{"id":1309,"date":"2021-10-14T09:17:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2021-10-14T09:17:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:17:37","slug":"the-end-of-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/?p=1309","title":{"rendered":"The end of CT."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If Maine was the prettiest state then I think Connecticut gets the serenity award. There were not many beautiful vista&#8217;s but the trails were so peaceful. Often times the trail would follow a babbling little creek. The woods were open and fall leaves covered the ground. Old stone fences would go for miles, stirring the imagination. I wondered who built them and why? Were they old farms? Most farms have stone around the property lines from removing rocks from the field every year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp-16342147961546991577309217522762.jpg?w=672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1310\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I usually had the trail to myself. When I did meet people they were friendly but conversations were pretty brief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp-1634214828485172321452647061535-scaled.jpg?w=672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1311\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the town of Mitford I went through a Dunkin  drive through and the man in front of me bought mine. I never was able to thank him, I only waved as he pulled away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp-16342149068345739114975298665961.jpg?w=672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1312\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After I left Bridgeport it was all road riding to New York City. I was not looking forward to a city that size. After much thought I decided to rent a car and skip the worst of it.    I actually ended up driving the whole way back to Cumberland MD. My Brother and his wife are going to be on the C&amp;O Canal next week and I thought it would be fun to visit them. They rented one of the historical lock houses and I did not want to miss an opportunity to stay overnight in one. I think the canal lock houses are really cool.  I haven&#8217;t seen my Mom and Dad since July and I wanted to visit them for a few days as well. And to be  honest I am missing Dan &amp;Emily and Mom&amp;Dad. I love my trip and enjoy every day but it can get a little lonely at times.  So any way I&#8217;m in Cumberland Maryland and am going to be biking the C&amp;O for the next few days. When I start back on my trip I&#8217;m not sure if I will go back to New York or just continue south from home. The East Coast Greenway isn&#8217;t quite what I expected. I think with a map I could plan a route that would be more enjoyable to me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Maine was the prettiest state then I think Connecticut gets the serenity award. There were not many beautiful vista&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/?p=1309\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The end of CT.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}