Today we left the IHYC mooring at 6:05am, because thunderstorms were predicted for this afternoon. We traveled 30 miles east along the CT shore and docked at 11:15am at Milford Landing, a municipal marina in Milford CT. The marina is very nice with floating docks and is close to downtown, so we took a walk in search of lunch and a few groceries. On the path to town we spotted this old submarine in a town park. The sub was built in 1936 by Simon Lake, who is considered a pioneer in submarine building, as well as “The Father of the Modern Day Submarine”.
The town of Milford sits at the headwaters of the Wepawaug River. The walkway over the river and the falls in the background make for a pretty entrance to the downtown streets. The town’s motto is: “a small city…with a big heart”.
We found lunch at Archie Moore’s, a restaurant started in New Haven, CT. Their claim to fame is that they introduced CT to Buffalo chicken wings. After lunch we trekked on to the Post Office and a convenience store before stopping at Scooby Doo’s for ice cream cones. The temperature is a sticky 87 degrees this afternoon!
The town also has the second longest village green in New England. Boston Commons is # 1. I was only able to show half of the village green in the picture.
Milford has six public beaches and the longest coastline in Connecticut. 
The rain never came this afternoon….so much for the weather forecasts!!
Our Best to All.
The town of 
2 comments:
Wx forced us to take refuge in Milford in 2003-we loved it. Had one of the best dinners(roast duck) ever at "Citrus". Wonder if it's still there?
Hi Bob and Sue-
In the category of "It's a Small world" we received a copy of a newspaper article aobut you two! It came from Dave's 2nd cousin, who lives in NY. He wondered if your trip might be similar to ours. When I told him we had met in Carabelle, FL, he was astonished.
We returned to WI at the end of May, and moved to AZ in July. Had to keep the excitement going.
Anyway, congratulations on crossing your wake!
Dave and Jane Pederson and the triplets, from The Quest
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