Tag: Connecticut

  • Springfield Armory National Historic Site and Ninety Six National Historic Site

    The Christmas season is always quite busy for us.  We have family in Asheville and in Connecticut, so we usually spend Christmas Eve in Asheville and catch an early flight on Christmas Day to Connecticut.  That way we get to see everyone, though usually we’re pretty tired by Christmas night!  This year the travel was…

  • Weir Farm National Historic Site

    While visiting my parents over the holidays, we finally made it to Connecticut’s only National Park Site. It was a unseasonably warm December afternoon as we made the drive to Wilton. Weir Farm is located in a beautifully rural area, 60 acres amidst rolling hills and fields. Julian Alden Weir bought the farm in 1882…