Chaplin, CT

Oct 5th - 12th

Driving along Hwy 198

You never know what to expect from RV park to RV park when you are not familiar with the area.  I was a little concerned about this one.  Not because of the location but just that our rig would not fit!  Getting into our spot was definitely one of the roughest yet but we managed and it has been so worth the trouble for the view is to die for!

Natchaug River

Diane's Pool located just a hop, skip and jump down the road!

The park sits along the Natchaug River in the Natchaug State Forest.  We are surrounded by beautiful fall foliage in every direction.   I was so afraid we were not going to see much fall foliage before we headed back down to Georgia but at least in the little spot in the woods we got lucky.

Visiting Mark Twain's House in Hartford, Connecticut

Guest room with private bath

Pool Room where he did his writing

Library with a conservatory. Sweet!

On Sunday we headed 38 miles west to the capital of Connecticut.  I was looking forward to visiting where he wrote Tom Sawyer and so many other books.  Dennis and I neither one have ever read Tom Sawyer so for the last couple of moves we have been listening to it via Audible. 

He, along with his wife Olivia and their daughters Susy, Clara, and Jean, lived in the house from 1874 to 1891 but didn't sell the house until 1903.  Clemens wrote many of his best-known works while living there, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Tramp Abroad, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.