It was June 23 and time to start doing the college tours with Jane, so
we got in the car and drove off to a parking space
in Middletown, CT where Jane
led the way to O'Rourke's Diner
and as we went approached O'Rourke's
and saw the statue in front
we were sorry we hadn't come earlier since this sign
promised early morning specials. Jane had an excellent sandwich
and I tasted the bread
with my salad
as the owner appeared and posed with Jane
and then the two of us
at which point my vegetarian dish
came out.
After the tour of Wesleyan, we drove back to town and parked
as Jane checked the meter
and I checked the sculpture
before we went into Bob's
which has really changed since I left Connecticut.
We drove on and noticed that the car was needing much less gas.
Indeed, it passed the 400 mile mark
for this tank before we stopped here
and bought gas from this pump
when we were almost at the Wellesley College Club
ready to go into our room
and check in before heading off to Walden Pond.
At Walden Pond, we saw a closed store
and this mailbox for the Thoreau Society
before taking this classic picture of Walden Pond that was like the ones
in Jane's book
and heading down to the pond
where this sign
showed the way to Thoreau's House as we walked
to yet another marker
and observed beautiful views of Walden Pond
as well as this structure on the beach
but none of them was the house and it was getting dark so we had to
head back. On the opposite shore, we found Thoreau standing
in front of his house
and Jane posed with Thoreau
as I captured his house
and then posed with Thoreau myself
before Jane, Henry David Thoreau and I
took a few self portraits and we studied his story
before taking the obligatory phone booth picture
and heading back to the car to eat the wonderful sandwiches
we had brought along. On the way back to Wellesley, we stopped at
the place with this menu
and had this ice cream
before returning to our friend
who slowed down so that we could get a picture of the hotel manager
and call it a night.