On May 6th and May 27th, Tammy and I continued our quest to learn about our town of Enfield with two more guided historic walks. On these walks, we explored the areas of central Thompsonville with the Windsor Locks canal. This leaves us with just the Hazardville section of town to do.
On June 1-5, we rented a home on Highland Lake in Winsted, CT. I did a little fishing off the dock that first Thursday night and caught a little blue gill. The next morning, I did a little more fishing and caught nothing. Tammy took a kayak trip around the lake. She also went into the lake to attempt swimming but found it too cold. The VT Beauchemins arrived around 4pm with three homemade deserts for us to gorge ourselves on for the weekend. We sat around that evening until rain forced us inside. Saturday was a cool, drizzly day, so we visited two antique stores we hadn't been to in over 4 years. We also hit up a flea market where the VT Beauchemins bought some Tonka trucks, Tammy bought a craft for the grand kids, and I bought a game. We ate lunch at the New Hartford Diner. Upon arriving home, we spent the next six hours playing my newly purchased game - the Cattlemen - which Alan won. Late Sunday morning, the VT Beauchemins left and Tammy and I attempted a camp fire in the afternoon. When that didn't work out so well, I attempted more fishing and came up empty handed yet again. Monday morning we left with a stop on the way home at the Barkhamsted Reservoir.
Saturday, June 17, Tammy and I made a visit to the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum in East Windsor. Originally, we were told that no docents were available for guided tours as they had a swap meet going on that day as well. Fortunate for us, it began to rain causing the swap meet to end early and allowing us to have a three hour or so guided tour of the museum. It was very informative and interesting. They had several items I had never seen such as magnetic wire, the six inch cassette tape and player, and a Westrex III player and cassettes. We also learned where phrases such as "Put a sock in it" and "the limelight" most likely originated.
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