From Old to New

That is how my journey on Thursday October 7^th felt

I started the walking part at Old Saybrook and ended the walk at New London. When I crossed the Connecticut River, I decided it was time to leave the old route, the Post Road and walk a new route Rt 156. Finally, I broke my old record of walking 19 miles in one day and set a new record that day of 23 miles. I hope that I never break that walking record ever again. 23 miles is more than enough for one days walk.

The days journey started at 6:30 at the Stamford Train Station. The first light of day was starting to show. Sunrise that day was around 7:00 am. It took two trains to get too Old Saybrook. Stamford to New Haven and New Haven too Old Saybrook. The train left Stamford at 6:40 am and I arrived at Old Saybrook at 8:55 am. I was able to look out the front window of the train to Old Saybrook the entire way. It was quite a different perspective from usually looking out the side of train.

The walking part started at 8:56. I followed the Post Road to the Connecticut River where it joined I-95 to cross the river. I have driven over the bridge many times, walking over the bridge gives you an idea of how big the mouth of the Connecticut River is.

After crossing the bridge, I chose the new route. The post road was going to go north of the I-95 and I wanted to see more of the shoreline. My phone GPS told me it was fifteen miles to the New London Train Station. However, I knew it would be more as the road meandered quite a bit. If I knew the walk would be 23 miles that day I might have turned back.

The road was less traveled. I did see the waterfront from time to time. The Amtrak train line would intersect with the road in spots. Mainly it was just me and the road. I did see some small signs off fall on the road.