Newtown, Connecticut

We had a lovely suite last night so were
slow to leave this morning. Our breakfast
was a buffet at the attached restaurant and
it was complementary. We ate a hearty
breakfast which allowed us to skip lunch.

We drove to Scranton and to the Anthracite
Museum there. The museum was very intereting
and the most interesting thing was to learn
that Scranton had a huge silk industry where
thread, fabric and lace were made. Some of
the old machines were set up so that you
could follow the manufacturing process.

From there we headed for the trolley museum,
but Scranton had other ideas. Two bridges
were out so that it made it very difficult
and for us who don't know the city impossible
to find. Ms Garmin sent us in circles since
she didn't know the bridges were out.

Finally, we went on our way. Ms Garmin had
a different opinion of the route we should
take, but I prevailed. We later found that
her route, instead of about 200 miles was
closer to 3000 miles. She was set to avoid
toll roads. I-84 goes over the Hudson; the
bridge was not marked on my map as a toll
road, but it clearly is. She sent us west
and then north above Lake Superior, through
Canada and south through Vermont in order
to avoid toll roads!!

We arrived here about 3:30 having ignored Ms
Garmin's directions. Joy and Walt, as always
were warm in their welcome.