After waiting another twenty minutes at the “head of the line” to find that there were other people who were really at the head of the line (they knew the secret reservation number that only friends and family know) we then learned that even when we got seated, it would be another forty-five minutes or so before the pizza would be served. That did it. We bailed out and headed out of town back to the campground.

Nina’s sister Pam and her daughter Ashlyn had tents that needed to be set up. So, we found a pizza place along the road to the campground (it wasn’t very good), had some dinner, and arrived back at the campground well after dark and well after 10 p.m. The tents are set up and now all the women are over there talking and talking. I’m checking email, updating the blog, and then I’m headed for bed. It’s dang tired out there!

Nina’s sister Marsha did arrive. She took the limo from La Guardia Airport to New Haven and we were to pick her up about 5 p.m. That time came and went and she was still on the highway. She arrived almost an hour late due to traffic and, get this, one of the hotels they stopped at to drop passengers off was on fire…!

It was a good day. Most of the time was spent at the Godfrey Library and then at cemeteries. Finding the Fairview Cemetery in New Britain was an adventure. Three times we had to stop and ask for directions … each time getting us a bit closer. We finally found the place (in West Hartford) and the Sexton’s office was closed until tomorrow morning. We did finally find the grave sites after traversing most of the cemetery. We stopped at two more cemeteries in New Haven, again taking pictures of headstones. Pam joined us at the last cemetery, Evergreen, with a roll of paper and some Crayons to make tombstone rubbings. That was a great idea and a lot of fun. We ran out of paper rather quickly … and had to quit!