This and That and Such (sub title Things to See Part 2)

Kate here, I thought it would be good to write a posting regarding travel to and from the area as well as specific things to do and see in and around the town of Lakeville CT.  Feel free to reference the previous posting about places to stay and things to see. 

TRAVEL:   
Directions from Logan Airport in Boston:
Logan to Lakeville - the journey takes almost 3 hours, a bummer indeed, but have faith! 


Bradley International Airport  - 
only 1 & a half hours away, an improvement indeed. 


But just 20 minutes away is:

Walter J. Koladza Airport, North Egremont, Massachusetts 01230 at (413) 528-1010

You can charter a plane to this airport or take flying lessons here - not much help to anyone, except for maybe Kevin Ford, yet I have no idea if he even checks the blog or still has his plane. 


In Groton CT we have an small airport but I believe it serves only a couple of neighboring states. Their tag line is "A Shore Thing!" so I had to draw attention to that.  I believe they do service to and from Long Island if that should work for anyone - and if it does let me know! 

Should anyone be interested in the train, there is Amtrak, however this line is only somewhat convenient for anyone coming from Vermont, Canada, upstate NY and NYC:  Rhinecliff NY train station is only 53 minutes away from Interlaken.  


Moving on to fun things do in the Lakeville area since I am now seeing that it will not be terribly easy for a good number of people to show up for the wedding, for this I am sorry but we almost guarantee a good time (I can't lie and make any promises...).  You should still come!!!!   There is going to be a bonfire and s'mores, and badminton, a pool, tennis, golf, ping pong... 



Back to the fun things to do: 
Lime Rock Park - When actor Paul Newman was a racer this race track was his favorite (who was also a frequent guest of Interlaken).  This park is on CT 112 off of US 7 in Lime Rock Village where you can watch today's top stock-car superstars as they drive around one of America's most beautiful racetracks.  There are regular events with vintage and historic automobile races and the NASCAR season finale is here.  They even have an event on July 23rd and 24th in case you're interested. 


Not too far away one can find the Sloane Stanley Museum .  Americana artist & author Eric Sloane collected colonial hand tools when he was writing and illustrating his books on colonial life. His artwork and the hand tools are now in this museum which is on land donated by the Stanley Tool Company.  For those of you that would have trouble mustering up enthusiasm for such a topic there is much more at this museum than only hand tools, there is a replica of an early log cabin and the remains of an iron forge to name a few. Again, this may only be of interest to Kevin Ford and Andrew Bainbridge; however I have no idea if they even read this ridiculous blog. 

FYI: Clouds and the sky were a specialty of Eric Sloane's.  The sky-murals at the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum were painted by Eric Sloane.  He was also commissioned by the Army Air Corps to create paintings of cloud formations with possibly dangerous thunderheads in them that would help the fighter pilots of WWII prepare to navigate through them safely. 

In case it rains there is always the movies!!  

There are a few movie houses in the vicinity:
There is The Movie House in Millerton NY, only a few minutes away from the Inn.
There is The Colonial Theatre in Canaan- just 18 minutes away.  


If you feel like going for a hike, or trying to find Scott's brother Kevin as he joins the wedding from his jaunt on the Appalachian Trail (for  real - not like SC's Governor Mark Sanford...) you can meet him at one of the lean-to's here. 

Other nearby parks or places with out door recreation:  

The Housatonic State Park  is only 15 to 20 minutes from the Inn and boasts nearly 10,000 acres of land in 5 towns.  It is the only Connecticut state forest containing part of the world-famous Appalachian Trail (AT). 

The red circle in the top left corner of this map of CT is the park and also happens to include the Interlaken Inn.  
About 45 minutes north is the Norman Rockwell Museum  which has always been one of my favorites. 

If you decide to venture to Stockbridge MA one could take advantage of the one of a kind boutiques as well as the various antique shops.  For a great meal try the historic Red Lion Inn, one of many great choices in the area. 



That's all for now, at least that is what I am being told by the wedding planners Trigger and Elie.
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