It finally stopped raining. Before hooking up we drove a couple of miles away to Judith Point lighthouse. This lighthouse is on a Coast Guard station base and we couldn’t get up to it for a good picture. This fence and fog were in the way. The waves at this particular point were very strong. It was really pretty to see.
We hooked up and drove to Wilton, Connecticut. On the way we stopped at a Wal-mart to pick up stuff and I got a flu shot. We also made a quick stop by Mystic, Connecticut and looked at Mystic Seaport. We continued on to Weir Farm National Historic Site in Wilton, Connecticut. This is where J. Alden Weir, an American impressionist painter, lived. He painted lots of pictures of the woods surrounding his farm. He also had other painters of the time at his house as guests, such as John Singer Sargent. Weir was born in 1852 and died in 1919. His daughter lived there after him and continued the tradition of painting after he died. She married a sculptor, Mahonri. He was commissioned to make the monument titled “This is the Place” which featured a 12 foot bronze statue of Brigham Young.
We walked around the property and through the woods to a pond. We drove to a rest area on Interstate 84 about 2 miles from New York state and spent the night.
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