . .  .                                    at a very famous pizza place. We didn’t eat there but there were lines out the door. A famous “coming of age” film was set in this shop back in the 70’s. 

Every spot we went was picturesque  with water, grasses, sailboats….and not a McDonald’s or Starbucks to be found. 

The aquarium is very popular.  

Our little pixie couldn’t wait to see the baby Beluga! (white wale from the Arctic Ocean)      

Amazing creature.

Patting rays and baby sharks!

girl cousins. . .  .

talking sea lions. . . . . .

tired tourists. . .  . .After a rest, off to the harbor on the hunt for seafood!

And what did we find?   Abbott’s and Costello’s. . . . .

No, not the film stars. . . .

The two restaurants are side by side in the harbor with pretty much the same menu of lobster, corn, and coleslaw.  Abbott’s broils and Costello’s fries…even the corn on the cob. We had two nights so that was perfect. The lobster was fresh caught  and cooked to perfection.

A walk  after the filling meal was in order and needed!

Goodnight, Mystic. . . . .

Sunday, we were off for breakfast at Foxwood Casino for a lovely reasonable buffet because we were going to the Pequot 16th Century Village Museum which is on the property. The museum tells the sad story of this tribe of First Americans  suffering at the hands of the early English settlers.  

This is a  most impressive site and building of the museum.

There is a wonderful, lifelike village showing daily life of the Pequot.

Alice and Violet are not scared of the height at all!

Okay girls, it is time to go!  Thanks Mystic for a lovely weekend. . . .

Don’t tell the boys, but we did check the baseball scores on the way back to New York!  Sh. . . . . .

Namaste . . . . . . This is our  Mystic Weekend!