Tulips are also usually gone before I arrive back in Connecticut. This year I am still seeing many colorful stands of tulips. This plot is in front of Milillo Farms, a small shop behind Main Street in Ridgefield. It sells fresh produce and groceries, everything from steaks, seafood and prepared foods to freshly baked pies, cookies, breads, fruits and vegetables. In season many of their products are locally sourced.
They are nearing the end of their bloom, but it was still a treat for me to see them.
I stayed in Roanoke on the way back to Connecticut, as I did on the way south last October.
The Hotel Roanoke and Convention Center is a beautiful, classic hotel in downtown Roanoke, high on a hill across the tracks from the railroad station and the downtown.
The hotel connects with the downtown through a glass and steel elevated passageway across the tracks .
On the other side is the Taubman Museum of Art. It closes at 5. I arrived at 5:15.
A brick wall in the City Market area welcomes visitors with a simulated old-fashioned advertising sign.
Between City Market and the railroad station there were throngs of well-dressed young people who looked like they were coming from a graduation or going to a prom, or both.
In an upper level of the railroad station, there is a big round 2010 sculpture by Edwin White. Beneath the Roundhouse emulates the roundhouses that turned trains around.
On my way back to Connecticut, I stopped in Savannah the first night.
On past trips between New England and Florida, I often stopped for dinner at Six Pence Pub, but this time it was mobbed and masks were rare. I have been vaccinated, but still prefer not to push my luck.
This 2007 sculpture of three children by Jane Dedecker has a featured spot in a Bonita Springs park.
Bonita Springs, Florida, on Old Route 41.
