Day 3, 26 Sep 08, Little York NJ to Groton CT

Well we made it to our destination of Groton, CT today, but it was quite stressful driving to get here. We woke up this morning to a light rain and had it most of the day. Just before we got to Groton we had hard rain for about 15 minutes, but it was back to light rain when we got to Groton and to the campground.We left Little York, NJ (lower central part of the state) and went north on I-287, across the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York and down to I-95 just before entering Connecticut. Then for the next 50 miles or so it was stop and go due to road construction. What a mess! We finally stopped for gas at Exit 40 on I-95 in CT and got gas for $3.569, the cheapest we've seen since New Jersey. Here in the Mystic Seaport area near the campground it is $3.799 and around the SubBase in Groton it's mostly $3.659.We finally got to the campground around 3:30 PM and seemed to take forever to check in even though we had reservations. It is a pretty nice campground though. Unfortunately we only had time to find the campsite and take a few minutes to freshen up and then had to head to the Submarine Museum at the SubBase. We immediately ran into three of my old shipmates and their wives. Then we got to go aboard the NAUTILUS. Ex-crew members were able to go back into the engineering spaces, but spouses could only see the forward part which is what is open to the public. But the forward part is where all the action and the fun stuff is anyway.From there we went to the Groton Inn and had a great buffet and a couple of programs which were quite good. I also ran into another one of my shipmates.  We finally got back to the campground around 10 PM and then had to dump the black and gray water tanks as they were full. That's never fun in the dark, but the job went well without any spills or problems.We have to be back at the Groton Inn tomorrow morning at 10 AM for the wive's meetings and the NAUTILUS Reunion business meeting. From there we'll find out what is going on the rest of the weekend.

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