Before I leave New England

[urbpan]

I need to see:

Mount Washington,

Quabbin Reservoir,

Martha's Vinyard /or Nantucket /or Block Island,

Loons,

Atlantic Puffins.

Am I forgetting anything?

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[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

You haven't ben to Quabbin? You've read Puma Blues, right?

Walk a good chunk of the Appalachian Trail. I've only walked about ten miles of it, and I did it when I was 10 qnd twelve with Doc and his students. I've seen the end of the trail in Georgia, but didn't hike any of it.

Take Alexis down to Providence and have Jason give you guys the Lovecraft tour. BTW, I keep seeing a lot of zines he's illustrated on eBay. Can you send me contact info for him?

Have you seen a whale?

The last year you're there, spend a night on Evie's mountain. That would seem somehow appropriate, and I wish I'd done it.

I know we're poking out of New England a bit, but take a couple days to see some of the major sites in NYC that you may have missed. Out in the west, the city has a powerful cachet. You'll probably miss seeing it more tahn you'd imagine. If you haven't seen them, I'd recommend Central Park, the Empire State building, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, actually, several art museums. I don't know exactly where it is, but there's an abandoned elevated train line that has picked up enough wind blown earth in the last twenty or thirty years that now trees are growing on it and it's become a sort of elevated park. That should probably be first on your NYC list given your interests. I'm sure there's more but those are the biggie. Now that Alex has found you, I'm sure he can think of a few.

Walk the some of the ocean side of Cape Cod at night, particularly well out on the Cape during a full moon.

Weasel yourself into a tour of Woods Hole.

Yale. Particularly the library which features a wall made of marble so thin that light passes through it. It's an astounding site, Just try to scrub the Harvard smell off you before you go.

Holy Land in Waterbury. One of the weirdest places in NE

Take a canoe trip down some river or another. I did it once and it's a strong and wonderful memory.

Probably more will occur to me in the next day or two. I look forward to reading other folks suggestions.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

You've read Puma Blues, right?
Nope.

Have you seen a whale?
Not in New England.

Holy Land in Waterbury.
Horrifying.

Jason's info sent.

[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for Jason's info. I've got Puma Blues going out to you in the next box O' weirdness.

[artemii.livejournal.com]

the appalachian trail went through the small town where i was raised
:)

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

I will self-immolate before returning to New Haven, thanks.

That might be true of NYC too. Yuck.

[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've got a deeper affection for weirdness for weirdnesse's sake than most people.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

New Haven is totally depressing and NYC brings out like each of my phobias. :)

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Often when I tell people I'm from Connecticut (and I avoid doing so), they ask me "Near New Haven?" I get perverse joy from saying, "No, opposite end of the state. I've never been to New Haven."

didja notice nobody suggested Hartford?

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Other than the honorable Yale, New Haven is a bleak wasteland - or at least it was when I went there when I was in high school back in prehistoric days.

Glah. I've seen more than enough of Hartford, thanks.